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Headline	Category	Source
In a bid to phase out palm biofuel Europe leaves fans and foes dismayed	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Eco-Business
Malaysia threatens WTO challenge to EU’s move to drop palm biofuel	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Edge Markets MY
National Pesticide Policy: Prioritising plant health as national security	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Blueprint newspapers Limited
French Assemblée delays pesticide ban by three years	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Connexion
Bill Would Ban Late-Harvest Spraying of Roundup Weedkiller on Oats	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Environmental Working Group
Phase-out of palm oil biofuel puts ASEAN-EU FTA in jeopardy	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Edge Markets MY
Pseudo-science alert: For $9500 Politico provides disinformation about crop biotechnology	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
Tasmania to review its GMO-free moratorium	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Advocate
US agriculture official slams EU’s ‘backward-looking’ GMO crop import rules	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
Pesticide Registration Bill Signed into Law	Agricultural Policy & Politics	EHS Daily Advisor
Better regulation of chemicals in the food industry is a necessity	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Daily Californian
EU Labels Biofuel From Palm Oil As Unsustainable – Bans Subsidies	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Forbes
EU Parliament unwilling to reject Commission’s biofuel criteria	Agricultural Policy & Politics	EURACTIV
Bid to require labels about nanotechnology in food shot down	Agricultural Policy & Politics	San Francisco Chronicle
French activists vandalize Bayer building over pesticide use	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Fox Business
Preparing for an EU Exit ; What do farmers need to know?	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingOnline
Corteva official: Gene editing EU court ruling has sparked debate globally	Agricultural Policy & Politics	EurActiv
EU court prioritises transparency over ‘secrecy’ in landmark glyphosate ruling	Agricultural Policy & Politics	EurActiv
Farmers write to Philip Hammond urging ‘no-deal’ Brexit tariff revision	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingUK
The Search for a Better Biofuel: Can Biotech Deliver?	Agricultural Research	Labiotech.eu
Science and tech focus for nutrient management	Agricultural Research	Otago Daily Times
How French spraying tech can slash herbicide spend by 80%	Agricultural Research	FarmersWeekly
Scientists crack genome of superfood seaweed – ito-mozuku	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Raising a stink for BMSB research	Agricultural Research	Good Fruit Grower
Autopilot agricultural drone sprayer tested in Ilocos Norte	Agricultural Research	pna.gov.ph
UK considers post-Brexit research fund open to world	Agricultural Research	Nature
Mamut: The autonomous robot in the field of agritech	Agricultural Research	FarmingOnline
Research finds ergot alkaloids can move from infected to ‘clean’ grain	Agricultural Research	Agriland.co.uk
Research identifies mechanism that helps plants fight bacterial infection	Agricultural Research	Global Plant Council
In a bid to phase out palm biofuel Europe leaves fans and foes dismayed	Bioindustry	Eco-Business
Indonesia warns EU on palm oil draft says “examining” relations	Bioindustry	Thomson Reuters Foundation
Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels	Bioindustry	EurekAlert
Malaysia threatens WTO challenge to EU’s move to drop palm biofuel	Bioindustry	Reuters
Sweetener or fuel? The sugar market is watching what Brazilian mills are planning	Bioindustry	The Business Times
Palm oil alternatives use more land and produce less yield	Bioindustry	Malaysiakini
US biofuel angst resurfaces as new EPA waivers open old wounds	Bioindustry	AgriCensus
Kebbi to actualise Biofuel production from cassava and sugarcane	Bioindustry	P.M. News
EU Labels Biofuel From Palm Oil As Unsustainable – Bans Subsidies	Bioindustry	Forbes
Trump Looks to ‘Thread the Needle’ With Farms and Oil on Biofuels	Bioindustry	agprofessional.com
The Grass is Greener	Bioindustry	Daily Nexus
