Product Benefits
Every year, insect pests threaten the world’s food supply, as well as our homes, our health, and the livelihoods of growers. Because insects have a remarkable ability to adapt to or tolerate environmental pressures, as well as an ability to tolerate or resist management strategies, scientific development must also adapt quickly and effectively to provide sustainable tools to manage insect pests. Insecticides such as chlorpyrifos have played, and will continue to play, an important role in a sustainable insect management strategy.
Chlorpyrifos is one of the most widely-used active ingredients in agricultural insect control products in the world. It was first registered in the U.S. in 1965 and has been on the market for more than forty years.
Moreover, chlorpyrifos’ broad-spectrum effectiveness, flexibility for use in multiple delivery systems, and relatively short persistence has resulted in its adoption in integrated pest management programs in cropping systems around the world. Despite its extensive use for over 40 years there have been few instances of significant resistance by pests. Chlorpyrifos is a reliable rotation partner in insect resistance management programs that helps preserve the long-term effectiveness of insecticides with other modes of action. All of this contributes to reduced use of other pesticides, such as pyrethroids, which also kill beneficial insects. And this means reduced farming costs, which allows growers to keep the cost of the produce you buy lower, and a sustainable food supply
Today, chlorpyrifos is registered in about 100 countries worldwide, including the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and most other developed nations. More than 50 crops, many of which are dietary staples for entire nations, are protected from insect infestation with chlorpyrifos products. Learn more about how chlorpyrifos benefits key crops by controlling target pests.
Chlorpyrifos is a vital asset to growers around the world. But you don’t have to take our word for it. Using the links on the left, you’ll find testimonials (organized by crop and region) from growers, researchers, local farming organizations, and national organizations — all talking about the benefits of chlorpyrifos for protection against harmful and costly insect pests.
