MEPs go to court in bid to reform EFSA | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
England’s farmers want to believe in Brexit | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
Science for Defra: For good food and farming policy in the UK connections are key | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Royal Society |
Politics plague India’s GM food crop plans | Agricultural Policy & Politics | SciDev.Net |
WHO Asked To Square Its Position On Herbicide; EU Evaluation Seen As Flawed | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Intellectual Property Watch |
EU delays ban of fungicide in rice | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Khmer Times |
Is there a future for biofuel in Europe? | Agricultural Policy & Politics | POLITICO.eu |
Court Revokes Federal Approval of Nanotech Pesticide | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Beyond Pesticides |
Brexit risks disrupting EU agriculture market experts warn | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
German MEP: Deadlock on organic farming reform ‘odd’ | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
Seven States Challenge Trump EPA Decision Approving Brain-damagingPesticide | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Center for Biological Diversity |
Can EPA ‘restore science and common sense’ to neonicotinoid insecticideregulations? | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Genetic Literacy Project |
EU gives green light to ‘sustainable’ fertiliser proposal | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Agriland |
MEP calls for sweeping changes to EU biofuel and bioenergy legislation | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Bioenergy Insight Magazine |
Scrapping EU subsidies for farmers could put 250,000 jobs at risk, says report | Agricultural Policy & Politics | FarmingUK |
Brexit: What direction for crop protection? | Agricultural Policy & Politics | SeedQuest |
Farming innovation is staple for Europe’s food security | Agricultural Research | EurActiv |
Genome editing technique: CRISPR-Cas9 and its role in agriculture | Agricultural Research | FCRN |
New types of coffee/ parsnips and roses among 1/700 plants discovered last year | Agricultural Research | The Guardian |
Professor creates drone to do what bees can do for crops | Agricultural Research | KTRK-TV |
UK and Australia explore post-Brexit bilateral research fund | Agricultural Research | TES |
Newly identified gene helps time spring flowering in vital grass crops | Agricultural Research | Science Daily |
Scientists find way to surgically strike out weeds that impede crop growth | Agricultural Research | Science Daily |
GM seeds: Centre’s stand kills innovation, investment, says Deepak Pental | Agricultural Research | Financial Express |
We Need Your Data on Conservation Ag Practices | Agricultural Research | FFDL |
Breakthrough pigeonpea genome re-sequencing will lead to superior varieties and make the pulse more affordable | Agricultural Research | Global Plant Council |
Biologists find missing link for the ‘safe’ signal in plants | Agricultural Research | Global Plant Council |
University of Birmingham scientists discover plant ‘brain’ controlling seed development | Agricultural Research | SeedQuest |
Plant genetics – Branching out for crop improvement | Agricultural Research | Nature |
National Agricultural Genotyping Center announces new tools in corn disease identification | Agricultural Research | SeedQuest |
Is there a future for biofuel in Europe? | Biofuels | POLITICO.eu |
Pacific Biodiesel to make oil from crop | Biofuels | Maui News |
Corn ethanol faces its limits under EPA fuel mandate | Biofuels | Washington Examiner |
MEP calls for sweeping changes to EU biofuel and bioenergy legislation | Biofuels | Bioenergy Insight Magazine |
Understanding why cellulose resists degradation could lead to cost-effectivebiofuels | Biofuels | Phys.Org |
Bumblebees: Pesticide ‘reduces queen egg development’ | Environment | BBC |
Garden centres selling ‘bee-friendly’ plants laced with pesticides that harm them study finds | Environment | Independent |
Environmental group seeks to create buzz around bee conservation | Environment | Reuters |
New threat to the Reef revealed as potent human medications and pesticides are found in sea turtles | Environment | NEWS.com.au |
10m Euro project to improve diversity and sustainability in European farming | Environment | FarmingOnline |
Insecticide-Resistant Fruit Flies Show Reproductive Difficulties | Environment | Beyond Pesticides |
