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The Agriculture Department protects and educates consumers about Oklahoma’s agricultural and livestock productions. Its purpose is to develop and execute policy on farming, agriculture, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources ...
The National Pesticide Information Center does not have regulatory authority in relation to pesticides. [9] Pesticide regulatory agencies [ 10 ] in many states are delegated primary enforcement responsibilities for pesticide violations by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. [ 11 ]
The Pesticide Environment Stewardship Program (PESP) was established in 1994 with the mission of reducing pesticide risk in both agricultural and non-agricultural settings through public private partnerships that promote IPM practices and the use of biological pesticides. [32]
In 1985, scientists at FMC Corporation filed patents on a new class of herbicides containing a triazolinone ring. [5] Sulfentrazone was subsequently developed for market under the code number F6285, with first sales in 1991 [6] and achieving registration in the US in 1997, branded Authority. [7]
Attorney General Gentner Drummond speaks during a press conference at the state capitol in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.
The Pesticide Data Program, [23] a program started by the United States Department of Agriculture is the largest tester of pesticide residues on food sold in the United States. It began in 1991 and tests food for the presence of various pesticides and if they exceed EPA tolerance levels for samples collected close to the point of consumption.
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This is an incomplete list of Oklahoma state agencies. The state agencies make up the machinery of government for the state. All agencies are within one of the three branches of the government of Oklahoma .