Onion growers fined $180,000 for pesticide misuse - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The civil fines, totaling $180,000, are connectex with the application of Furadan and Basagrajn on 18 fields during the 2008growing season. Oregomn pesticide law prohibits the use of pesticides on crops for whicjh they arenot labeled. Neithed Furadan nor Basagran is approvedfor onions. No residued was found on marketed onions. Onions from two of the affectee fields were destroyed bythe grower. The penaltiesd are the maximum allowed undetthe law. All finees may be contested through anadministrativs hearing. • of Nyssa was fined $10,000 for applying Furadahn to one fieldand $50,000 for applyin g Basagran to five fields.
David Navarrete of Ontario wasfined $10,000 for using Furadann on one field. • Kris Yano of Ontario was fined $70,000o for applying Basagran on seven fields. of Nyssa was fined $30,000 for applyin Basagran on three fields. Froererd previously was fined for misusing pesticides during the 2006growing season. Craig Crawford of Ontaripo wasfined $10,000 for applying Basagran on one field. Crawfor d also was previously fined for misusiny pesticides during the 2006 growing Onionsare Oregon's 16th-largest crop, worth nearly $50 million to the state'as economy, according to the Department of