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Headline	Category	Source
UK overrules scientific advice by lifting ban on bee-harming pesticide	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Guardian
Government ignores scientific advice to approve bee-harming pesticide	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Big Issue
UK allows emergency use of bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide	Agricultural Policy & Politics	BBC
Pesticide Approval Process Gets a Closer Look at EPA	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Red River Farm Network
Kenya debates final approval of genetically engineered corn	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
Fertiliser ban decimates Sri Lankan crops as government popularity ebbs	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Reuters
EU sanctions on Belarus target key fertiliser amid rising input prices	Agricultural Policy & Politics	EURACTIV.com
Fertiliser manufacturers cannot have it every way	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Agriland
EU farms need fallow land and fertiliser aid to replace Ukraine wheat	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Successful Farming
In regulating pesticides will the US adopt the European Unions’ policies that have crippled agricultural innovation?	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
Commission’s draft pesticides regulation fails in ambition on reducing use of pesticides and protecting biodiversity and human health	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The European Environmental Bureau
Commission’s draft pesticides regulation fails in ambition on reducing use of pesticides and protecting biodiversity and human health	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The European Environmental Bureau
New proposed legislation makes pesticides more accessible to farmers	Agricultural Policy & Politics	CGTN America
GMO detractors think they can speak for Africa but African farmers love biotech and dynamic farming solutions	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
Hybrid law? Govt is stern with GM crop innovators but lax with farmers growing them	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Federal News
Mexico prohibits planting of GM corn but stops short of banning imports	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Diálogo Chino
Draft law on regulation of fertilisers: Don’t criminalise farmers	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Hindu Business Line
California proposes restricting use of neonicotinoids	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Agri-Pulse
EPA Rejects Challenges To Ban On Chlorpyrifos In Food	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Law360
EPA Forges Ahead on Pending Chlorpyrifos Ban as Court Decision Looms	Agricultural Policy & Politics	DTN/Progressive Farmer
China enthusiastically embracing gene-edited crops	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
Double standard — EU approves genetically modified vaccines but blocks GE …	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
A pretty big sea change’: EPA says it will consider endangered species when approving	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Emergency neonicotinoid use on sugar beet approved in England	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmersWeekly
Food security ‘critically important’ in wartime – EU farmers say	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingUK
In regulating pesticides will the US adopt the European Unions’ policies that have crippled agricultural innovation?	Agricultural Research	Genetic Literacy Project
Crops in space? With long space voyages on the horizon NASA working on ways to grow food for astronauts	Agricultural Research	Genetic Literacy Project
Researchers seeking information on pesticides use	Agricultural Research	Agriland
On Target: John Deere’s Latest Green-On-Green Spraying Innovation	Agricultural Research	AgWeb -
John Deere’s See & Spray Ultimate cuts chemical use by targeting weeds with precision	Agricultural Research	Successful Farming
New gene editing techniques – saviour or nemesis?	Agricultural Research	New Food magazine
Two-faced orchestrator: Tis gene regulates positive and negative immune responses in plants	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Secret life of tomatoes: orf137 gene triggers male sterility in tomato plants	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Hyperspectral sensing and AI pave new path for monitoring soil carbon	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
The root of it: Understanding molecular basis of lateral root development in rice	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Researchers develop method to check arsenic accumulation in rice crops using fertiliser	Agricultural Research	Millennium Post
Agriculture through Research and Development	Agricultural Research	Daily Times
Nanocarrier spray: Better crops without genetic modification	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Scientists developing crop that replaces fossil fuels as source of key industrial compounds	Agricultural Research	Rothamsted
Bioactive spray could be an alternative to genetically modified crops	Agricultural Research	New Atlas
Nanocarrier spray: Better crops without genetic modification	Agricultural Research	EurekAlert!
