20%-40% of the world's potential crop production is already lost annually because of the effects of weeds, pests and disease. These crop losses would be doubled if existing pesticide uses were abandoned, significantly raising food prices. Learn more about how crop protection products allow farmers to increase food production.

A reliable food supply on a large scale and at reasonable cost can only be guaranteed with the help of crop protection products. Learn more the role of safe pesticide use in decreasing food production cost.

Throughout 2012, CropLife America will be looking back on Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, first published in 1962. This year marks a time to consider the advancements and changes since then. Click here to learn more.

Farmers use the most innovative practices and growing techniques to produce enough food, fuel and fiber for a growing world, while minimizing their environmental footprint at the same time. The term "modern agriculture" depicts their commitment to innovation, stewardship and meeting the global food challenge all at once.

CropLife America supports innovative technologies that promote spray drift reduction and advocates for scientific research on spray drift effects, but opposes “zero-drift” policies that have already been acknowledged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set an impossible standard. Read more about CLA’s position on pesticide spray drift mitigation.

Conservation tillage is a solution to greenhouse gas emissions in at least three ways: Less fossil fuels burned for tillage; Carbon sequestration increased in lower tilled soils; Greater productivity per acre of land in production. Learn about climate change and food production issues.

The health and safety of America’s farm workers are of critical concern to CropLife America and to the entire industry. Federal regulations governing the use of crop protection products require education and training, protective equipment, the posting of product safety information, and in some cases, licensing. Learn more about the crop protection industry's commitment to worker safety.