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“Having more selective insecticide options is welcome, as a fundamental component of integrated pest management is preserving natural enemies of crop feeding pests.” – John Gavloski, Manitoba Agriculture.
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New weapon launched against aphids

Group 29 insecticide Carbine was registered at the end of November

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Pulse and alfalfa growers will have another arrow in their quiver to battle aphids this summer. Ag-chemical company FMC has announced that its flonicamid-based insecticide, Carbine, has the stamp of approval from Canadian regulators and will reach the market in 2023. The Group 29 product “disrupts the potassium channels in the pests’ nervous system,” interfering
Farmers build a greenhouse for winter warm vegetables in Binzhou, East China’s Shandong province, on Nov. 29.
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China, top global user, eyes pesticide cuts

The country seeks a 10 per cent cut in use on fruit, vegetables by 2025

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China, the world’s top user of pesticides, aims to reduce their use in cultivation of fruit, vegetables and tea by a tenth within three years’ time, the farm ministry said Dec. 1, in an effort to curb chemicals in the food chain. High levels of chemical pesticides and fertilizers are used to produce crops on
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U.S. trade commission sues pesticide makers, alleging price scheme

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Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued two top pesticide manufacturers for allegedly entering into exclusive contracts with distributors that kept prices paid by farmers artificially high. The consumer watchdog agency was motivated to bring the case in part because rising costs and supply chain disruptions from Russia’s invasion of
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Corteva to exit some markets, cut jobs in cost-saving push

Canada remains among company's 'core' markets

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Reuters — Seeds and pesticides company Corteva on Tuesday announced plans to exit about 35 countries and lay off roughly five per cent of its global workforce as part of the company’s cost-cutting plans. A surge in inflation this year to four-decade highs has forced Corporate America to slash planned spending and roll out measures
“This legislation would help protect areas frequented by children and pets while allowing Manitobans to apply Health Canada-approved products safely and minimize overall environmental impacts.”
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Province proposes relaxed rules on lawn pesticides

Wharton says the province will follow Health Canada’s lead on lawn chemical safety

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Manitobans will be allowed to use whichever federally approved pesticide they’d like on their lawns if newly introduced rules are passed. “We’ve heard from Manitobans and their concerns that current methods are ineffective,” said Jeff Wharton, the minister of environment, climate and parks in a March 14 news release. “This legislation would help protect areas
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Assiniboine Community College adds two new ag programs

Drone operators and pesticide applicators latest students at college

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Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College (ACC) is adding two new agriculture extension courses to its lineup. A drone flight school will provide 40 hours of online training, followed by a two-day flight school. The program runs from March 15 to May 31, and will prepare students for their special flight operations certificate. A pesticide certification program
Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has created a new Science Advisory Committee on Pest Control Products in Canada.
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CropLife worried about PMRA’s new science advisory committee

Political decisions risk sidelining scientific ones: Petelle

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A new committee could mean someday politics could override science in how pesticides are regulated in Canada. So says Pierre Petelle, president and CEO of CropLife Canada, which represents the Canadian manufacturers, developers and distributors of pest control and modern plant breeding products. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has created a new Science
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France sees no easy fix for sugar beet disease without neonicotinoids

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None of the alternatives to neonicotinoids for protecting sugar beet crops works well enough on its own, France’s health agency ANSES said June 2, as the country looks for ways to do without the chemical seen as harmful to bees. France suspended its ban on the use of neonicotinoids on sugar beet crops until 2023
The Keep It Clean campaign uses a ‘traffic’ system to quantify trade risk from crop protection products.
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Keep It Clean enters its fifth year

Industry program helps avoid residue problems on exported crops

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Canadian farmers are being encouraged to use an industry alert program to keep unacceptable pesticide residues on crops from spiralling into potential trade problems. The voluntary program called Keep It Clean informs producers about which products to use on cereal, oilseed and pulse crops and which ones to avoid so as not to exceed maximum
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Canada to limit uses of two crop chemicals

Move comes on concerns about water insects, but canola growers don’t see significant changes

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Reuters – Canada’s Health Ministry said March 31 it would limit the use of two types of crop chemicals that have been linked to deaths of aquatic insects that are food for fish and birds. Health Canada’s multi-year review of clothianidin, made by Bayer AG, and thiamethoxam, a Syngenta product, found that some applications pose

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