Insights and Stories on Pesticides

Draft ‘MAHA’ commission report avoids pesticide crackdown feared by farm groups

Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:43 pm CDT

The White House will not impose new guardrails on the farm industry's use of pesticides as part of a strategy to address children's health outcomes, according to a draft obtained by Reuters of a widely anticipated report from President Donald Trump's 'Make America Healthy Again' commission.

Fall rye ripens in June 2025 near Selkirk. Photo: Greg Berg

Keep it clean on pre-harvest chemical use

Aug. 5, 2025 at 10:40 am CDT

By Miranda Leybourne

Giorgos Zeikos, apple farmer and president of the Agia apple producers' cooperative checks the fruits at an apple orchard in the village of Agia, in Thessaly, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

Jul. 10, 2025 at 10:40 am CDT

By Karolina Tagaris Reuters

U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

May. 23, 2025 at 11:18 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

EU plans to restrict imported crops treated with banned pesticides, draft shows

Feb. 18, 2025 at 10:40 am CST

By Kate Abnett philip-blenkinsop Reuters

Cash-strapped US farmers switch to generic crop chemicals, in blow to big manufacturers

Nov. 14, 2024 at 10:19 am CST

U.S. farmers struggling with slumping incomes and depressed grain prices have been switching to cheaper generic pesticides and fungicides as they plan for spring planting next year, which market analysts said could hit the bottom lines of agrichemical companies like Bayer.

By Heather Schlitz P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

Ag ministers meeting covers risk management, pesticides, animal disease

Jul. 19, 2024 at 5:49 pm CDT

Business risk management, pesticide management and animal disease preparedness were among topics discussed by provincial, federal and territorial ministers of agriculture at their annual meeting this week.

By Geralyn Wichers

Herbicide approved for industrial use by drone

Jul. 17, 2024 at 11:28 am CDT

Canada’s Pest Management Review Agency approved Garlon XRT herbicide, the first industrial vegetation product with drone application on the label.

By Mary MacArthur

View of the Canadian parliament building from across the river.

Improved Canadian pest control product regulations proposed

Jun. 17, 2024 at 4:21 pm CDT

Proposed amendments to Canada’s pest control product regulations (PCPR) will provide greater transparency while enhancing environmental protection, according to an announcement from Health Canada on June 17.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

France revamps pesticide reduction plan in wake of farmer unrest

May. 6, 2024 at 12:45 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters – France unveiled on Monday a revised plan to halve pesticide use in the European Union’s biggest agricultural producer, pledging to adopt an EU indicator and boost research into alternatives in a nod to grievances voiced in farmer protests this year. Why it’s important Environmental regulation was […]

By Gus Trompiz Sybille De La Hamaide

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