# KDA Rushes Pesticide Approval To Save Sweet Sorghum Crop | WKMS

> Kentucky's agriculture commissioner requested emergency EPA approval of the pesticide Sivanto Prime to fight sugarcane aphids, which destroyed much of last year's sweet sorghum crop. Aphids last year caused 30 to 50 percent losses in several US states.

- Date: 2017-06-26 · published 2017-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70576-kda-rushes-pesticide-approval-to-save-sweet-sorghum-crop-wkms
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Aphid pressure threatens sorghum yields in the US, and effective control reduces the risk of supply losses, though the effect on national grain prices is likely small.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wkms.org: https://www.wkms.org/agriculture/2017-06-26/kda-rushes-pesticide-approval-to-save-sweet-sorghum-crop

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