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Headline	Category	Source
Mobilizing the authority of American science to back Monsanto	Agricultural Policy & Politics	U.S. Right to Know
Communities That Ban Pesticides Face an Uphill Battle	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Truthout
Trump EPA OKs ‘Emergency’ Use of Bee-killing Pesticide on 13.9 Million Acres	Agricultural Policy & Politics	YubaNet
GM proponents grill German government	Agricultural Policy & Politics	European Biotechnology
Farmers seek law on GM crops	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The Tribune
Chemical firm to challenge metaldehyde ban in the High Court	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Agriland.co.uk
Quebec Premier apologizes to agronomist who blew whistle on pesticide study	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Yahoo News
Private sector to challenge EU biofuel ban	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Jakarta Post
DEFRA’s slug pellet ban faces legal challenge	Agricultural Policy & Politics	ENDS Report
Brazil Recently Approved Hundreds Of New Pesticides Banned Elsewhere	Agricultural Policy & Politics	IFLScience
International News in Chemical Policy and Regulation	Agricultural Policy & Politics	The National Law Review
Trump signs executive order easing agricultural biotechnology review process	Agricultural Policy & Politics	JURIST
Defra faces High Court challenge over slug pellet ban	Agricultural Policy & Politics	FarmersWeekly
US EPA to revamp pesticide evaluations	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Chemical & Engineering News
Trump streamlines regulatory maze for ag biotechnology	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Feedstuffs
Brazil pesticide approvals soar as Jair Bolsonaro moves to weaken rules	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Unearthed
Companies seek clarity on breeding innovation to stay in EU	Agricultural Policy & Politics	EurActiv
Ghana – New law to regulate GM foods laid in Parliament for approval	Agricultural Policy & Politics	Ghana Web
Judge partly grants request to move some trials over Monsanto herbicide	Agricultural Research	San Francisco Chronicle
Plasma Seed Coatings to Protect Crops Against Fungi	Agricultural Research	Advanced Science News
Innovative approach to tackling pesticide resistance evolution	Agricultural Research	EurekAlert
AI and drone technology transform China’s agri-business – launching it into the future of modern farming	Agricultural Research	Global Times
ABU researchers develop cowpea immune to insects	Agricultural Research	The Nation Newspaper
Genetic project clinches BASIS award for young agronomist	Agricultural Research	Agriland.co.uk
New research decodes plant defense system with an eye on improving farming and medicine	Agricultural Research	Science Daily
Trump signs executive order easing agricultural biotechnology review process	Agricultural Research	JURIST
Strawberry mildew trial halves treatment costs	Agricultural Research	Fruitnet
Nanotechnology can help protect environment’	Agricultural Research	The Hindu
Delivery plans outline vision for research and innovation in the UK	Agricultural Research	UKRI
The future of EU agriculture innovation	Agricultural Research	EurActiv
Companies seek clarity on breeding innovation to stay in EU	Agricultural Research	EurActiv
£6.4 million awarded to set up UK’s first Global Centre of Excellence in Agri-robotics	Agricultural Research	AgriLand
Agri-tech start-up LettUs Grow strikes new partnership	Agricultural Research	AgriLand
University of Lincoln to create the United Kindom’s first global centre of excellence in agri-robotics	Agricultural Research	SeedQuest
Genetic resistance traits and how to protect them – Ask the Industry	Agricultural Research	SeedQuest
Norway sees sharp drop in palm oil biofuel consumption after ban on government purchasing	Bioindustry	Mongabay.com
Boeing to invest USD1m in Brazil biofuel industry	Bioindustry	CAPA - Centre for Aviation
US farm state senators unveil bill to overhaul biofuel waiver program	Bioindustry	KFGO News
Private sector to challenge EU biofuel ban	Bioindustry	Jakarta Post
Bill aims to extend MLPs to bioenergy/ biofuel projects	Bioindustry	Biomass Magazine
Biofuel expert: In Europe facts don’t win over theories	Bioindustry	EurActiv
