Nov 01
France suspends use of fumigant metam-sodium
The French government on last Friday ordered a three-month ban of a widely used fumigant after dozens of people, many of them farm workers, fell ill in western France in recent weeks.
The metam-sodium ban came after victims near the city of Angers repor
Oct 30
Seed treatment products against critical biological targets still await release in Brazil
The low availability of seed treatment products makes it even more vulnerable when the biological targets for which they are intended are identified, says a statement from a study released by Abrasem (Brazilian Association of Seeds and Seedlings), to whic
Oct 29
Brazil gains its first biopesticide from IHARA for post-harvest application
IHARA, a company specializing in crop protection technologies, has just gained the country's first register for use of a post-harvest biopesticide. Launched in 2017 for pre-harvest uses, Eco-shot biofungicide will now help to protect the quality and value
Oct 26
Senasa bans on five agrochemical active ingredients in Argentina
The president of the National Food Safety and Quality Service (Senasa) of Argentina, Ricardo Negri, signed Resolution 263/2018 which prohibits, from the day after the publication in the Official Gazette (10/09/2018), the processing, import, and fractionat
Oct 25
Indian Punjab bans sale of herbicide glyphosate
The Indian Punjab government has banned the sale of herbicide glyphosate in the state, which is widely used to control a variety of weeds in almost all crops, with immediate effect, a senior official said here on Wednesday.
State Agriculture Secretary K.
Oct 24
EU phases out herbicide diquat
The European Commission has confirmed its decision to withdraw the approval of herbicide diquat.
Following the Appeal Committee meeting on 12 July 2018, in which no opinion was reached regarding a proposal from the European Commission to withdraw the a
Oct 23
France’s Ag Minister now supports postponement of glyphosate ban
France's Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume has come out in defense of the decision to postpone the glyphosate ban until 2020, saying that a number of farmers would be unable to carry on if the government had already enforced the ban.
"If we had out
Oct 11
First signs of glyphosate weed resistance detected in the UK
The first cases of weed resistance to glyphosate are being detected in the UK, prompting researchers to call for strict stewardship of the world’s best-selling herbicide.
Scientists from Rothamsted Research and crop consultant Adas said some UK popula
Oct 10
OmniLytics’ AgriPhage™-Fire Blight and AgriPhage™-Citrus Canker received US EPA registration
OmniLytics, Inc. announced that the EPA has approved two new bacteriophage products, AgriPhage™-Fire Blight and AgriPhage™-Citrus Canker, for the control of their namesake diseases. Certis USA, OmniLytics’ marketing partner in the U.S., will launch
Oct 09
Canada proposes continued registration of clodinafop-propargyl
Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is consulting Canadians on the proposal to continue the current use of clodinafop-propargyl, with proposed label updates to further protect health and the environment following a scheduled re-eval
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