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Headline	Category	Source
Cluster of farmers vow to protect Norfolk river from further pollution	Water & irrigation	FarmingUK
Farm Commissioner Hogan proposes pesticide ban on EFA	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Farming Life
New rules to control plant pests approved by EU Agriculture Committee	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FGInsight
Climate Change Committee recommends changes to farm support	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingOnline
Commission admits policing biofuels according to public opinion	Agricultural Policy & Politics	EurActiv
2016 Presidential Race: Clinton, Trump, Stein and Johnson on Food, Farming and GMOs	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
France asks EU to regulate whether gene edited crops are GMOs	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
New report explores Brexit impacts sector by sector	Agricultural Policy & Politics	SeedQuest
Science and policymaking: reflections from a global meeting	Agricultural Policy & Politics	RSB
France asks the European Court of Justice to decide if plants from new breeding techniques are GMOs	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FeedNavigator.com
Gastronationalism: Is Europe’s food getting wrapped up in nationalist politics?	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingOnline
The Scientific Advise Mechanism ? Is it better regulation?	Agricultural Research	EurActiv
Monsanto to build conventional – GMO corn germplasm greenhouse in Arizona	Agricultural Research	Western Farm Press
NFU calls for stronger focus on crop research after disappointing harvest	Agricultural Research	FGInsight
Science and policymaking: reflections from a global meeting	Agricultural Research	RSB
A stronger voice for U.K. science?but at what cost?	Agricultural Research	ScienceMag
Research to help develop next-generation food crops	Agricultural Research	FoodSecurity
North Carolina Biotechnology Center receives $1.87m grant for sorghum-to-biofuel research	Bioindustry	Biofuels International Magazine
European farmers stress biodiesel role in agriculture and transport decarbonisation post-2020	Bioindustry	Biofuels International Magazine
Commission admits policing biofuels according to public opinion	Bioindustry	EurActiv
Monarca Will Use New High Yield Agriculture to Produce Low Cost Seed Oil to Produce BioJet	Bioindustry	PR Web
EU urged to support advanced biofuels	Bioindustry	Argus Media
Biofuels ‘will support rural incomes and green economy’	Bioindustry	Global Times
‘Super yeast’ has the power to improve economics of biofuels	Bioindustry	ScienceBlog.com
Commission admits policing biofuels according to public opinion	Bioindustry	EurActiv
Cut Down On Bee-Killing Pesticides? Ontario Finds It’s Easier Said Than Done	Environment	NPR
Cocktail of ‘Safe’ Pesticides Killing Bees	Environment	Science Daily
EPA Inactivity Threatens Bees – Nonprofit Claims	Environment	Courthouse News Service
Crop diversity is a natural pesticide	Environment	FarmingOnline
Focus on the health of honey bee and bumble bee colonies as well as wild bees	Environment	SeedQuest
Neonics study concludes clothianidin not harmful to bees	Environment	FWi
Without urgent action climate change will push millions into hunger: U.N-Reuters	Environment
Scientists blaming pesticides for bee deaths may be biased – entomologist says	Environment	Crop Protection News
It’s the diversity of pesticides – not the types or doses – that may be killing bees	Environment	MinnPost
World climate talks address agriculture	Environment	The Economist
Factbox: How the food we eat makes climate change worse	Environment	Reuters
BeeConnected: How integration of digital communication is saving the nation’s bees	Environment	The Drum
Facing Climate Change Tanzania Can’t Afford to Fear GM Crops	Environment	WIRED
No one asks the farmer	Environment	The Indian Express
Ontario Cracks Down On Widely Used Pesticides Toxic To Bees	Environment	NPR
EPA Review Keeps Bee-Toxic Pesticide Sulfoxaflor on the Market with Limited Restrictions	Environment	Beyond Pesticide
UN: Farming needs to harvest chance to cut emissions	Environment	BBC
Bee study: Neonics associated with fewer queen bees and males	Environment	FarmingOnline
Study Finds Insecticide More Damaging To Wisconsin Stream Bugs Than Previously Thought	Environment	Wisconsin Public Radio News
Kenyan farmers using honey bees to protect crops from elephants	Environment	ABC Online
Toxic economy: Common chemicals cost US billions every year	Environment	Environmental Health News
