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Headline	Category	Source
Underlying motives fuel pesticide bills	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Thegardenisland.com
Centre unveils another draft of Pesticide Management Bill	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Business Standard
Trump calls meeting on biofuels policy blamed by bankrupt refiner	Agricultural Policy & Politics	CNBC
Draft pesticide bill doesn’t address our concerns say farmer groups	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Times of India
Stricter penalties and more power for states in draft pesticide bill	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Livemint
Australia Mulls a Green Light for Gene Editing	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Agriculture.com
Draft Bill on regulating pesticides could punish farmers who use spurious products	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Scroll.in
Extension of dicamba registrations not a sure thing	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Delta Farm Press
Judge Dismisses Challenge to Arkansas Ban on Monsanto Weed Killer	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Manufacturing.net
Farm groups urge Trump not to weaken US biofuel policy	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Reuters
US Biofuels Policy Overhaul Faces Major Challenges	Agricultural Policy & Politics	OilPrice.com
Anti-GMO forces target New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) despite similarities to conventional crops	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Genetic Literacy Project
California Court Ruling Ends Decades of State Pesticide Spraying	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Center for Biological Diversity
GMO Answers Continues to Promote Sound Science Amidst Ongoing Misinformation Campaigns	Agricultural Policy & Politics	PR Newswire
Judge halts California plan to require glyphosate cancer warnings	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Reuters
Judge Blocks Pesticide Spraying by State Ag Department	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Environmental Working Group
£150m worth of support payments could be redirected to help environment	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingUK
Does the average European citizen support EU farmers?	Agricultural Policy & Politics	AgriLand
CAP reform: What’s really happening in Brussels?	Agricultural Policy & Politics	AgriLand
‘Cutting CAP funding would devastate Irish agriculture’ – ICOS	Agricultural Policy & Politics	AgriLand
Once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape future farming policy	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmingOnline
New insight into plants’ self-defense	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Chinese researchers develop pesticide to decrease contamination	Agricultural Research	Global Times
The drones are coming to spray your crops	Agricultural Research	Western Producer
ODF needs rigor and transparency in forest herbicide science	Agricultural Research	The Register-Guard
Computer models allow farmers to diversify pest management methods	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Computer models allow farmers to diversify pest management methods	Agricultural Research	Phys.Org
Tripling the number of grains in sorghum and perhaps other staple crops	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
DOE gives out grant for biofuel research	Agricultural Research	IllinoisHomePage.net
Smarter weed detection at an industrial scale	Agricultural Research	Stacey on IoT
Europe Regulators Publish Formal Drone Opinion With Focus on Operational Risk	Agricultural Research	Unmanned Aerial
Will First Ever Crop Planted Completely by Drone in UK Mean Lost Jobs?	Agricultural Research	Drone Below
Agricultural college aims to make Gloucestershire hub for agri-tech	Agricultural Research	FarmingUK
£90m agri-tech investment hopes to improve lagging UK productivity	Agricultural Research	FarmingUK
Monitoring Crop Photosynthesis	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Agricultural Research Funding in the Public and Private Sectors	Agricultural Research	SeedQuest
Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds reaches one million mark	Agricultural Research	BBC
When will the EU tighten its regulations on the sale of palm oil?	Bioindustry	EU Policies
Biofuel Fight Lives On	Bioindustry	agprofessional.com
Icahn’s Biofuel Fight Lives On as Trump Said to Plan Meetings	Bioindustry	Bloomberg
White House Summit over Biofuels Clash	Bioindustry	agprofessional.com
Britain and Europe must ban palm oil in biofuel to save forests – EU parliament told	Bioindustry	UkrAgroConsult
Farmers defend biofuels as part of EU’s upcoming ‘protein strategy’	Bioindustry	EURACTIV
How biofuels from plant fibers could combat global warming	Bioindustry	Science Daily
