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Quebec takes action on regulating pesticides

Quebec’s new pesticide regulations can show the way if the risk management processes are rigorous and transparent, and scientific research stays independent. In 1992, Quebec implemented an agricultural pest-management strategy aimed at…

IRTA works towards the development of new high-quality wheat cultivars with resilience to climate change

As a consequence of the climate change drought conditions are expected to worsen in a near future with warmer temperatures, causing increased crop evapotranspiration, and lower and more erratic water availability affecting the major wheat producing…

UK agrisupply businesses looking outside the UK due to Brexit uncertainties

With so much uncertainty surrounding what Brexit means, UK agribusinesses are already moving operations out of Britain and others are taking irreversible decisions on business location and investment, a workshop organised in London by the Agri-Brexit…
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U.S. Senate unanimously approves Pesticide Registration Improvement Act

U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., recently announced the Senate approved reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). "The…

Colombia to use drones to fumigate coca leaf with herbicide

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday authorized the use of drones to fumigate coca leaves at low altitude using the herbicide glyphosate as part of the Andean nation’s battle to eliminate the plant’s use in cocaine production. Santos,…

South Korea joins Japan in halting Canadian wheat after exports GMO discovery

South Korea has suspended the sale of wheat and flour from Canada after the North American nation announced last week the discovery in mid-2017 of an unapproved genetically modified trait in Alberta province. (Japan blocks Canadian wheat after…

Japan blocks Canadian wheat after unapproved GMO plants found in Alberta

A Japanese Farm Ministry official said on Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after plants containing a genetically modified trait were discovered last summer in southern Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection…

Trump’s $50 billion tariff announcement harsh reality for U.S. soybean growers

Weeks of speculation have ended with new anxiety for growers of America’s leading agricultural export: President Trump announced today he is indeed levying 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese products under Section 301 of the Trade…

IFAD attracts business to climate smart investments

Agriculture is stepping up in the fight against climate change with help from the private sector. A new reportfrom the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) shows that investing in climate-resilient agriculture can attract sizeable…