Soybean nitrogen breakthrough could help feed the world	Food security	Global Plant Council
For food security we need soil security	Food security	Global Food Security
Current breeding technology with the challenge of food insecurity	Food security	AgroNews
Are farming super-mergers affecting food security?	Food security	Digital Journal
Without urgent action climate change will push millions into hunger: U.N-Reuters	Food security
Private sector seed distribution vital for food security – World Food Prize delegates say	Food security	SeedQuest
How University of California scientists are taking on the global food crisis	Food security	SeedQuest
For food security we need soil security	Food security	Food Security
Research to help develop next-generation food crops	Food security	FoodSecurity
Rice blast a continued threat to global food security	Food security	SeedQuest
India should let farmers decide about GMO mustard	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Consumers Drive GMO Debate	GM Crops	FoodSafetyTech
Organic Trade Association: Lobby group under activist fire for supporting federal GMO labeling	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Mark Lynas: India’s GMO mustard will bring cheaper hybrids not increase herbicide use	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Zimbabwe Should Embrace GMO	GM Crops	Expert
Anti-GMO-touted Italian paper claiming GM genes in blood and organs found to be fabricated	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Europe increases GMO use. What are benefits for Ukraine?	GM Crops	UkrAgroConsult
Facing Climate Change Tanzania Can’t Afford to Fear GM Crops	GM Crops	WIRED
France asks the European Court of Justice to decide if plants from new breeding techniques are GMOs	GM Crops	FeedNavigator.com
With developing ag needs Cuba doesn’t shy from biotech	GM Crops	Iowa Farmer Today
Although a US law mandating disclosure of GM ingredients provides food companies with a way out of the labeling rabbit hole – appeasing the anti-GM movement will likely backfire	GM Crops	Nature Biotechnology
Campaigns opposing genetically modified food are misguided	GM Crops	South China Morning Post
Wisconsin’s “Grand Experiment” With GMO Corn	GM Crops	WisContext
France asks EU to regulate whether gene edited crops are GMOs	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Monsanto to build conventional/GMO corn germplasm greenhouse in Arizona	GM Crops	Western Farm Press
NY State PTA proposal to ban GMOs in schools ‘contrary to science and common sense’	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Farm groups urge food companies to think twice on GMO bans	GM Crops	Agri-Pulse
Boulder County seeks comments on plan for phasing out GMO crops	GM Crops	Longmont Times-Call
2016 Presidential Race: Clinton, Trump, Stein and Johnson on Food, Farming and GMOs	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
GM Mustard: CM Nitish Kumar letter to PM Narendra Modi has quite a few slips	GM Crops	Financial Express
Top Court Extends Stay On Commercial Release Of Genetically Modified Mustard	GM Crops	NDTV
Zimbabwe Should Embrace GMO	GM Crops	Expert
Nature Editorial: ‘Appeasing US anti-GMO movement by agreeing to labeling will likely backfire’	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Activists up in arms against cultivation of hybrid mustard	GM Crops	The New Indian Express
GMO experts: ‘It’s an emotional debate but not an irrational one’	GM Crops	EurActiv
Protein Atlas Scores Nitrogen Fixing Duet	GM Crops	Science Daily
FG Stops Sale of GM Foods	GM Crops	Nigeria Today
GM crop is as safe as any other form of breeding. It’s probably safer’	GM Crops	Business Standard
Government looks to press ahead with GM mustard	GM Crops	Times of India
Brazil poultry farms tepid over clearance of US GMO corn	GM Crops	KRVN Radio
A Case for Uganda’s Use of Biotechnology	GM Crops	AllAfrica.com
WikiLeaks Reveals Hillary Clinton Campaign Manager John Podesta Believes GMOs Cause	GM Crops	American Council on Science and Health
New platform for farmers to find organic arable solutions	Organics	FarmingFutures
Brussels goes to ‘organic’ barricades	Organics	POLITICO.eu
Organic Trade Association: Lobby group under activist fire for supporting federal GMO labeling	Organics	Genetic Literacy Project
Harnessing The Plant Microbiome For Cleaner Pesticide-Free Agriculture	Organics	Co.Exist
Call for increasing use of organic fertiliser to boost soil health and productivity	Organics	Financial Express Bangladesh
Non-GMO and Organic Seed Demand Outselling Supply	Organics	BlackburnNews.com
Take those organic food claims with a grain of salt	Organics	The Australian
