New Zealand’s tillage, horticulture and vegetable sectors have embarked on a seven-year programme, which should lead to the widespread implementation of Integrated Pest…
Well-known Swedish environmentalist campaigner Greta Thunberg has criticised the UK government for allowing farmers to continue using a bee-killing pesticide that has been banned…
The European Commission has published updated EU Harmonised Risk Indicators for pesticides, covering the period 2011 to 2018. The figures reflect developments across…
Two scientists who developed the CRISPR technique most commonly known as gene-editing were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last week. Emmanuelle Charpentier…
The EU should stop importing agricultural goods made using pesticides that are banned within the bloc, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development…
The European Parliament’s committee on pesticides has reached the wrong conclusions and disregarded key evidence, a new report concludes. Anthea McIntyre MEP, the…
A conservative agricultural spokesperson, has spoken out against a report on pesticides which she says “misrepresents” the findings of the European Parliament’s own…
Nextgen Biopesticides, a company which uses selective breeding approaches to develop effective and safe biopesticides for the control of crop pest insects, has…
Two new crop protection active ingredients for weed and insect control have been developed by Dow Agrosciences. The new ingredients, Arylex Active and…