Farmers help improve water quality after ‘Farm to Tap’ scheme	Environment	FarmingUK
What’s the world’s most widely used herbicide doing to tiny critters?	Environment	Environmental Health News
Is an insecticide that harms bees bad for deer?	Environment	Minnesota Public Radio News
Neonics Wiping Out Bee Populations Amidst Sluggish EPA Action	Environment	Sightline Institute
Neonics Wiping Out Bee Populations Amidst Sluggish EPA Action	Environment	Sightline Institute
African farmers want GMO seeds to help weather climate change	Environment	Genetic Literacy Project
Environmental poisons harming our butterflies – bees – birds	Environment	Honolulu Star-Advertiser
EU Parliament unwilling to reject Commission’s biofuel criteria	Environment	EURACTIV
No water – no agriculture	Environment	EurActiv
Water shortages in England ‘within 25 years’	Environment	BBC
Welsh govt launches consultation on environment post-Brexit	Environment	FarmingUK
Malawi inches closer to commercializing GMO Bt cotton as crop yields double in field trials	Food security	Genetic Literacy Project
African farmers want GMO seeds to help weather climate change	Food security	Genetic Literacy Project
Can sustainable agriculture survive under capitalism?	Food security	The Week Magazine
African farmers want GMO seeds to help weather climate change	Food security	Genetic Literacy Project
How to secure agri-food supply chains post-Brexit and at what price?	Food security	EurActiv
Malawi inches closer to commercializing GMO Bt cotton as crop yields double in field trials	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Commercial production of high-yielding GMO potato and jute varieties coming soon in Bangladesh	GM Crops	Potato News Today
DA to probe high prices of GMO corn	GM Crops	Panay News
GMO Foods are safe to consume – OFAB	GM Crops	Ghana Business News
Restaurant in the midwest is first in the US to use gene-edited food	GM Crops	Earth.com
If new gene-edited cooking oil is a scientific marvel just say so – but don’t secretly feed it to us	GM Crops	RT
Why are anti-GMO groups influencing German school science curriculum?	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Booming sales suggest non-browning Arctic apple could be breakthrough product	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
African farmers want GMO seeds to help weather climate change	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Bangladesh green lights disease-resistant GMO potato for commercial production	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Pseudo-science alert: For $9500 Politico provides disinformation about crop biotechnology	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Union of Concerned Scientists’ Ricardo Salvador mulled endorsing anti-GMOcampaign	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Tasmania to review its GMO-free moratorium	GM Crops	The Advocate
US agriculture official slams EU’s ‘backward-looking’ GMO crop import rules	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
We don’t need weak data to make the case for GMOs	GM Crops	Biofortified Blog
GMOs Foods are safe to consume – OFAB	GM Crops	Ghana News Agency
Learning from the failure of the Flavr Savr tomato—the world’s first commercialGMO crop	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Gene Editing in Agriculture: Science – Policy – Story	GM Crops	Krishi Jagran
Corteva official: Gene editing EU court ruling has sparked debate globally	GM Crops	EurActiv
Peasant farmers schooled on organic products	Organics	BusinessGhana
Organic farming improved but still flaws with traceability – EU auditors find	Organics	EurActiv
Farmers look to FAO to help resolve the worsening pest outbreak issue	Pest control	Food Tank
Grants for green solution to rid forests of deadly pine tree weevil	Pest control	HeraldScotland
Septoria risk tool could help guide fungicide strategies	Pest control	FarmersWeekly
Bio-pesticide for safe food production stressed	Pest control	theindependentbd.com
Manage Insecticide Resistance	Pest control	CropLife
New Sunflower-based Herbicide Approved For Use in Agriculture	Pest control	Growing Produce
Biocontrols often also invasive	Pest control	Manitoba Co-operator
AHDB releases latest light leaf spot risk forecast	Pest control	Agriland.co.uk
Warm winter primes aphids for early flights	Pest control	Agriland.co.uk
Metaldehyde reward scheme successfully improves water quality	Pesticide	Agriland.co.uk
