Insights and Stories on Chemicals

Canadian farmers blamed for ag chemical in U.S. oat foods

Feb. 20, 2024 at 1:10 pm CST

A U.S. environmental group is pointing a finger at Canadian oat growers, saying they’re the cause of ag chemical residues found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats.

Feds ask for public input on standards for municipal waste to be used for fertilizer

Dec. 28, 2023 at 7:51 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Ag chem maker FMC looks to sell non-core assets

Nov. 17, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

By Reuters

Ag input firm FMC’s shares tumble after lowering financial targets

Jul. 10, 2023 at 8:17 pm CDT

By Reuters

Feds lift ‘pause’ on increases in crop chemical MRLs

Jun. 22, 2023 at 10:19 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

France confirms S-metolachlor herbicide ban with 18-month deadline

Apr. 21, 2023 at 9:37 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — France will proceed with a ban on major crop uses of herbicide S-metolachlor owing to concerns over water pollution, with farmers able to use the product for another 18 months, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. The decision follows a ruling in February by health and […]

By Reuters

‘Keep it Clean’ program aims for more than just good advice

Mar. 31, 2023 at 1:53 pm CDT

As farmers plan for the upcoming season, they need to do their part to make certain their grain will be ready for market, come harvest time. “Market access issues in general are becoming a bigger issue globally,” said Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist and lead on market access and pesticides […]

By Don Norman

Ukraine faces lack of herbicides, pesticides for spring seeding

Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers, which have already started the 2023 spring sowing, have only around 35 per cent of the herbicides and pesticides they need, analyst APK-Inform quoted on Monday official data as showed. The Russian invasion has left Ukraine seriously short of finances, seeds and crop protection […]

By Reuters

U.S. trade commission sues pesticide makers, alleging price scheme

Sep. 29, 2022 at 6:52 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued two top pesticide manufacturers for allegedly entering into exclusive contracts with distributors that kept prices paid by farmers artificially high. The consumer watchdog agency was motivated to bring the case in part because rising costs and supply chain […]

By Leah Douglas

Antitrust probe in ag inputs dropped

Mar. 15, 2022 at 4:09 pm CDT

Allegations suggesting ag chem sector players tried to derail an online farm-supply firm’s business in Western Canada haven’t turned up enough evidence for federal regulators to probe the matter further. Canada’s Competition Bureau announced Tuesday it’s now closed an investigation it launched in 2019 over allegations brought forward by the […]

By Dave Bedard

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