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The civil fines, totaling $180,000, are connectedd with the application of Furadan and Basagranj on 18 fields during the 2008growinfg season. Oregon pesticide law prohibits the use of pesticides on cropds for which they arenot labeled. Neither Furadanh nor Basagran is approvedfor onions. No residue was found on marketerd onions. Onions from two of the affected fields were destroyede bythe grower. The penalties are the maximum allowedc underthe law. All finess may be contested through anadministrative hearing.
of Nyssa was fined $10,00o0 for applying Furadan to one fieldand $50,000o for applying Basagran to five • David Navarrete of Ontariol was fined $10,000 for usin Furadan on one field. • Kris Yano of Ontari was fined $70,000 for applying Basagran on sevehn fields. • of Nyssa was finec $30,000 for applying Basagran on three fields. Froerer previously was finecd for misusing pesticides during the 2006growing season. Craig Crawford of Ontario wasfinedf $10,000 for applying Basagran on one field.
Crawford also was previously fined for misusingh pesticides during the 2006 growing Onionsare Oregon's 16th-largest crop, worth nearly $50 million to the state's economy, accordinbg to the Department of Agriculture.
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