Agri-Business
Guidance on good practice during sprayer operations
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer operations to comply with the EU...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued guidance for sprayer operations to comply with the EU...
Agri Politics
The French Prime Minister has told French farmers that their “heartfelt cry” has been heard as he unveiled details of...
Agri-Business
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen has said she will propose the withdrawal of the Sustainable...
Organics
IFOAM Organics Europe (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) has stated that it regrets the European Parliament’s “lack of ability”...
Agri Politics
The decision by MEPs to reject a proposal for tighter regulation of pesticides “invalidates the ideological approach” by the European...
Tillage
The European Parliament has voted in a plenary (full) session to reject a European Commission proposal for tighter regulation of...
Tillage
The vote in the European Parliament’s environment committee yesterday (Tuesday, October 24) to drastically reduce the use of pesticides in...
Environment
The environment committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of a “drastic” cut in the use of pesticides,...
Environment
The umbrella association of EU farm organisations and co-ops has called for MEPs on the European Parliament’s environment committee to...
Environment
European citizens are “highly concerned” about the use of pesticides and their effect on health and the environment, according to...
Environment
For years, pesticide exceedances were an issue for Newport’s water supply in Co. Mayo, but a targeted team approach has...
Agri-Business
The European Parliament has today (Tuesday, September 12) adopted its position on reducing groundwater and surface water pollution, including through...
Environment
Two EU agencies ‘dismissed’ the cancer risk in glyphosate despite the results of a new scientific survey, according to the...
Agri-Business
Around 140t of imported pesticides have been seized by authorities in Brazil during the country’s largest ever operation targeting illegal...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has told the European Union Agriculture and Fisheries Council today (Tuesday, July...
Agri-Business
An assessment of the impact of glyphosate on the health of humans, animals and the environment did “not identify critical...
Agri-Business
A peer review assessing the risks glyphosate might pose to humans, animals, and the environment by the European Food Safety...
Agri-Business
Pesticide sales in Ireland have declined by 16% between 2011 and 2021, according to figures published by Eurostat. Data on...