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Sale, distribution and use of Roundup product banned in France

January 21, 2019

French authorities have banned the sale, distribution and use of a Roundup product following a court decision last week. The French agency for…

Alternatives for Roundup to be examined in Kerry

August 27, 2018

Tillage

Kerry County Council is apparently investigating the controversial weedkiller Roundup and its uses, and will examine possible alternatives for the pesticide, according to…

Bayer comes out swinging at glyphosate court verdict

August 24, 2018

Agri-Business

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer – the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller – has come out swinging following the recent decision by…

Farmers ‘happy’ with Roundup despite landmark US verdict

August 13, 2018

Agri-Business

A landmark lawsuit in the US linking glyphosate – the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup – to cancer has led to calls for “further…

Wait for glyphosate re-authorisation continues

April 27, 2017

Tillage

Farmers throughout Europe will have to wait a little longer for a decision on the re-authorisation of glyphosate. A vote on the future…

New rules around the use of glyphosate to come into effect in two weeks

August 8, 2016

Environment

New rules which restrict the conditions around the use of glyphosate in the European Union are to come into effect in two weeks time,…

EU member states agree restrictions on the use of Glyphosate

July 11, 2016

Tillage

EU Member States today supported a European Commission proposal to restrict the conditions of use of glyphosate in the EU. It comes following…

Glyphosate restrictions proposed by Europe include reduced pre-harvest use

June 30, 2016

The European Commission has proposed a number of restrictions to the use of glyphosate…

Fears for the future of glyphosate as another EU vote fails

June 24, 2016

Environment

Another vote in Brussels on the future use of glyphosate in the EU has failed to reach a decision, with the product’s current…

France to vote against glyphosate renewal this Friday

June 23, 2016

Environment

Ahead of this Friday’s vote on glyphosate, the French Minister for the Environment, Segolene Royal has said that France will be voting against…

Europe fails to agree on glyphosate extension

June 6, 2016

European Member States have failed to agree on legislation that would allow an extension of the glyphosate license. Today’s Standing Committee on Plants,…

Everything you need to know about glyphosate

June 5, 2016

Environment

Glyphosate is an active substance used for the production of pesticides, which has been authorised in the EU since 2002 and EU Member…

Could Roundup really be off the shelves in November?

May 24, 2016

Tillage

It’s moving into the end game for the renewal of one of the most commonly used chemicals on Irish farms Roundup. Last week a…

Glyphosate re-authorisation pushed back by Member States

May 19, 2016

Environment

A vote was not held today in Brussels on the re-authorisation of glyphosate as the European Commission said that it would not proceed…

France to ban glyphosate – regardless of EU vote this week

May 18, 2016

Glyphosate will be banned in France – whether or not the EU decides this week to renew the authorisation of the chemical, the…

New report finds Glyphosate ‘unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk to humans’

May 17, 2016

Environment

Glyphosate, the chemical used in Monsanto’s Roundup, is unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet, a UN committee has…

Is Bayer preparing to buy Monsanto?

May 13, 2016

Agri-Business

German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer may buy US-agribusiness giant Monsanto for more than $40 billion, according to the Financial Times. In…

UFU calls on the Commission to re-register glyphosate

April 10, 2016

N.Ireland

The Ulster Farmers’s Union (UFU) has called on the European Commission to re-register glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup. The UFU,…

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