U.S.’s Fifth Largest Pesticide Manufacturer, FMC, Hosts NAAA at its Delaware Research Facility

Last week NAAA’s Dr. Scott Bretthauer and Andrew Moore were hosted by FMC Corporation, one of the oldest pesticide companies in the U.S., at its Stine Research Center in Newark, Delaware. FMC, established in 1883, with nearly a score of key company representatives ranging from its regulatory director and marketing analyst to its senior research and development scientists, provided NAAA a tour of its facility on how a potential pesticide active ingredient moves through the rigorous multimillion dollar, decades long process to becoming a registered pesticide. Moore said about the tour, “if current political leaders questioning the importance and safety of these invaluable tools for U.S. farmers could see the thoughtful, ultracareful process that pesticides undergo before reaching market, they would come away with an entirely different and positive perspective.”

Meeting with pesticide manufactures to inform them about more realistic drift model use and aerial application survey results detailing average acres treated by air and drift reduction technologies commonly used in the industry is part of NAAA’s mission to help pesticide manufacturers obtain aerial use labels on their products from EPA. Moore and Bretthauer provided a presentation to FMC on these subjects and on marketing mediums the NAAA has in place to reach the aerial application industry.