Farm groups urge Trump not to weaken US biofuel policy	Bioindustry	Reuters
Trump hears US biofuel mandate reform ideas from EPA – USDA chiefs	Bioindustry	Platts
Switchgrass biofuel shows potential in fight against climate change	Bioindustry	Biofuels International Magazine
Switchgrass Shows Promise as Next-Gen Cellulosic Biofuel	Bioindustry	R & D Magazine
Study Shows How Biofuels From Plant Fibres Could Combat Global Warming	Bioindustry	Scicasts
Big Corn Big Oil square off in White House biofuels meeting	Bioindustry	Reuters
Proper pesticide use part of sustainability efforts	Environment	Wisconsin State Farmer
Flowers Aren’t Enough: How Urban Heat Affects Bee Populations	Environment	NC State News
Pesticide regulations – farmers’ markets may prevent honey bee extinction	Environment	Miscellany News
How biofuels from plant fibers could combat global warming	Environment	Science Daily
Farmers and environmental advocacy groups disagree on neonicotinoids’ impact onbees	Environment	Genetic Literacy Project
Beekeeper’s $20K class-action suit goes ahead as evidence mounts of neonicotinoids’ effects	Environment	CBC.ca
The Environmentalist Case In Favor Of GMO Food	Environment	Forbes
Why the tillage sector is the ‘good kid in class’ when it comes to emissions	Environment	Agriland
New clues to decline of bees and other pollinators	Environment	BBC
Bees are actually farmers’ best friends and vice versa	Environment	Modesto Bee
Study Shows How Biofuels From Plant Fibres Could Combat Global Warming	Environment	Scicasts
£150m worth of support payments could be redirected to help environment	Environment	FarmingUK
When Genetic Engineering is the Environmentally Friendly Choice	Environment	FFDL
What We Can Do About Nitrogen Emissions and Air Pollution	Environment	FFDL
Unprecedented collaboration brings conservationists and agriculture industry together to help the iconic monarch butterfly	Environment	SeedQuest
The EU looks to increase regional production of protein crops	Food security	FeedNavigator.com
Can insect-resistant GMO Bt corn help Kenya fight crop pests and climate change?	Food security	Genetic Literacy Project
GMOs: an incredible tool to advance humanity	Food security	The Appalachian Online
Tripling the number of grains in sorghum and perhaps other staple crops	Food security	Science Daily
Bill Gates says ‘it is disappointing’ when people think GMO-free foods are superior	Food security	mySanAntonio.com
Bill Gates calls GMOs ‘perfectly healthy’ — and scientists say he’s right	Food security	Business Insider
Developing a taste for high-protein plants	Food security	Horizon
Tripling the Number of Grains in Cereal Crops?	Food security	Science Daily
Enhancing Rice Yield	Food security	Science Daily
Does GMO corn increase crop yields? 21 years of data confirm it does—and provides substantial health benefits	Food security	Genetic Literacy Project
Scientists are breeding super-nutritious crops to help solve global hunger	Food security	WEForum
Anti-GMO articles tied to Russian sites – ISU research shows	GM Crops	DesMoinesRegister
Zambia will not import or allow any Genetically Modified foods	GM Crops	Lusaka Times
Study Finds Genetic Engineering Produces Healthier Corn	GM Crops	Courthouse News Service
Bangladesh embraces GMO crops to boost yields and reduce pesticide use	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Argentine farmers reverse course and agree to pay royalties for GMO seeds	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Poland plans to cut GMOs in animal feed	GM Crops	thenews.pl
Playing with your food: New research on GMOs	GM Crops	Journalist's Resource
GMO Corn Is Safe and Even Has Health Benefits – Analysis of 6000 Studies Concludes	GM Crops	Newsweek
The Landscape of Plant Biotechnology in Europe	GM Crops	Labiotech.eu
Can insect-resistant GMO Bt corn help Kenya fight crop pests and climate change?	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Scientists Finally Settle GMO Case; They Are Safe – Period	GM Crops	EconoTimes
Can insect-resistant GMO Bt corn help Kenya fight crop pests and climate change?	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
GMOs: an incredible tool to advance humanity	GM Crops	The Appalachian Online
Anti-GMO forces target New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) despite similarities to conventional crops	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
GMO crops are safer than conventional ones – CSIR Scientist	GM Crops	Myjoyonline.com
Russians push anti-GMO narrative online — study	GM Crops	E&E News
Bill Gates calls GMOs ‘perfectly healthy’ — and scientists say he’s right	GM Crops	Business Insider
GMO Answers Continues to Promote Sound Science Amidst Ongoing Misinformation Campaigns	GM Crops	PR Newswire
GMO Cotton Problems Won’t Recur In Africa	GM Crops	Modern Ghana
The scary truth behind fear of GMOs	GM Crops	Biofortified Blog
Bill Gates says ‘it is disappointing’ when people think GMO-free foods are superior	GM Crops	mySanAntonio.com
