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U.S. to ban use of chlorpyrifos on food crops

Cancellation already scheduled for most outdoor use in Canada

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 19, 2021

UPDATED, Aug. 25 –– Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will ban the use on food crops of chlorpyrifos insecticide, which has been linked to health problems in children. The decision is a victory for environmental activists who have fought to stop the use of the chemical that

Crops, News

Noxious weed control to be strengthened in Manitoba

By Allan Dawson July 11, 2013

Keystone Agricultural Producers’ president Doug Chorney is anxious to see details on how the Manitoba government will better protect farmland from noxious weeds as part of its ban on cosmetic pesticides. “I am encouraged by that, but we want to make sure that is the case,” Chorney said July 3 in an interview. “It’s important

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EU member states say biofuels limit needs more thought

By Barbara Lewis, Charlie Dunmore March 8, 2013

Reuters / Limits must be imposed on the use of biofuels made from food crops, leading EU member states France and Britain said Feb. 22, while questioning the detail of a EU Commission proposal for a five per cent cap. Concern that some biofuels create more problems than they solve led to a major policy

Crops, News

World seed banks get secure funding to protect the genetic diversity of food crops

By Alister Doyle February 12, 2013

Scientists have agreed on a $109-million plan to strengthen the world’s biggest seed banks of crops such as rice and wheat to help protect and develop new varieties resistant to climate change and other threats. The Global Crop Diversity Trust and the CGIAR Consortium of agricultural researchers said on Jan. 31 that a five-year plan

Crops

Dietary shifts driving up phosphorus use

By Mcgill University Release February 4, 2013

Rising meat consumption, and calorie intakes are  complicating efforts to conserve essential resource

Dietary changes since the early 1960s have fuelled a sharp increase in the amount of mined phosphorus used to produce the food consumed by the average person over the course of a year, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. Between 1961 and 2007, rising meat consumption and total calorie intake

Cereals, Crops, News

Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people

By University Of Minnesota Release January 17, 2013

The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions of the world, according to a study published in the Dec. 18 issue of Nature Communications by scientists with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Led by IonE research fellow Deepak Ray, the study team

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Spotlight on economics: Genetically modified wheat status, outlook and implications

By William W. Wilson January 4, 2013

Wheat is one of the world’s largest-acreage food crops, but it has not been a recipient of the new genetically modified (GM) technologies that have benefited corn, soybeans, canola and cotton. Compared with these crops, wheat has been losing its competitiveness for a number of reasons. The areas planted to wheat in the U.S. have

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Analysis: European biofuel push proving hard to reverse

By Gerard Wynn November 9, 2012

European policy-makers are discovering the difficulty of curbing a biofuel industry they weaned five years ago as a low-carbon alternative to crude oil, but which is increasingly at odds with the environment and food production. To halt or reverse a $22-billion European biofuel industry requires a sound justification. The problem with biofuels is that calculation

Crops, International news, News

EU official says strategic food stocks not the way to tame food prices

October 17, 2012

Reuters / Increased production, not strategic foods stocks, is the most effective way to tame food prices, says a senior EU official. Last month, French President Francois Hollande launched a global campaign to win support for creating strategic stockpiles of food commodities to keep a lid on food prices. But it would be better to

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Food crisis strengthens EU biofuel critics

By Barbara Lewis, Ivana Sekularac September 18, 2012

Drought-stricken crops and record-high grain prices have strengthened critics of the European Union biofuel industry, adding fears of a food crisis to their claims that it does not ultimately reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The renewed anxiety adds to pressure on the EU’s executive commission to forge a deal this year to help ensure that EU

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Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

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Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Tag Archives food crops

U.S. to ban use of chlorpyrifos on food crops

Noxious weed control to be strengthened in Manitoba

EU member states say biofuels limit needs more thought

World seed banks get secure funding to protect the genetic diversity of food crops

Dietary shifts driving up phosphorus use

Green Revolution more focused on feeding cars than people

Spotlight on economics: Genetically modified wheat status, outlook and implications

Analysis: European biofuel push proving hard to reverse

EU official says strategic food stocks not the way to tame food prices

Food crisis strengthens EU biofuel critics

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