AGRO is a division of the American Chemical Society. Its purpose is to promote knowledge benefiting society through advancements in agricultural public health, and environmental science and technologies.

Announcements

• The AGRO Call for Papers for the 238th ACS National Meeting and Exposition in Washington DC, August 16-20, 2009 is now available. Abstract submission begins January 19th and ends March 16th, 2009 at oasys.acs.org
• New issue of Femtogram is now available.
• Applications for the 2009 AGRO Student Travel Grants, co-sponsored by Bayer CropScience are now being accepted for the ACS Fall National Meeting in Washington. Applications are due by March 16th, 2009
• Applications for the 2009 AGRO New Investigators Award, co-sponsored by Dow AgroSciences are now being accepted for the Fall National Meeting in Washington. Nominations are due by February 20th, 2009.
• AGRO has received $12,500 in funding for two proposals submitted to the 2008 ACS Innovative Grants Program. The first project will support development of our new web presence, and the second will be used to introduce AGRO as a global entity for scientific and technical exchange and international collaboration on agricultural issues. Both proposals were submitted as a result of goals established in our new strategic plan.
• AGRO sponsored a successful symposium at the SETAC North America 29th Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, “Modern Pesticides in Urban Environments”, November 16-20, 2008. This was the first ever symposium sponsored by an ACS division at SETAC.
• AGRO has developed a new strategic plan for the next three years with three over-arching goals. Details on this plan and opportunities for participation are now available.
• AGRO successfully hosted the 4th Pan Pacific Conference on Pesticide Science in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 1-5, 2008. See details.