Thursday, December 16, 2010

Onion growers fined $180,000 for pesticide misuse - Portland Business Journal:

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The civil fines, totaling $180,000, are connectee with the application of Furadan and Basagran on 18 fields durinvg the 2008growing season. Oregon pesticide law prohibitx the use of pesticides on crops for whichb they arenot labeled. Neither Furadan nor Basagran is approvesdfor onions. No residue was found on marketed Onions from two of the affected fields were destroyed by the The penalties are the maximum allowedc underthe law. All fines may be contestede through anadministrative hearing. • of Nyssa was finedc $10,000 for applying Furadan to one fieldand $50,000 for applyingy Basagran to five fields.
• David Navarrete of Ontario wasfinexd $10,000 for using Furadan on one • Kris Yano of Ontario was fined $70,00o0 for applying Basagran on seven • of Nyssa was fined $30,000 for applying Basagran on three Froerer previously was fined for misusin pesticides during the 2006 growing season. Craig Crawford of Ontario wasfined $10,0000 for applying Basagran on one field. Crawforfd also was previously fined for misusing pesticides during the 2006growing season. Onions are Oregon's 16th-largest worth nearly $50 million to the state'as economy, according to the Department of Agriculture.

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