COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY

July 2024 House Ag Committee Hearing Testimony by Joey Caldwell with GreenPoint Ag

ARA Member Testimony for House Ag Committee Hearing

Jul 25, 2024

Joey Caldwell, GreenPoint Ag, delivered testimony on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) before the House Agriculture Committee for a hearing on "Financial Conditions in Farm Country" on July 23.

Ag Retailers Association - Soybeans in the field

ARA Comments to EPA Supporting BASF Dicamba Product Registration

ARA, CLA, ASTA File Comments to EPA ANPR Concerning Treated Seed

ARA Sends Comments to EPA on Neonicotinoid Registration Reviews

Apr 11, 2018

ARA sends comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the registration reviews of neonicotinoid (neonics) risk and benefits assessments regarding imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and dinotefuran.

Blue Semi Truck hauling a load down a road

ARA Sent a Comment to USDOT to Supplement Petition for Agriculture Exemption from ELD

Jan 29, 2018

ARA sent a comment to the U.S. Department of Transportation to supplement its October 25, 2017 petition seeking an exemption from the new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) requirements that went into effect on December 18, 2017.

ARA Sent a Comment to USDOT to Supplement Petition for Agriculture Exemption from ELD Requirement

Jan 29, 2018

A person in blue jeans and plaid shirt plants seeds into the ground

ARA Signs Comment to DOL on Request for Information

Sep 25, 2017

ARA signs a comment with The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) to the director of the Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The Department of Labor for issues ta Request for Information (RFI) to revisit the Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees (EAP) exemption.

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ARA Signs Coalition Comment to U.S. DOL Regarding Request for Information

Sep 25, 2017

ARA signs a Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO) comment to the director of the Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wages and Hours Division. The comment includes 11 responses to the request for information (ROI).

ARA Sends Comments to EPA on Diquat Dibromide Review

Aug 23, 2017

ARA sends a comment to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the registration review process for Diquat Dibromide (Diquat), an active ingredient in several registered herbicide products.

ARA Sends Comment to EPA on Pyrethroids

Jul 05, 2017

ARA sends a comment Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the preliminary comparative environmental fate and ecological risk assessment for the registration review of synthetic pyrethroids and pyrethrins.

ARA Sends Comment on Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule to EPA

May 19, 2017

ARA sends a comment to a division of the Office of Pesticide Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the certification of pesticide applicators rule. ARA supports the decision to delay the effective date of the new Certification and Training regulations to May 22, 2018.

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ARA Sends Comment to EPA on Evaluation of Existing Regulations

May 15, 2017

ARA sends comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the evaluation of existing regulations in accordance with Executive Order (EO) 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.

ARA Sends Comment to EPA for Public Comment Period Extension

Jan 27, 2017

ARA sends a comment to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting the extension of public comment period for its Draft Human Health Recreational Ambient Water Quality Criteria and/or Swimming Advisories for Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin by 90 days, from February 17, 2017 to May 18, 2017.