Agri-Business
The group representing farm organisations and agri co-operatives in the EU has launched a "roadmap" on the use of 'biocontrols'
Tillage
The IFA has highlighted in Brussels the negative impact on Irish tillage farmers that restrictions on plant protection products are having.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is projecting that Irish tillage incomes will remain, basically, unchanged in 2024
The vote in the EU Parliament's environment committee on pesticides has been slammed as "hardline" and "unrealistic" by Copa Cogeca.
Environment
The environment committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of a "drastic" cut in the use of pesticides.
The umbrella association of EU farm organisations has called for MEPs to take a "balanced" vote on the use of pesticides.
Pesticide sales in Ireland have declined by 16% between 2011 and 2021, according to figures published by Eurostat.
A public consultation has been launched relating to a risk assessment of plant-protection products in their impact on bees
Almost 20% of the plant protection products currently available in Ireland will be removed from the market in the near future.
AgriLand published data showing that agriculture accounted for approximately half of the plant protection products sold in this country.
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