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Crop Protection Facts

Although the world population has doubled in the last forty years, the area of land devoted to food production has remained virtually constant, because crop protection products have enabled farmers to produce higher yields of their crops on less land.

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SePRO Corporation

Formed in 1993, SePRO focuses on acquiring, developing, manufacturing and marketing value-added products for such specialty applications as aquatics and horticulture. The result: highly effective solutions and services never before available to these smaller markets.

Climate Change and Food Production

Our climate has changed many times during the Earth’s history resulting in weather patterns and periods that have lasted decades to millions of years. Climate change may occur in smaller regions or across the whole Earth and affect rainfall patterns, snow and ice cover, sea level, and contribute to elevated greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide concentrations. When used today, the term climate change most often refers to changes in modern climate as a result of human activities.

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Background

The unique nature of U. S. agriculture and the role that it has played and can play in addressing climate change are many.  Specifically, our industry is proud of the role that agricultural chemicals have played in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  Through the use of agricultural herbicides, crop yields can increase by up to 20% but also enable growers to manage weeds without excessive tillage.  Such practices result in annual saving of 337 million gallons of fuel that tilling would require and prevents an estimated 356 billion pounds of disturbed soil from eroding into rivers and streams.  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.

CropLife America's Position

  • CropLife America encourages a uniform Federal approach to legislation around climate change with sufficient flexibility to allow for localized implementation and to take into account those differences in soil type, crops, and weather to ensure that an important balance is achieved.
  • Climate change legislation should recognize the pressures on agriculture and the important role that it will continue to be asked to play in addressing the problems of world hunger and meeting the growing demand for renewable fiber and fuels.
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