A top European science council calling is demanding a “radical reform of the legal framework” | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Alliance for Science |
EU court fines Greece over pollution of water with agricultural nitrates | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Balkan Green Energy News |
South Australian government vows to fight bill reinstating ‘archaic’ GMO crop moratorium | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Genetic Literacy Project |
UK may lift ban on GMO-derived foods to secure post-Brexit trade deal with US | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Genetic Literacy Project |
Controversial risk indicator to be basis for pesticide reduction targets | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
Government stands firm on GM crops freedom | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Barossa & Light Herald |
US agencies launch initiative to boost understanding of GMOs | Agricultural Policy & Politics | World Grain |
Food & Ag Policy Briefing: Call for GMO reform – EU climate law presented – Covid-19 disrupts | Agricultural Policy & Politics | IEG Policy |
GMOs cause cancer’ and 17 other persistent health myths debunked | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Genetic Literacy Project |
EPA Facing Multiple Deadlines on ‘High Profile’ Pesticides | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Bloomberg Environment |
Bill to Ban Controversial Class of Neurotoxins Again Hits Resistance | Agricultural Policy & Politics | ecoRI news |
Shrouded in secrecy – a new bill for pesticide management coming to parliament soon | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Mongabay-India |
Agri experts slam absence of policy framework for GM seeds | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Profit by Pakistan Today |
Indian pesticides bill rightly focuses on farmers | Agricultural Policy & Politics | MENAFN.COM |
Top European science council demands ‘radical’ GMO regulatory reform | Agricultural Policy & Politics | Genetic Literacy Project |
FDA launches ‘Feed Your Mind’ to increase understanding of GMOs | Agricultural Policy & Politics | AGDAILY |
A Pesticide’s Regulation Still Uncertain After Bill Fails In The Legislature | Agricultural Policy & Politics | OPB News |
Smith Bill to Classify Neonicotinoid Pesticides for Restricted Use Advances from Senate | Agricultural Policy & Politics | InsiderNJ |
Controversial risk indicator to be basis for pesticide reduction targets | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
EU’s Farm to Fork strategy will be based on five key targets | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
Gene-editing
regulation not the biggest hurdle for SMEs in EU – says academic | Agricultural Policy & Politics | EurActiv |
European GMO laws no longer fit | Agricultural Policy & Politics | SeedQuest |
Text service to aid in farm crop production | Agricultural Research | talkbusiness.net |
Ag research and biofuels among House ag appropriators’ funding priorities | Agricultural Research | IEG Policy |
Crop Protection Network helps farmers manage disease | Agricultural Research | RealAgriculture |
Africa’s devastating locust outbreak exposes need for crop science on all fronts | Agricultural Research | Thomson Reuters Foundation |
Russia strikes deal to accelerate development of 30 gene-edited crops/animals by 2027 | Agricultural Research | Genetic Literacy Project |
Ensuring data sovereignty ‘major challenge’ for European farmers | Agricultural Research | EurActiv |
To fight agricultural pests scientists try spray-on plant vaccines | Agricultural Research | Massive Science |
Construction phase completed on £2 million Hartpury agri-tech hub | Agricultural Research | AgriLand |
Future of Cumbrian agri college in doubt after calls for ‘review’ | Agricultural Research | FarmingUK |
Blight map reveals evolution of potato disease in Europe in 2019 | Agricultural Research | SeedQuest |
New study shows CRISPR can be applied to produce biofortified rice | Agricultural Research | SeedQuest |
Ag research and biofuels among House ag appropriators’ funding priorities | Biofuels | IEG Policy |
Donegal organic farm ditches dairy herd and pivots to biofuels | Biofuels | Business Post |
Trump’s biofuel decision triggers backlash | Biofuels | Farm Progress |
Pesticides impair baby bee brain development | Environment | Science Daily |
Glyphosate herbicide roundup triggers loss of biodiversity among freshwater algae | Environment | McGill Newsroom |
Biodiversity at risk because we don’t assess the risk of pesticides properly | Environment | ScienceNordic |
Insects are declining at alarming levels. This is bad news for human beings | Environment | ThePrint |
Nicotine-like pesticide is leaving many baby bees brain damaged | Environment | Siliconrepublic.com |
Roundup herbicide causing loss of biodiversity | Environment | REMI Network |
Nitrate
pollution linked to agriculture – says new study | Environment | EurActiv |
Pakistan struggles to combat devastating locust plague | Food security | Phys.Org |
Africa’s devastating locust outbreak exposes need for crop science on all fronts | Food security | Thomson Reuters Foundation |
Use Big Data to guarantee food security | Food security | Daily Nation |
Changing Climate Linked to One of the Worst Locust Infestations to East Africa | Food security | One Green Planet |
Locusts Threatening African Food Supply; Greens Oppose Only Solution | Food security | Competitive Enterprise Institute |
Crop-eating locust population in the east ‘could explode 400-fold’ | Food security | AgriLand |