When Genetic Engineering is the Environmentally Friendly Choice	GM Crops	FFDL
President Yoweri Museveni Challenged Uganda’s GMO Bill	GM Crops	FFDL
Impact of genetically engineered maize on agronomic environmental and toxicological traits: a meta-analysis of 21 years of field data	GM Crops	SeedQuest
Gene injection set to bring benefits to pea crops	GM Crops	FWi
Rearing red worms to generate organic fertilizer	Organics	The Standard
No-till organic and roller-crimper — making it work	Organics	Wallace's Farmer
EU to conduct organic food checks to see if consumer confidence has risen	Organics	FarmingUK
The Organic Market in the Netherlands	Organics	SeedQuest
Mycotoxins a threat to food safety’	Pest control	The Herald
Fears for seed industry after red clover moth found nationwide	Pest control	Radio New Zealand
Low drift nozzles could help wild oat control in spring	Pest control	FarmersWeekly
Court Orders State Officials To Stop Spraying Pesticides for Invasive Bugs	Pest control	KQED
Digital farming technology: protecting crops around the world	Pest control	SeedQuest
Farmers face tough choice as clubroot invades Canada’s canola fields	Pest control	Modern Farmer
First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen calls for critical close monitoring	Pest control	RSB
Biosecurity at Highgrove	Pest control	RSB
Underlying motives fuel pesticide bills	Pesticide	Thegardenisland.com
MoAD to control excessive pesticide use in veggies and fruits	Pesticide	Himalayan Times
Study disputes popular pesticides’ effectiveness	Pesticide	The Globe and Mail
Blood test for farmers using pesticides – chemical the key to preventing long-term health problems	Pesticide	ABC Online
World Health Organisation says this weed killer is probably carcinogenic	Pesticide	Daily Post North Wales
Bangladesh embraces GMO crops to boost yields and reduce pesticide use	Pesticide	Genetic Literacy Project
Chinese researchers develop pesticide to decrease contamination	Pesticide	Global Times
Monsanto Loses Lawsuit to Stop Dicamba Ban in Arkansas	Pesticide	Beyond Pesticides
Golf courses cut pesticide use	Pesticide	Coast Reporter
Judge Dismisses Challenge to Arkansas Ban on Monsanto Weed Killer	Pesticide	Manufacturing.net
A Guide To Pesticide Use And Buffer Zones	Pesticide	Honolulu Civil Beat
Pesticide Traced in Most French Fruits and Vegetables	Pesticide	Financial Tribune
Farmers and environmental advocacy groups disagree on neonicotinoids’ impact onbees	Pesticide	Genetic Literacy Project
Be careful out there’ with dicamba in 2018	Pesticide	Southeast Farm Press
Global scientific review reveals effective alternatives to neonicotinoid and fipronilinsecticides	Pesticide	Phys.Org
Study disputes popular pesticides’ effectiveness	Pesticide	The Globe and Mail
Judge orders California agricultural officials to cease pesticide use	Pesticide	Los Angeles Times
California Court Ruling Ends Decades of State Pesticide Spraying	Pesticide	Center for Biological Diversity
Judge orders California agricultural officials to cease pesticide use	Pesticide	Los Angeles Times
California judge orders restrictions on insecticide applications	Pesticide	AGDAILY
Global scientific review reveals effective alternatives to neonicotinoid and fipronilinsecticides	Pesticide	EurekAlert
Neonicotinoid fipronil insecticides largely ineffective as pests develop resistance study finds	Pesticide	Genetic Literacy Project
Glyphosate cancer warning in California halted	Pesticide	Los Angeles Times
Judge halts California plan to require glyphosate cancer warnings	Pesticide	Reuters
EPA Shuttering Program That Aids the Study of Chemical Effects on Children	Pesticide	Modern Farmer
Norfolk farmers: protect fungicides	Pesticide	AHDB
Crop-saving soil tests now at farmers’ fingertips	Soil management	Science Daily
Rearing red worms to generate organic fertilizer	Soil management	The Standard
New approach to improve nitrogen use enhance yield and promote flowering in rice	Soil management	Science Daily
Narborough fertiliser firm warns of potential impact on sugar beet growing	Soil management	Lynn News
Nyeri to improve soil degraded by years of too much fertiliser	Soil management	The Star
Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations: How Can We Improve the Guesstimate Game?	Soil management	CropLife
Why Are Service Providers Slow to Adopt Crop Sensors for Nitrogen Management?	Soil management	CropLife
What We Can Do About Nitrogen Emissions and Air Pollution	Soil management	FFDL
Tomatoes of the same quality as normal but using only half the water	Water & irrigation	Science Daily
‘Far too many serious pollution incidents’ says Environment Agency water quality report	Water & irrigation	Gov.uk
Research shows farmer awareness of water quality issues improving	Water & irrigation	FarmingUK
Academics and Environment groups give evidence on Nitrates	Water & irrigation	Parliament

Underlying motives fuel pesticide bills