Changing the way we get our food is key to global warming fight | Environment | Horizon |
US Beekeepers Lost 33% of Bees in 2016-17 | Environment | Science Daily |
Climate expert: treat land as a global commons | Environment | FarmingOnline |
Farming innovation is staple for Europe’s food security | Food security | EurActiv |
EU nations set to define new era of food waste policy | Food security | EurActiv |
Brexit and the coming food crisis: ‘If you can’t feed a country you haven’t got a country’ | Food security | The Guardian |
Research for a sustainable global food system | Food security | Royal Society |
Britons throw away 1.4m edible bananas each day figures show | Food security | The Guardian |
Solving Africa’s food insecurity through biotechnology Agriculture | Food security | NIGERIAN TRIBUNE |
Still time to pull back from the brink of extinction | Food security | FarmingOnline |
Climate change could slash staple crops | Food security | The Daily Climate |
Fixing the tomato: CRISPR edits correct plant-breeding snafu | GM Crops | Nature |
Genome editing technique: CRISPR-Cas9 and its role in agriculture | GM Crops | FCRN |
Politics plague India’s GM food crop plans | GM Crops | SciDev.Net |
Will GM mustard be able to survive the challenges ahead after approval? | GM Crops | Economic Times |
Union of Concerned Scientists: Advocacy group promotes unscientific views on GMOs | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
FDA’s tough new task: Explain biotech’s safety/ benefits | GM Crops | Agri-Pulse |
Deregulation would boost biotechnology sector experts say | GM Crops | Taipei Times |
First step taken toward epigenetically modified cotton | GM Crops | Science Daily |
The road ahead for farming is branching out — and that’s how consumers like it | GM Crops | Western Producer |
Bette Midler criticizes Monsanto’s seed patent contracts—and gets schooled by farmers | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
State dragging its feet on GM mustard issue | GM Crops | The Hindu |
Lack of collaboration hampers biotechnology effectiveness – Experts | GM Crops | TheNewsGuru |
GM crops planted in 185M ha worldwide | GM Crops | Business Mirror |
Hollow GMO ban a red flag for Chinese food safety | GM Crops | Nikkei Asian Review |
New report reignites calls to drop GM crop bans | GM Crops | North Queensland Register |
India Might be Close to Approving Genetically-Modified Crops | GM Crops | Paste Magazine |
Farm scientists bat for GM mustard release | GM Crops | Hindu Business Line |
Agricultural scientists’ body demands early government nod on genetically modified mustard | GM Crops | Financial Express |
Syngenta Faces 7000 Kansas Farmers in GMO Corn Dispute | GM Crops | AgWeb |
Kansas farmers seek $200M in lost sales from Syngenta in GMO corn dispute | GM Crops | Seeking Alpha |
Call for commercial use of GM mustard grows | GM Crops | Daily Pioneer |
GM seeds: Centre’s stand kills innovation and investment says Deepak Pental | GM Crops | Financial Express |
20-year GMO report card: Biotech shrinks ag’s ecological impact, increased farm income $167 billion | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
7000 Kansas Farmers vs. Syngenta Over GMO Corn Dispute | GM Crops | 7000 Kansas Farmers vs. Syngenta Over GMO Corn DisputeEcoWatch |
GMO lawsuit involving Kansas farmers underway in federal court | GM Crops | Hays Post |
Texas corn farmer: GMOs and glyphosate are ‘so much less risky for me and for the public’ | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
Just Say No to “GMO” | GM Crops | FFDL |
First step taken toward epigenetically modified cotton | GM Crops | Global Plant Council |
Prospects for the genetic control of Septoria tritici | GM Crops | SeedQuest |
This Artificial Sweetener Is Really Good At Killing Bugs | IPM | Delish.com |
Drug-delivery method holds promise for controlling crop parasites | IPM | Phys.Org |
Scientists Create Genetically-Engineered Moths That Self-Destruct Before They Can Reproduce | IPM | Tech Times |
Sicklepod becoming difficult in peanuts but not a resistance issue yet | IPM | Southeast Farm Press |
Agriculture Drug Delivery Technology Formulated To Eliminate Crop Pests Costing $157 Billion | IPM | Science Times |
Red Legged Earth Mite insecticide resistance found in southern and eastern Australia | IPM | Queensland Country Life |
Fusarium risk will be high over the coming days | IPM | Agriland |
Weed develops resistance/ impacts pulse/ wheat crops | IPM | Capital Press |
Options Available for Pasture Weed Control | IPM | The Roundup |
Late disease threat to wheat rises in wet weather | IPM | FarmersWeekly |