Oregon could restrict use of controversial herbicide	Pesticide	UPI.com
What’s the world’s most widely used herbicide doing to tiny critters?	Pesticide	Environmental Health News
What BASF says about glyphosate use on LibertyLink GT27 and GT27 soybeans	Pesticide	Agriculture.com
Michigan lab will stop force-feeding pesticides to beagles	Pesticide	Detroit Free Press
Dicamba Update: Limiting Your Liability	Pesticide	CropLife
Monsanto Asks Trump EPA to OK Drift-prone Pesticide on 90 Million Acres of Corn	Pesticide	Center for Biological Diversity
National Pesticide Policy: Prioritising plant health as national security	Pesticide	Blueprint newspapers Limited
Cotton Farmers Should Beware of Increased Herbicide Resistance	Pesticide	Cotton Grower
Council votes to create panel to examine pesticide use	Pesticide	GazetteNET
French Assemblée delays pesticide ban by three years	Pesticide	The Connexion
Delegates lose fight on banning pesticide linked to autism ADHA and childhood cancers	Pesticide	Baltimore Post-Examiner
Topical gel protects farmers from pesticides	Pesticide	The Hindu
Bill Would Ban Late-Harvest Spraying of Roundup Weedkiller on Oats	Pesticide	Environmental Working Group
Manage Insecticide Resistance	Pesticide	CropLife
Identifying fields with herbicide carryover risk	Pesticide	RealAgriculture
Bayer’s Roundup Herbicide Caused Man’s Cancer – California Jury Finds	Pesticide	TheStreet.com
US Court Finds Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Caused Second Man’s Cancer	Pesticide	Sputnik International
California Jury Finds Roundup Caused Man’s Cancer	Pesticide	NPR
Monsanto’s Roundup found by jury to be likely cause of cancer in second Bay Area man	Pesticide	San Francisco Chronicle
Jury sides with man claiming Roundup Weedkiller caused cancer	Pesticide	Wink News
DowDuPont unit to stop pesticide tests on beagles	Pesticide	CBS News
Pesticides in food: Strawberries spinach kale have the most residue a new report finds	Pesticide	USA TODAY
Kale joins the ranks of the annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ pesticide list	Pesticide	CNN
Four countries agree to take on task of assessing glyphosate	Pesticide	POLITICO.eu
Timing of DDT Pesticide Exposure Linked to Breast Cancer Risk	Pesticide	Specialty Pharmacy Times
Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance thiacloprid	Pesticide	EFSA
B&Q to stop selling wildlife-harming pesticide	Pesticide	Retail Sector
What the decline in fungicide performance means for wheat growers	Pesticide	FarmersWeekly
New cause for concern over weedkiller glyphosate	Pesticide	McGill Newsroom
Miami Bans Glyphosate – Main Active Ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup	Pesticide	State PIRGs
Monsanto Beats Farmers in Suit Over Pesticide-Resistant Seeds	Pesticide	Bloomberg Law
French activists vandalize Bayer building over pesticide use	Pesticide	Fox Business
Rural legislators lose fight on pesticide ban	Pesticide	MarylandReporter.com
Weedkiller glyphosate a ‘substantial’ cancer factor	Pesticide	BBC
Roundup weedkiller ‘substantial factor’ in farmer’s cancer – US jury finds	Pesticide	FarmersWeekly
Pesticide changes this March growers need to know	Pesticide	FarmersWeekly
Excessive phosphate fertilizer use can reduce microbial functions critical to crop health	Soil management	Science Daily
African farmers increase yield with fertiliser app	Soil management	Future Farming
Nitrogen pollution: Neglected menace	Soil management	Economic Times
Science and tech focus for nutrient management	Soil management	Otago Daily Times
Ban on popular fertilizer slammed	Soil management	Times of India
Metaldehyde reward scheme successfully improves water quality	Water & irrigation	Agriland.co.uk
Farmers help improve water quality after ‘Farm to Tap’ scheme	Water & irrigation	FarmingUK
No water – no agriculture	Water & irrigation	EurActiv
Water shortages in England ‘within 25 years’	Water & irrigation	BBC
Metaldehyde reward scheme successfully improves water quality	Water & irrigation	Agriland.co.uk
Govt may get powers to vary or revoke farmers’ abstraction rights	Water & irrigation	FarmingUK
Farmers help improve water quality after ‘Farm to Tap’ scheme	Water & irrigation	FarmingUK
CLA argues against removal of compensation for water abstractors	Water & irrigation	FarmingOnline

In a bid to phase out palm biofuel Europe leaves fans and foes dismayed