The EU’s Standing Committee on Vegetables, Animals, Food and Feed plans to meet on March 23 and 24 to decide if they continue to authorize the use of mancozeb, the seventh most widely used pesticide in Spain. Mancozeb is a fungicide that has been associated with different possible health effects by many scientists. One of […]
The Official State Gazette (BOE) published this Saturday, March 21, an Order269/2020 from the Ministry of Agriculture, extending the deadline for submitting the Single Application for direct payments to agriculture and livestock throughout Spain, in principle, until May 15. This period began on 1 February and was scheduled to end on 30 April. However, with […]
In 2018–2019 (from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019), 12 new active ingredients (the substance with the pesticidal effect) were registered for use in Canada, resulting in the registration of 23 new related end-use products (different formulations of products containing the active ingredient), according to annual report by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). […]
The terms are suspended and the periods of the administrative procedures in progress, regulated directly or indirectly by Law 39/2015 of the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations, are interrupted until the state of alarm ceases. in order to concentrate the resources of the Public Sector in the essential activities for the functioning of […]
Royal Decree 463/2020 and its amendment published today, 19 March 2020, in the Official State Gazette (BOE), which declares the state of alert for the management of the situation caused by COVID-19, has established that the competent delegated authorities take the necessary measures to guarantee food supply. Agricultural, livestock and aquaculture production, as well as […]
The Mayor of London should ban pesticide use on all City Hall controlled property, according to the Green Party UK. The devastation wreaked by chemical pesticides can clearly be seen at a London nature reserve, Seething Wells Filter Beds, a protected conservation site. Formerly lush green ponds have been transformed into muddy pits full of […]
We would like to inform you that in view of the seriousness of the situation caused by #COVID19, the entire team of Dextra International in Europe joins the cause #StayAtHome. The health of our employees and our customers is the most important thing for us. That is why in view of the situation we are […]
El Ministerio de Agricultura ha solicitado ya a la Comisión Europea la ampliación del periodo de solicitud de las ayudas de la Política Agraria Común (PAC) hasta el 15 de junio para que ningún agricultor y ganadero tenga dificultad para presentar su expediente de la PAC del año 2020, tal y como lo habían solicitado […]
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) opened a public consultation on key proposals in the area of crop protection. Participation is free for all interested parties and is open until 11th April. Ordinance 31 opened a consultation period for the creation of the National Plan for Prevention and Surveillance of Moniliophthora roreri (PNPV/Monília). […]