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Honeybee numbers and production appear to be rebounding.

Honeybee colonies and production are up

Mitigation measures implemented in 2014 appear to be working

By Alex Binkley October 26, 2016

Steps taken to protect honeybees from crop protection products appear to be working. The number of honeybee colonies and their level of production has been rising since 2013, according to testimony to the Senate agriculture committee. Andrea Johnson, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) director general of sector development told the committee the most recently available

The CFIA spends much of its time and budget on inspection and regulation of meat-processing plants.

National news

Action finally in sight on CFIA modernization

Changes were first promised more than five years ago  but were derailed by a federal election

By Alex Binkley October 26, 2016

After a five-year gestation period, proposed changes to modernize the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are about to arrive at the delivery room. Speaking to the annual meeting of the Canadian Meat Council, Health Minister Jane Philpott said publication of the changes in the Canada Gazette is imminent. The government publishes proposed regulatory changes in Part

Halo blight on a bean leaf. Since halo blight and common blight are bacterial diseases, they can be controlled with streptomycin, but the same antibiotic is critical for controlling human disease.

Crops, Oilseeds

Antibiotic bean coatings under scrutiny

With growing concerns over antibiotic resistance in mind,  bean blights will have to be tackled with blight-resistant varieties 

By Shannon VanRaes October 17, 2016

For nearly three decades Health Canada has been threatening to end the importation of streptomycin sulphate-coated bean seeds. Now it is one step closer — sort of. “Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has not banned the import of streptomycin-treated bean seeds,” the federal department said in an emailed statement. “It should be noted,

Crops

PMRA once again upholds safety of 2,4-D

One of the earliest registered crop protection products, 2,4-D has been controversial

By Alex Binkley April 12, 2016

After a three-year review, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency has again approved the use of the herbicide 2,4-D. Developed after the Second World War, the safety of the weed killer has been upheld in numerous reviews in Canada and elsewhere, despite repeated attacks on its use. PMRA will collect public comments on its decision until

Crops

Environment commissioner criticizes neonic registrations

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News January 26, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s official environmental watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) can grant a five-year provisional license to some products to give manufacturers time to provide

Comment, Crops

What does ‘science based’ mean?

Industry and government must adjust to new findings, but policies should not  be based on the latest Internet trend

By Cam Dahl January 25, 2016

What does “science based” mean? For both government policy and industry best practice, science based should mean that practices are based on rigorous scientific studies. Policies and regulations that veer off the science-based path put at risk the tools that make modern agriculture possible. So do production practices that do not rigorously follow scientifically developed

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

By Laura Rance-Unger June 15, 2015

In our business, getting the facts right and keeping them in context is a constant challenge. Such is the case with the materials circulated as part of the Buzzing Gardens campaign rolled out last week by Bees Matter, an industry group formed to present information on bee health. It offers free flower seeds to gardeners

Opinion

The neonic debate: science or sensationalism?

Laying the blame for a collection of environmental issues at the feet of a  single technology is very convenient, but hugely overly simplistic

By Pierre Petelle August 5, 2014

Bold, apocalyptic headlines make for great front-page news stories, there’s no question. Unfortunately, when it comes to highly complex and scientific issues, these kinds of headlines usually do a disservice to the topic at hand. Scientific research is filled with intricacies and rarely yields answers that can be conveyed in a single headline. Far too

Crops, News

Emergency registration for Confine

June 16, 2012

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved the request by a number of provinces, including Manitoba, for an amendment to the registration of Confine, a fungicide for the suppression of late blight and pink rot in potatoes, the latest potato bulletin from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives states. The emergency registration is in

News

What Health Canada says about pesticides and cancer

February 9, 2012

PMRA says all products undergo rigorous scientific tests STAFF / Question: Some groups indicate that there is a “growing body of evidence suggesting a connection between pesticides and cancer.” What is Health Canada doing about this? Answer: Health Canada does not register pesticides that are known to cause cancer or other illnesses when used according

Daily Network News

South Korea raises African Swine Fever alert after outbreak at pig farm

Klassen: Feedlots scale down cattle purchases

Wet grain, Russian attacks on railways hit Ukrainian corn exports, union says

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