With new regulation complete what’s next for EU biofuels?	Bioindustry	EurActiv
Loophole “Emergency” Use of Bee-Toxic Sulfoxaflor Approved During Pollinator Week	Environment	Beyond Pesticides
Will California Ban Rodenticides that Kill Predators?	Environment	Bay Nature
Ireland’s bee and butterfly populations declining report finds	Environment	Irish Times
How climate change affects crops in India	Environment	Science Daily
Bees required to create an excellent blueberry crop	Environment	Science Daily
Wheat myth debunked	Environment	Science Daily
EPA will allow use of pesticide harmful to bees	Environment	The Hill
Tasmanian Beekeeper Association president Lindsay Bourke said fipronil is needed	Environment	The Advocate
UN report sounds alarm on nature’s decline	Environment	NorthJersey.com
Migratory hoverflies ‘key’ as many insects decline	Environment	Science Daily
Nanotechnology can help protect environment’	Environment	The Hindu
Temperature maps from space would ‘boost crop production’	Environment	BBC
Fifty years later DDT lingers in lake ecosystems	Environment	Science Daily
Dead zone’ the size of Wales threatens Gulf of Mexico endangering all marine life living there	Environment	The Independent
USDA/ARS researchers help honeybees keep pollinating our food crops	Environment	SeedQuest
Why Nigeria may herald a change in Africa’s acceptance of GMOs	Food security	Genetic Literacy Project
Gene editing and innovation important for the future of agriculture	Food security	Fence Post
Asia and Africa will feed the world sustainably	Food security	EurActiv
Today’s diets are eating away at our future food supplies but we can change this	Food security	EurActiv
23 million people fall ill every year because of contaminated foods	Food security	EurActiv
The Slow Welcome Death of the GMO Panic	GM Crops	Commentary Magazine
Are concerns over genetically modified brinjals genuine?	GM Crops	Times Now
GM proponents grill German government	GM Crops	European Biotechnology
GMO corn doesn’t harm gut microbiome of rats study finds	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Consumers shouldn’t trust paid anti-GMO activists over independent biotech experts	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Crops produced with mutagenesis misleadingly labeled ‘non-GMO’ in Germany	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
African biotech scientist Margaret Karembu defends safety and sustainability of GMO crops	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Serious concerns over Bt brinjal	GM Crops	The Hindu
GM cotton: what is allowed and what farmers sowed	GM Crops	The Indian Express
Despite ban HTBT cotton widely cultivated in Maharashtra	GM Crops	Financial Express
Lack of science is the basis of claims that bt brinjal is 100% safe	GM Crops	Times of India
Children killer’ glyphosate found in Cheerios? Experts dismantle Environmental Working Group’s herbicide food residue study	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Clear the air on GMO	GM Crops	The Hindu BusinessLine
New UAE law to protect public from genetically modified food risks	GM Crops	The National
Dispelling falsehoods about GM crops	GM Crops	Financial Express
Farmers seek law on GM crops	GM Crops	The Tribune
New Zealanders divided over the safety of genetically modifiedfood	GM Crops	Stuff.co.nz
GMO Bt corn cultivation in EU poses no threat to ‘human or animal health or the environment’	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Impossible Foods defends use of GMO soy in plant-based burger to stand out from competitors	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Why Nigeria may herald a change in Africa’s acceptance of GMOs	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
The mysterious case of GM brinjal cultivation	GM Crops	The Hindu
Trump revamps oversight of biotech crops	GM Crops	Chemical & Engineering News
Unapproved GMO wheat found growing wild in Washington	GM Crops	Gephardt Daily
GMO: separating fiction from fact	GM Crops	Business Recorder
Technology freedom—we want we want’: Farmers protest India’s GMO crop restrictions	GM Crops	Genetic Literacy Project
Gene editing and innovation important for the future of agriculture	GM Crops	Fence Post
Here’s What Happened in The 21 Years Since GM Crops Were First Planted in Spain	GM Crops	ScienceAlert
