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"We have a few more samples from northwest Kansas in the queue to be tested, and I'm hopeful results will be available in a day or two," Polansky said. "In the meantime, embargoes will remain in place in those counties."
Farms with embargoes still in place are in Decatur (two fields; 135 acres), Gove (two fields; 133 acres), Logan (three farms; 465 acres), Phillips (two fields; 237 acres), Rawlins (seven fields; 740 acres), Sheridan (one field; 51 acres), Sherman (11 fields; 1,007 acres), Thomas (11 fields; 1,766 acres) and Trego (1 field; 125 acres).
In question are late applications of Quilt, a fungicide that requires a 45-day waiting period between application and harvest. It has a low toxicity in humans. However, residue from its active ingredients must not exceed limits established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The quilt application that resulted in one field being embargoed in Jefferson County was made May 29, meaning the 45-day waiting period expires July 13. The 10 embargoed fields in Ellis County were treated May 30, so the waiting period ends July 14.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is not placing any restrictions on harvest outside of regions where embargoes are in place. However, they remind producers that failing to abide by a preharvest interval violates state and federal law and opens the producer to enforcement action.
June 26, 2008
Contact:
Lisa Taylor
Director of Communications
Kansas Department of Agriculture
(785) 296-2653
ltaylor@kda.state.ks.us
Wheat from northeast, central Kansas gets all clear on residue testing
TOPEKA - Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky announced today that test results from Jefferson and Ellis counties showed no detectible traces of Quilt fungicide residue on wheat, meaning embargoes on farms in those counties will be lifted."We have a few more samples from northwest Kansas in the queue to be tested, and I'm hopeful results will be available in a day or two," Polansky said. "In the meantime, embargoes will remain in place in those counties."
Farms with embargoes still in place are in Decatur (two fields; 135 acres), Gove (two fields; 133 acres), Logan (three farms; 465 acres), Phillips (two fields; 237 acres), Rawlins (seven fields; 740 acres), Sheridan (one field; 51 acres), Sherman (11 fields; 1,007 acres), Thomas (11 fields; 1,766 acres) and Trego (1 field; 125 acres).
In question are late applications of Quilt, a fungicide that requires a 45-day waiting period between application and harvest. It has a low toxicity in humans. However, residue from its active ingredients must not exceed limits established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The quilt application that resulted in one field being embargoed in Jefferson County was made May 29, meaning the 45-day waiting period expires July 13. The 10 embargoed fields in Ellis County were treated May 30, so the waiting period ends July 14.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is not placing any restrictions on harvest outside of regions where embargoes are in place. However, they remind producers that failing to abide by a preharvest interval violates state and federal law and opens the producer to enforcement action.