Insights and Stories on Pesticides

Trump administration scales back U.S. water protections

Jan. 23, 2020 at 2:18 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration finalized a rule on Thursday to pare back the types of waterways protected from pollution under federal law, easing burdens on industries such as agriculture and mining but angering environmental groups. The Navigable Waters Protection Rule could win political points ahead of the […]

Bayer cancels plans to sell U.S. crop product in 2020 over safety concerns

Jul. 30, 2019 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S., Canada, 14 others slam EU farm product regulation at WTO

Jul. 4, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Tom Miles

Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban

Jun. 14, 2019 at 9:52 am CDT

By GFM Staff

U.S. EPA wins new chance to argue against pesticide ban

Feb. 7, 2019 at 4:01 pm CST

By jonathan-stempel

U.S. appeals court orders EPA to ban pesticide said to harm children

Aug. 9, 2018 at 3:00 pm CDT

New York | Reuters – A divided federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely-used pesticide that critics say can endanger children and farmers. The 2-1 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle overturned former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s March 2017 […]

By jonathan-stempel

Canada to impose tariffs on U.S., challenge at WTO

Jun. 1, 2018 at 4:23 am CDT

Reuters — Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on $16.6 billion worth of U.S. exports and challenge U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization (WTO), Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. The Canadian tariffs are set to go into […]

By Allison Martell

Organic Grain Marketing 101: Part 2 – Rejection risk

Mar. 5, 2018 at 12:18 pm CST

By Brenda Tjaden OrganicBiz contributor Lots of growers have been through the unpleasant experience of having a load of grain rejected on delivery. Generally, the cause is something in the environment that couldn’t be controlled. Gathering a representative sample can help a lot, but it is far from a perfect […]

By OrganicBiz

U of S research reveals controversial insecticides are toxic to songbirds

Nov. 9, 2017 at 11:39 am CST

Saskatoon – Research at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) has linked the use of insecticides to serious health issues in songbirds. “Studies on the risks of neonicotinoids have often focused on bees that have been experiencing population declines. However, it is not just bees that are being affected […]

By University of Saskatchewan

Close up view of the working bees on honeycells.

Global study finds trace neonics in much of world’s honey

Oct. 5, 2017 at 6:52 pm CDT

A study by Swiss scientists has found trace levels of at least one neonicotinoid pesticide in three-quarters of the honey samples it collected from around the world. The study, spearheaded by a team from Switzerland’s Universite de Neuchatel and published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, was meant to […]

By Staff

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