By Brent Murphree
Delta Farm Press
The EPA has granted Arkansas rice farmers a Section 18 exemption for use of the pesticide Intrepid.
Populations of fall armyworms have ravaged rice fields in the state in the last few weeks, and growers were limited to use of less effective pyrethroids in their fight against the pest. Intrepid, an effective tool against armyworm, is not labeled for use on rice in Arkansas, as it is on other crops.