Gowan Company
Budget
€400 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The Gowan Group is a global, family-owned agricultural solutions business headquartered in Yuma, Arizona, U.S.A. Gowan specializes in developing, marketing, and processing agricultural inputs such as crop protection products, seeds, and fertilizers. Founded by Jon Jessen in 1962 and led by his daughter Juli as CEO, Gowan has grown markets in the majority of agricultural regions globally. A deep respect for science and a passion for agriculture drives the Gowan Company to help growers solve their critical pest and plant health issues.
EU Legislative Interests
GOWAN is interested in legislative and non-legislative files and strategies related to sustainable agriculture, food production and consumption, chemicals and environmental policies (e.g. soil, water biodiversity, soil). We are also interested in policies related to trade in chemicals and agricultural goods. With regard to crop protection, the following (upcoming) legislation is of particular importance to Gowan: REGULATION (EC) No 1107/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC REGULATION (EC) NO 396/2005 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC REGULATION (EC) No 1272/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety REGULATION (EU) 2019/1381 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 June 2019 on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain and amending Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 1829/2003, (EC) No 1831/2003, (EC) No 2065/2003, (EC) No 1935/2004, (EC) No 1331/2008, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) 2015/2283 and Directive 2001/18/EC Food & Feed Safety Omnibus
Communication Activities
GOWAN works actively in CropLife Europe, IBMA, AmCham EU and freshfel and contributes as member of the association working groups to their communication activities. As a company we are not running communication activities in connection with the above-mentioned EU policy areas.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
- CropLife Europe - https://www.croplifeeurope.org - IBMA - https://ibma-global.org - freshfel - https://freshfel.org - American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union - https://www.amchameu.eu - CropLife America - https://www.croplifeamerica.org - AEPLA (Spain) - https://www.aepla.es - UIPP (France) - https://www.uipp.org - CropLife UK (UK) - https://www.croplife.uk - Phytofar (Belgium) - http://www.phytofar.be - Agrofarma (Italy) - https://agrofarma.federchimica.it - EU Copper Task Force (EUCuTF) – informal industry task force (no legal personality); Gowan participates
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.