On Aug. 9, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered the EPA to remove chlorpyrifos from sale in the United States within 60 days.
On June 2, Bob Helland, GCSAA director of congressional and federal affairs, accompanied three golf course superintendents to the Department of Homeland Security in Washington.
On June 13 the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry marked up its version of legislation reauthorizing the nation’s agriculture and nutrition programs.