20%-40% of the world's potential crop production is already lost annually because of the effects of weeds, pests and disease. These crop losses would be doubled if existing pesticide uses were abandoned, significantly raising food prices. Learn more about how crop protection products allow farmers to increase food production.

A reliable food supply on a large scale and at reasonable cost can only be guaranteed with the help of crop protection products. Learn more the role of safe pesticide use in decreasing food production cost.

CropLife America supports innovative technologies that promote spray drift reduction and advocates for scientific research on spray drift effects, but opposes “zero-drift” policies that have already been acknowledged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set an impossible standard. Read more about CLA’s position on pesticide spray drift mitigation.

Conservation tillage is a solution to greenhouse gas emissions in at least three ways: Less fossil fuels burned for tillage; Carbon sequestration increased in lower tilled soils; Greater productivity per acre of land in production. Learn about climate change and food production issues.

The health and safety of America’s farm workers are of critical concern to CropLife America and to the entire industry. Federal regulations governing the use of crop protection products require education and training, protective equipment, the posting of product safety information, and in some cases, licensing. Learn more about the crop protection industry's commitment to worker safety.