Environment
The NPDWAG and Uisce Éireann are encouraging all pesticide users to help maintain the progress made in protecting Ireland’s drinking water.
66 pesticide exceedances were detected in public drinking water supplies in Ireland last year, ...
Tillage
The European Union have agreed to ban flufenacet, the PFAS herbicide toxic to human health due to its endocrine disrupting capabilities.
New figures by the CSO reveal that the total of active substances in plant protection product on the market fell by 16% in 2023.
In a recent parliamentary question Noel McCarthy, asked Martin Heydon about the process involved in approving new pesticides for agriculture.
Supporting sustainable crop production at farm level will be a key theme of the 2025 national tillage conference.
Agri-Business
The US EPA has issued an emergency order to stop the use of a pesticide which poses serious risks to unborn babies.
An illegal trading scheme in counterfeit and banned pesticides and fertilisers has been scuppered by authorities.
An Irish MEP has slammed a decision to withdraw "a landmark law" to reduce pesticide use across the European Union as "an act of insanity".
Dairy
The FSAI is recalling specific batches of a popular ice cream brand due to the presence of a banned pesticide
Three training events have been organised in an effort to highlight best management practice in the use of pesticides by farmers.
France has decided to withdraw marketing authorisations for the pesticide metam-sodium due to concerns relating to risk to human health.
Scientific research and analysis should be prioritised in any examination of EU pesticide authorisation procedures, Mairead McGuinness says.
Grass
A new pesticide course has been launched by Teagasc with the Department of Agriculture which is designed for advisors for grassland farmers.
Dow AgroSciences has announced that Irish authorities have approved the registration for its new insecticide known as Isoclast active.