Crop diversity is a natural pesticide	Organics	FarmingOnline
Why Our Organic Food Is Still Covered In Pesticides	Organics	FOODBEAST
Diversity as Natural Pesticide	Organics	Science Daily
Antifungal RNA Spray to Fight Barley Crop	Pest control	Science Daily
Fighting resistant insects with insects!	Pest control	Hans India
Scientist Discover How Farmers Can Fight Pests With Crops	Pest control	TakePart
Mango farmers make use of biopesticides	Pest control	FreshPlaza
Harnessing The Plant Microbiome For Cleaner Pesticide-Free Agriculture	Pest control	Co.Exist
Marrone Bio Innovations Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation in Biopesticides	Pest control	EconoTimes
The alien plants sucking South Africa dry ? can companies help?	Pest control	The Guardian
Zeroing in on infested crops with Drones	Pest control	The Hans India
Diversity as natural pesticide	Pest control	EurekAlert
Antifungal RNA spray could help fight barley crop disease	Pest control	EurekAlert
Glyphosate ‘expected’ to be banned in 2017	Pesticide	FGInsight
Pesticide contamination in WA mums at lowest levels since 1970s	Pesticide	ABC Online
Study finds pesticide levels in Australian breast milk lowest in world	Pesticide	Medical Xpress
5 things you need to know about the Q-biotype whitefly	Pesticide	Greenhouse Management
Why scientists disagree on whether RoundUp can cause cancer	Pesticide	NET Website
Glyphosate in the hot seat	Pesticide	Pesticide Action Network
Pesticide use OK’d for Canandaigua’s Lagoon Park months after moratorium	Pesticide	News 10NBC
Lower annual pesticide limit announced for California	Pesticide	The Salinas Californian
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Plants and Monarchs From Toxic New Pesticide	Pesticide	Bay Area Indymedia
Calls to cut pesticide use ‘threaten potato industry’	Pesticide	Jersey Evening Post
Reiboldt: pesticide complaints will spread	Pesticide	Missourinet.com
Diversity as natural pesticide	Pesticide	EurekAlert
Dow hopes to lift pesticide ‘gloom’ with new products	Pesticide	FarmersWeekly
It’s the diversity of pesticides – not the types or doses – that may be killing bees	Pesticide	MinnPost
More pesticide residue testing labs to be set up soon	Pesticide	Himalayan Times
EPA – Albaugh settle on violations	Pesticide	News-Press Now
Herbicide history determines seed purchases	Pesticide	AG Week
Farm Commissioner Hogan proposes pesticide ban on EFA	Pesticide	Farming Life
Chile: Better management of pesticides in vegetables	Pesticide	FreshPlaza
PIL for immediate ban of 19 pesticides: HC seeks govt’s reply	Pesticide	Daily News & Analysis
Vitamin D/pollution/pesticides and more: New risk factors of dementia	Pesticide	Hindustan Times
After 40 years the most important weapon against mosquitoes may be failing	Pesticide	Science Magazine
Sulfoxaflor gets new registration with fewer crop uses	Pesticide	Agri-Pulse
Albertans support cosmetic pesticide ban: survey	Pesticide	St. Albert Gazette
More complaints of illegal herbicide use in Missouri Bootheel	Pesticide	St. Louis Public Radio
Ministry pushes to reduce chemical use in crops	Pesticide	Myanmar Times
For food security we need soil security	Soil management	Global Food Security
10 things you didn’t know about fertiliser	Soil management	Agriland
Government taken to task on soil health	Soil management	FarmingOnline
Soil Biota Adversely Affected by Interaction of Inputs and Practices in Chemical-Intensive Agriculture	Soil management	Beyond Pesticides
Efficient application of phosphorus key to crop growth	Soil management	Crop Protection News
India sets up fertiliser research organisation	Soil management	VCCircle
Call for increasing use of organic fertiliser to boost soil health and productivity	Soil management	Financial Express Bangladesh
Protein Atlas Scores Nitrogen Fixing Duet	Soil management	Science Daily
Increasing farm resource efficiency through improved nutrient planning	Soil management	ADAS
‘Strict’ pesticide rules fail to erase threat to Wisconsin’s drinking water	Water & irrigation	Channel3000.com
Despite ‘strict’ rules – pesticides pose threat to Wisconsin drinking water	Water & irrigation	Madison.com
Pesticide Restrictions in Wisconsin Fail to Protect Groundwater Adequately	Water & irrigation	eNews Park Forest
Research center in China’s Shandong province attempts to produce grain on saline and alkaline land	Water & irrigation	SeedQuest
Pesticide Restrictions in Wisconsin Fail to Protect Groundwater Adequately	Water & irrigation	Beyond Pesticides

Cluster of farmers vow to protect Norfolk river from further pollution

Water & irrigation

FarmingUK

Farm Commissioner Hogan proposes pesticide ban on EFA