Drug-delivery method holds promise for controlling crop parasites | IPM | FarmingUK |
The Resistance of Peruvian Coffee | IPM | FFDL |
‘It will swallow up anything else growing there’ – Bracken control back on the radar with re-authorisation of asulam | IPM | FGInsight |
Prospects for the genetic control of Septoria tritici | IPM | SeedQuest |
New era for in field biocontrols | IPM | SeedQuest |
Organic foods backed by landmark report – warning pesticides far more dangerous than was thought | Organics | Telegraph |
Pesticides can cause brain damage and organic food is the future – EU report says | Organics | The Independent |
German MEP: Deadlock on organic farming reform ‘odd’ | Organics | EurActiv |
Investigating the GMO/Organic battleground | Organics | GuelphToday |
Organic farmland falls by more than three per cent | Organics | FarmingUK |
The UK Organic Market | Organics | F&FF |
Scientific basis for glyphosate authorisation under renewed attack | Pesticide | EurActiv |
Seeking a World Without Roundup | Pesticide | The Epoch Times |
EU delays ban of fungicide in rice | Pesticide | Khmer Times |
New pesticide rules hit fruit and vegetable vendors hard in Oman | Pesticide | gulfnews.com |
Agri View: Pesticide Residue Free Food | Pesticide | AgNet West |
EPA Releases Ecological Risk Assessments for Neonicotinoids | Pesticide | The National Law Review |
Organic foods backed by landmark report – warning pesticides far more dangerous than was thought | Pesticide | Telegraph |
New seven-year approval for herbicide pendimethalin | Pesticide | FGInsight |
Eco-label in exchange for less chemicals on rice fields | Pesticide | Science Daily |
Pesticides can cause brain damage and organic food is the future – EU report says | Pesticide | The Independent |
Scottish government accused of colluding with drug giant over pesticides scandal | Pesticide | Herald Scotland |
Continued Use of Glyphosate Herbicide in EU Called into Question by Renowned Toxiclogist | Pesticide | Beyond Pesticides |
Court Revokes Federal Approval of Nanotech Pesticide | Pesticide | Beyond Pesticides |
Court reverses US approval of nanosilver pesticide | Pesticide | Chemical & Engineering News |
Food scientist: Consumers “don’t have anything to fear” when it comes topesticide residue | Pesticide | Michigan Radio |
Groups Appeal EPA’s Refusal To Ban Dangerous Pesticide | Pesticide | Common Dreams |
Dem states challenge EPA over pesticide decision | Pesticide | The Hill |
Texas corn farmer: GMOs and glyphosate are ‘so much less risky for me and for the public’ | Pesticide | Genetic Literacy Project |
Seven States Challenge Trump EPA Decision Approving Brain-damagingPesticide | Pesticide | Center for Biological Diversity |
Can EPA ‘restore science and common sense’ to neonicotinoid insecticideregulations? | Pesticide | Genetic Literacy Project |
Texas Tech Researchers to Test Effectiveness of Insecticides Meant to Kill Zika-Spreading | Pesticide | Newswise |
Roundup caused lab ants to stop digging — but not because of its key ingredient | Pesticide | St. Louis Public Radio |
As You Sow Report: Glyphosate Poses Threat to Human Health and the Food System | Pesticide | PharmiWeb.com |
‘It will swallow up anything else growing there’ – Bracken control back on the radar with re-authorisation of asulam | Pesticide | FGInsight |
New seven-year approval for herbicide pendimethalin | Pesticide | FGInsight |
New techniques for peatland restoration | Soil management | Forestry.gov |
EU rule change set to push up fertiliser prices and increase reliance on Russia | Soil management | FGInsight |
Stubborn water weed offers nutritious fertiliser and biogas | Soil management | Daily Nation |
EU gives green light to ‘sustainable’ fertiliser proposal | Soil management | Agriland |
The conversation between plants and soil | Soil management | Phys.Org |
Fungicide Movement Matters | Soil management | AgWeb |
New soil sampling scheme opens for livestock farmers | Soil management | FarmingUK |
Nutrient Management on Steroids | Soil management | FFDL |
The Soil Health Revolution | Soil management | FFDL |
The key to improving soil organic matter – and crop productivity – is to grow as much biomass as possible in your farming system. | Soil management | F&FF |
New techniques for peatland restoration | Water & irrigation | Forestry.gov |
New technology extracts drinking water and crop fertiliser from air | Water & irrigation | Far Eastern Agriculture |
Workers Fight Invasive Weed Threatening City Water Supply | Water & irrigation | TAPinto.net |