Neonic Waiting Game

Industry Awaits EPA Decision

Emily Unglesbee
By  Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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Soybeans will still be treated with neonicotinoid insecticides in 2016, but that could change when the EPA finalizes its economic assessment of the practice. (DTN photo by Jim Patrico)
Soybeans will still be treated with neonicotinoid insecticides in 2016, but that could change when the EPA finalizes its economic assessment of the practice. (DTN photo by Jim Patrico)
EPA is set to finalize its economic assessment of neonicotinoid seed treatments in soybeans soon, and no one -- not even the manufacturers -- are sure what that finalization will mean for future use of the chemicals.

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