14 EU countries call for ‘unified approach’ to gene editing in plants	GM Crops	EurActiv
“More than 800 hectares of orchards with zero herbicide”	Organics	FreshPlaza.com
Can we grow without plant protection products?	Organics	SeedQuest
Superweeds are becoming increasingly resistant to herbicides	Pest control	Earth.com
Bayer to invest $5.6 billion in nonglyphosate weed killers	Pest control	Irrigation & Green Industry magazine
Caterpillar’s devastating march across China spurs hunt for native predator	Pest control	Nature.com
Developing Nations’ Demand for Safer Pesticides Drives Higher Adoption ofBiopesticides	Pest control	Newswire Today
New strawberry disease control programme could halve costs	Pest control	Agriland.co.uk
Moving forward with preventative strategies	Pest control	Greenhouse Canada
Biological Pesticide Market to Witness Considerable Upsurge During 2017-2025	Pest control	New Daily Herald
Migratory hoverflies ‘key’ as many insects decline	Pest control	Science Daily
Interactions between plant and insect-infecting viruses	Pest control	Science Daily
New chemicals could help delay herbicide resistance	Pest control	Farming Ahead
Superweed resists another class of herbicides	Pest control	Science Daily
Waterhemp Claims Another Herbicide Group	Pest control	agprofessional.com
Diamondback moth invasion of ‘big concern’ to farmers	Pest control	FarmingUK
Blackgrass evolving resistance to glyphosate	Pest control	FarmingUK
Cereals 2019: Sales of key potato insecticide suspended	Pesticide	FarmersWeekly
Notorious pesticide found in 30 percent of citrus in Denmark	Pesticide	The Copenhagen Post
Pesticide use remains near record high in California – state data show	Pesticide	Porterville Recorder
What You Need to Know About Pesticide Use on the Farm	Pesticide	Successful Farming
Bayer to invest $5.6 billion in nonglyphosate weed killers	Pesticide	Irrigation & Green Industry magazine
Bayer to Invest 5 Billion Euros in Weedkiller Research	Pesticide	Yahoo Finance
The most dangerous pesticide you’ve never heard of	Pesticide	EUobserver
Innovative approach to tackling pesticide resistance evolution	Pesticide	EurekAlert
Today’s farms are cutting-edge. Why aren’t the pesticides?	Pesticide	Purdue News Service
Tasmanian Beekeeper Association president Lindsay Bourke said fipronil is needed	Pesticide	The Advocate
Chemical firm to challenge metaldehyde ban in the High Court	Pesticide	Agriland.co.uk
Scientists calls for reduction in use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides	Pesticide	Kenya News Agency
DEFRA’s slug pellet ban faces legal challenge	Pesticide	ENDS Report
Brazil Recently Approved Hundreds Of New Pesticides Banned Elsewhere	Pesticide	IFLScience
Deutsche Bahn to stop using cancer-linked pesticide on its tracks	Pesticide	The Local Germany
Research shows temperature and glyphosate increase probability for dicamba volatility	Pesticide	Science Daily
An environmental watchdog found traces of weed-killer in Cheerios and Nature Valley products	Pesticide	Business Insider
US EPA to revamp pesticide evaluations	Pesticide	Chemical & Engineering News
Wheat biostimulant seed dressing to up yields	Pesticide	FarmersWeekly
Environmental group claims weed killer still contaminates most cereals	Pesticide	Atlanta Journal Constitution
Blackgrass evolving resistance to glyphosate	Pesticide	FarmingUK
Can we grow without plant protection products?	Pesticide	SeedQuest
Charlie Carp in Deniliquin turns a river fish pest into fertiliser	Soil management	The Weekly Times
Scientists unearth green treasure — albeit rusty — in the soil	Soil management	Science Daily
Scientists calls for reduction in use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides	Soil management	Kenya News Agency
A warming Midwest increases likelihood that farmers will need to irrigate	Water & irrigation	Science Daily
NFU: Impact of flood risk on farmers must be taken seriously	Water & irrigation	AgriLand
How farmers are working to keep nitrate out of the UK’s drinking water	Water & irrigation	AgriLand
Satellites to help ease soil water run-off following heavy rain	Water & irrigation	FarmingUK
Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to improve farmers’ resilience to drought	Water & irrigation	SeedQuest

Mobilizing the authority of American science to back Monsanto