Large Atmospheric Waves in the Jet Stream Present Risk to Global Food Production | Food security | Science Daily |
FDA launches GMO education campaign | GM Crops | IEG Policy |
Calls to abolish Brazil’s mandatory GMO logo despite limited awareness | GM Crops | FoodNavigator-Latam |
Soybean damage caused by Bayer’s drift-prone dicamba herbicide spurs farmers to use competing GMOs and weedkillers | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
UK may lift ban on GMO-derived foods to secure post-Brexit trade deal with US | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
New greenhouse in Marana produces genetically modified corn | GM Crops | KVOA Tucson News |
Government stands firm on GM crops freedom | GM Crops | Barossa & Light Herald |
Biotechnology regulation website launched | GM Crops | Food Engineering Magazine |
US agencies launch initiative to boost understanding of GMOs | GM Crops | World Grain |
Commercial growing of GMO cotton begins | GM Crops | Daily Nation |
GMOs cause cancer’ and 17 other persistent health myths debunked | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
More Trade Could Mean Access to New Technologies for Kenya’s Farmers | GM Crops | Agweb |
Years after GMOs became controversial the federal government launches consumer education | GM Crops | Food Dive |
FDA Creates Feed Your Mind initiative to Increase GMO Understanding | GM Crops | newsdakota.com |
Top European science council demands ‘radical’ GMO regulatory reform | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
Just-lifted South Australia GMO crop ban could be restored as Green party vows support for ‘more natural’ food | GM Crops | Genetic Literacy Project |
Managing wheat diseases in a difficult season | IPM | FG Insight |
CABI scientists help discover new biological control for noxious parthenium weed in Pakistan | IPM | EurekAlert |
Pakistan struggles to combat devastating locust plague | IPM | Phys.Org |
Marrone Bio signs deal to distribute biological pest controls in Chile | IPM | New York Business Journal |
New Forage Pest | IPM | DTN The Progressive Farmer |
New biological insecticide/acaricide/fungicide registered in Spain | IPM | hortidaily.com |
Biopesticide trials show promise against key wheat disease | IPM | FG Insight |
New bio-fungicide for citrus and table grapes in Chile | IPM | Fresh Fruit Portal |
Too little too late? Pakistan struggles to combat locust plague | IPM | The Japan Times |
To fight agricultural pests scientists try spray-on plant vaccines | IPM | Massive Science |
New methods of farming present fresh challenges for pest & disease management | IPM | FarmingOnline |
Donegal organic farm ditches dairy herd and pivots to biofuels | Organics | Business Post |
Soybean damage caused by Bayer’s drift-prone dicamba herbicide spurs farmers to use competing GMOs and weedkillers | Pesticide | Genetic Literacy Project |
Thinking About Skipping Residuals in Soybeans? Forget About It. | Pesticide | CropLife |
Pesticide classification scale scopes out risk | Pesticide | REMI Network |
Commission targets 100% low-risk pesticide market | Pesticide | ENDS Europe |
Six agencies join forces to resolve Newport pesticide issue | Pesticide | Connaught Telegraph |
New fungicide available for sclerotinia control in OSR | Pesticide | FarmersWeekly |
Valent to Launch New Herbicide this Year | Pesticide | Agweb |
Poisoning cases mar India’s bid to be a global pesticides hub | Pesticide | Phys.Org |
Controversial risk indicator to be basis for pesticide reduction targets | Pesticide | EurActiv |
EU neonic insecticide ban cut UK canola production from 1.8 million acres to 1.3 million annually | Pesticide | Genetic Literacy Project |
Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use appeal for samples | Pesticide | Somerset County Gazette |
Drone spraying of crops takes off globally as regulations relax | Pesticide | Potato News Today |
Unprecedented abundance obscures the ‘profound’ public health benefits of pesticide use | Pesticide | Genetic Literacy Project |
Biodiversity at risk because we don’t assess the risk of pesticides properly | Pesticide | ScienceNordic |
EPA Facing Multiple Deadlines on ‘High Profile’ Pesticides | Pesticide | Bloomberg Environment |
Roundup herbicide causing loss of biodiversity | Pesticide | REMI Network |
Smith Bill to Classify Neonicotinoid Pesticides for Restricted Use Advances from Senate | Pesticide | InsiderNJ |
Controversial risk indicator to be basis for pesticide reduction targets | Pesticide | EurActiv |
Weed scientist discusses future of dicamba | Pesticide | Farm Progress |
Whitby crop trials indicate positive future for polyhalite fertiliser | Soil management | Whitby Gazette |
Fresh flooding brings slurry and fertiliser spreading to a halt | Soil management | Independent.ie |
Japanese Company Turns Cow Urine Into Liquid Fertiliser That Helps Maintain Soil Fertility | Soil management | Swarajya |
Careful N management will pay dividends on backward crops this spring | Soil management | FG Insight |
The soil beneath your cover crops | Soil management | AgriLand |
Break Free of Phosphorus Tie-Up | Soil management | CropLife |
Positive Effect of Cover Crops On Soil Microbiome | Soil management | Science Daily |
Six agencies join forces to resolve Newport pesticide issue | Water & irrigation | Connaught Telegraph |
EU court fines Greece over pollution of water with agricultural nitrates | Water & irrigation | Balkan Green Energy News |
Nitrate
pollution linked to agriculture – says new study | Water & irrigation | EurActiv |