The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has formed a work group to find alternatives to the pesticide chlorpyrifos that will help farmers manage insect pests when a state ban on the chemical goes into effect, reported Kerry Klein on Valley Public Radio.

Klein interviewed David Haviland, UC Cooperative Extension entomology advisor and a member of the work group.

“This is an important topic,” Haviland said. “Chlorpyrifos has had a lot of benefits to...