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Growers urge more IR-4 funding, parallel federal-state registrations for specialty crops
Summary
Specialty-crop growers and industry representatives told the committee that limited labeled options, long registration timelines and separate state reviews disadvantage specialty producers, and they urged increased IR-4 funding and concurrent federal-state review pathways.
Specialty crop producers told the House Agriculture Committee that federal research grants and the IR-4 program are vital to getting crop protection tools into smaller markets, and that parallel federal-state registration would reduce delay.
Lede: "The IR-4 project does work for specialty crops. We need more funding," Don Cameron, vice president and general manager of Terra Nova Ranch, said, urging Congress to maintain and increase specialty-crop support.
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