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Ten years for Canada to study a pesticide?
PMRA dealing with a backlog of post-market reviews, bogging down Canada’s regulatory system
Federal agriculture minister pushes faster Canadian regulatory system
Agriculture minister Heath MacDonald says speed and timing of product reviews and approvals needs change
Canadian agriculture minister Heath MacDonald says speed and timing of product reviews and approvals needs change.
Improving calf health, fighting pesticide resistance highlighted at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
New strides in agricultural innovation including improving calf health, fighting pesticide resistance were the featured topic at the University of Guelph Feeding The Future discussion at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2025.
Draft ‘MAHA’ commission report avoids pesticide crackdown feared by farm groups
Farm groups consulted on MAHA Commission activities
The White House will not impose new guardrails on the farm industry's use of pesticides as part of a strategy to address children's health outcomes, according to a draft obtained by Reuters of a widely anticipated report from President Donald Trump's 'Make America Healthy Again' commission.
Keep it clean on pre-harvest chemical use
Farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches
Canadian farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches.
Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs
At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal
As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.
Farmer-friendly nematodes: Tiny worms for big canola pest control
Soil-dwelling nematodes could become a practical option for Prairie pest control against damaging canola insect pests like diamondback moth
Not all nematodes are equal in farm fields. Beneficial species of the tiny soil-dwelling worms could one day help beat back damaging canola insect pests like diamondback moth on the Canadian Prairies.
Manitoba 2025 grasshopper season gets early start
Proper identification, aiding natural predators, weather, spraying can all play into grasshopper control on the Canadian Prairies
Farmers who spray their crops for grasshopper pests this summer need to make sure they don’t do more harm than good, says a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge.
U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based
The health report takes aim at crop protection products like glyphosate and ‘ultra-processed’ foods
Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.
Help your canola win the race with flea beetles
In an uncertain canola market, good agronomy can help limit spraying expense and lost yield from early flea beetle feeding
In an uncertain canola market, good agronomy can help farmers limit spraying expense and lost yield from early flea beetle feeding damage.
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