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Austrian leader blocks ban on glyphosate, citing technicality

Austria’s caretaker leader on Monday made clear she would not sign into law the European Union’s first national ban on the weedkiller glyphosate due to a technicality, infuriating environmentalists while delighting farmers’ groups. A…

Upper House Japan approves US-Japan agreement on Ag Trade

seed industrToday, the National Potato Council (NPC) cheered the passage of the US-Japan Agreement on Agricultural Trade by Japan’s Upper House. Pending official announcements by both countries’ trade ministries, the pact will be enacted…

EU calls for study to justify 2018 gene-editing legislation

A landmark decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in 2018 changed the way gene-editing technology should be treated under EU law. This followed years of disputes, ending in the ruling that plants and animals created using this technology…

Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul suspends application of 2,4-D until end of year

The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development confirmed, on Tuesday, the suspension of the use of the herbicide, 2,4-D, in the fields of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil until 31st December. The chemical, used by soybean farmers,…

44 pesticides banned for import, manufacture, sale in India: Tomar

Till now 44 pesticides have been banned for import, manufacture and sale, two pesticide formulations have been restricted to be manufactured for export only and eight pesticides have been withdrawn and are no longer in use in agriculture, said…

European Commission authorises eight genetically modified products for food and feed uses

November 28, the European Commission authorised eight Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), all for food/feed uses (maize MZHG0JG, maize MON 89034 x 1507 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9, maize MON 89034 x 1507 x MON 88017 x 59122 x DAS-40278-9, maize…

Brazilian court overturns suspension of 63 pesticides

The Federal Regional Court of the 5th Region overturned the injunction suspending the registration of 63 pesticides in the country. Federal Judge, Francisco Roberto Machado, accepted an appeal from the Brazilian government, which called for…

Thailand reversed a planned ban on glyphosate and delayed ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos

Thailand's government on Wednesday reversed a planned ban on glyphosate and delayed the imposition of bans on two other chemicals used as agricultural pesticides, citing adverse affects on farmers, industry and international trade. Many local…

EU regulations obstruct biological crop protection

Crop protection agents must become more sustainable. The EU and the Dutch government therefore accord preference to biological agents that work on the basis of micro-organisms and insects. However, new research conducted by Wageningen University…