Agri-Business
Tillage farmers take interest in Nobel Prize winners
Two scientists who developed the CRISPR technique most commonly known as gene-editing were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last...
Pesticides
Environment
Commissioner: ‘I don’t think we can allow’ imports made with banned pesticides
The EU should stop importing agricultural goods made using pesticides that are banned within the bloc, European Commissioner for Agriculture...
Arable
McIntyre: 'What the big pesticides report should have said'
The European Parliament’s committee on pesticides has reached the wrong conclusions and disregarded key evidence, a new report concludes. Anthea...
Arable
Emergency sugar beet neonicotinoid applications rejected
The UK Government has refused two applications made to use neonicotinoid products as seed treatments for sugar beet. The applications...
Arable
Conservative MEP slams ‘misleading’ EU pesticides report
A conservative agricultural spokesperson, has spoken out against a report on pesticides which she says “misrepresents” the findings of the...
Arable
Brussels told to row back on its new registration procedures for pesticides
A blunt warning has been issued to MEPs in Brussels by a leading UK tillage specialist against the perceived over-zealous...
Agri-Business
Counterfeit pesticides cost Ireland €15m each year report shows
A total of 15.2% of sales are lost in Ireland each year due to counterfeit pesticides, a loss of €15m,...
EU
EU citizens initiative could see Commission ban glyphosate
The European Commission has decided to register a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) inviting the Commission “to propose to Member States...
Environment
Increase in the number of pesticides present in public water supplies
The number of public water supplies affected by pesticides that was noted in 2014 continued to increase last year, according...
Agri-Business
'97% of food samples collected in the EU free of pesticide residues'
Of all the food samples collected in the EU in 2014, 97% were free of pesticide residues or contained traces that...
Environment
10 things to check on your sprayer before you have it tested
Under the Sustainable Use Directive (SUD) all boom sprayers greater than 3m and all blast and orchard sprayers must be...
Agri-Business
Nextgen Biopesticides named agri-inventor of the year
Nextgen Biopesticides, a company which uses selective breeding approaches to develop effective and safe biopesticides for the control of crop...
Arable
Sprayer course places still available ahead of November deadline
The deadline to become a trained and registered professional user of pesticides with the Department of Agriculture is November 26,...
Agri-Business
New weed and insect protection options from Dow Agrosciences
Two new crop protection active ingredients for weed and insect control have been developed by Dow Agrosciences. The new ingredients,...
World News
The US has approved a drone to spray crops with pesticides
A drone in the US has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry fertilisers and pesticides to...
Arable
New insect repellent odour could help crop protection pesticides
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have created new insect repellent odours that could help with crop protection pesticides. Together with Cardiff...
Environment
Bees may develop addiction to certain pesticides
Bees may develop an addiction to chemicals used in pesticides, a new study published in the journal Nature has shown. Newcastle...
Arable
Boom sprayer courses varying by as much as €200
The cost of boom sprayer courses available to farmers vary by as much as €200. Under new legislation, all farmers...