Bioactive Nanocarrier Spray: Better Crops Without Genetic Modification	Agricultural Research	SciTechDaily
Verdant Robotics unveils ‘multi-action’ tech that handles spraying and weeding & more	Agricultural Research	FreshPlaza
Growing at fixed distances with Controlled Row Farming	Agricultural Research	Future Farming
Risks of using AI to grow our food are substantial and must not be ignored – warn researchers	Agricultural Research	ScienceDaily
Being near pollinator habitat linked to larger soybean size	Agricultural Research	ScienceDaily
Biden administration studying whether biofuel waiver could ease food	Bioindustry	Successful Farming
German study slams crop-based biofuels as ‘a cure worse than the disease’	Bioindustry	EURACTIV.com
To reduce carbon emissions – use more ethanol – says biofuel group	Bioindustry	Successful Farming
U.S. Agriculture Secretary touts importance of low-carbon biofuels	Bioindustry	Reuters
Banned ‘bee killing’ pesticides can be used by farmers after ‘scandalous’ decision by ministers	Environment	iNews
US EPA renews effort to protect endangered species from pesticides	Environment	C&EN - American Chemical Society
Colorado bill aims to save bee populations by restricting pesticide use	Environment	The Denver Channel
UK government grants use of bee-killing pesticides	Environment	Hortidaily
Bee-killing’ pesticide banned by EU to be used in UK	Environment	The Independent
Antibiotic used on food crops affects bumblebee behavior	Environment	University of Washington
GMOs could shrink Europe’s climate footprint – study suggests	Environment	Alliance for Science
Global food supply at risk from Russian invasion of Ukraine – Yara says	Food security	Reuters
EU farms need fallow land and fertiliser aid to replace Ukraine wheat	Food security	Successful Farming
Biden administration studying whether biofuel waiver could ease food inflation	Food security	Successful Farming
Agriculture: Global cropland could be almost halved	Food security	ScienceDaily
Ghana begins accepting public comments on its first GMO crop	GM Crops	Alliance for Science
CSIR requests approval for environmental release of Ghana’s first GMO crop	GM Crops	MyJoyOnline.com
Kenya debates final approval of genetically engineered corn	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
China’s agriculture ministry says to facilitate commercialisation of GM soybeans and corn	GM Crops	Yahoo News
Do we need more risk studies to confirm the safety of genetically engineered crops	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
China announces it will facilitate the commercialization of transgenic soybeans and corn	GM Crops	Paris Beacon News
GMO detractors think they can speak for Africa but African farmers love biotech and dynamic farming solutions	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Synthetic biology can help protect Africa’s biodiversity	GM Crops	Alliance for Science
Hybrid law? Govt is stern with GM crop innovators but lax with farmers growing them	GM Crops	The Federal News
North Dakota Department of Agriculture rejects acceptance of recently revoked pesticide	Pesticide	Agweek
UK allows emergency use of bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide	Pesticide	BBC
Pesticide Approval Process Gets a Closer Look at EPA	Pesticide	Red River Farm Network
The door closes on chlorpyrifos—for now	Pesticide	Produce Blue Book
Administration conducts intensive drive for quality check of pesticides and insecticides	Pesticide	Kashmir Reader
Grower reveals wheat fungicide margin win over £1700/ha	Pesticide	Farmers Weekly
In regulating pesticides will the US adopt the European Unions’ policies that have crippled agricultural innovation?	Pesticide	Genetic Literacy Project
Commission’s draft pesticides regulation fails in ambition on reducing use of pesticides and protecting biodiversity and human health	Pesticide	The European Environmental Bureau
Seasonal variation of pesticides in surface water and drinking water wells in the annual	Pesticide	Nature
New proposed legislation makes pesticides more accessible to farmers	Pesticide	CGTN America
Obsolete pesticides : FAO provides West Africa with a strategy for centralization and securing	Pesticide	African Business
US EPA renews effort to protect endangered species from pesticides	Pesticide	C&EN - American Chemical Society
Brazil deal thwarts net-zero goals and threatens to bring pesticide-filled produce to UK	Pesticide	Daily Express
GPSA issues spray-drift warning to growers	Pesticide	Grain Central
John Deere’s See & Spray Ultimate cuts chemical use by targeting weeds with precision	Pesticide	Successful Farming
California cracks down on neonicotinoid pesticides	Pesticide	C&EN
Texas wine growers file suit over herbicide they call toxic	Pesticide	FOX 4 News
An organic insecticide is more damaging to non-target insects than synthetics	Pesticide	Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network
Two new fungicides to fight septoria in wheat grower’s plans	Pesticide	Farmers Weekly
Mexico prohibits planting of GM corn but stops short of banning imports	GM Crops	Diálogo Chino
GMOs could shrink Europe’s climate footprint – study suggests	GM Crops	Alliance for Science
China enthusiastically embracing gene-edited crops	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Bioactive Spray could be a Viable Alternative to GMO Crops	GM Crops	Krishi Jagran
An organic insecticide is more damaging to non-target insects than synthetics	Organics	Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network
Research finds organic insecticides more damaging to non-target insects	Organics	The Hippocratic Post
Can amino acid also be developed as pesticide against plant viruses?	Pest control	Phys.org
How to use neem oil to as a natural insecticide to protect your plants from pests	Pest control	Insider
Crop Watch: Early thoughts on disease and fertiliser strategies	Pest control	Farmers Weekly
Commence annihilation of invasive alien plant species immediately – HC tells govt	Pest control	The Hindu
The Case of the Onion Thrips: An IPM Mystery –	Pest control	Greenhouse Canada Magazine
Botanical brings new herbicide mode of action	Pest control	Farm Progress
Growing Rice Alongside Aquatic Life Reduces Need for Pesticides	Pest control	EcoWatch
Super pest’ Colorado potato beetle has the genetic resources to sidestep our attacks	Pest control	ScienceDaily
Window of opportunity opens for controlling ‘red-faced’ weeds in oilseed rape	Pest control	FarmingOnline
UK overrules scientific advice by lifting ban on bee-harming pesticide	Pesticide	The Guardian
Banned ‘bee killing’ pesticides can be used by farmers after ‘scandalous’ decision by ministers	Pesticide	iNews
New Bayer herbicide registered by EPA	Pesticide	Successful Farming
Can amino acid also be developed as pesticide against plant viruses?	Pesticide	Phys.org
Brazil sets record for pesticide approval	Pesticide	Youtube
Food tolerances revoked for chlorpyrifos: What you need to know	Pesticide	Star-Herald
California proposes restricting use of neonicotinoids	Pesticide	Agri-Pulse
EPA Rejects Challenges To Ban On Chlorpyrifos In Food	Pesticide	Law360
Fact Check-Imazalil – a fungicide used on citrus fruits is not banned in European Union or Britain	Pesticide	Reuters
Obsolete pesticides : FAO provides West Africa with a strategy for centralization	Pesticide	Reuters
EPA Forges Ahead on Pending Chlorpyrifos Ban as Court Decision Looms	Pesticide	DTN/Progressive Farmer
Herbicide Options Dwindle for Weed Control in Soybeans	Pesticide	AgWeb
Is using herbicide impregnated fertilizer an option for pastures on a budget?	Pesticide	Ohio's Country Journal
Weed resistance a growing problem in N.Y.	Pesticide	Farm Progress
Report on pesticide use in British stored potatoes published	Pesticide	FreshPlaza
BASF Bid to Block Fungicide to Be Considered by Trade Agency	Pesticide	Bloomberg Law
Emergency neonicotinoid use on sugar beet approved in England	Pesticide	FarmersWeekly
Food security ‘critically important’ in wartime – EU farmers say	Pesticide	FarmingUK
Fertiliser ban decimates Sri Lankan crops as government popularity ebbs	Soil management	Reuters
EU sanctions on Belarus target key fertiliser amid rising input prices	Soil management	EURACTIV.com
Study shows optimal soil phosphorus reduces fertiliser derived emissions	Soil management	Irish Examiner
10 soil health tips to help tackle weed control this spring	Soil management	Successful Farming
Russia’s war with Ukraine risks putting fresh pressure on rising fertiliser prices	Soil management	The Conversation
We should be eating more insects and using their waste to grow crops – says plant ecologist	Soil management	Science Daily
Hyperspectral sensing and AI pave new path for monitoring soil carbon	Soil management	Science Daily
Yara releases new ‘organo-mineral’ fertiliser	Soil management	The Scottish Farmer
Is using herbicide impregnated fertilizer an option for pastures on a budget?	Soil management	Ohio's Country Journal
Farms following soil-friendly practices grow healthier food – study suggests	Soil management	ScienceDaily
Sulphur addition key to making the most of nitrogen	Soil management	FarmingOnline
These nanobots powered by magnets can successfully remove water pollutants	Water & irrigation	ZME Science
Canadians can help stop the spread of invasive species in wetlands and waterways	Water & irrigation	Yahoo Finance
Seasonal variation of pesticides in surface water and drinking water wells in the annual	Water & irrigation	Nature
These solar panels pull in water vapor to grow crops in the desert	Water & irrigation	Science Daily
Maximizing crop profits under limited water	Water & irrigation	AgriLife Today

UK overrules scientific advice by lifting ban on bee-harming pesticide