St. Louis Business Journal (blog) More farmers are turning back to pesticides to combat rootworms after genetically modified seeds have started to loose their effectiv...
CBS Local But a growing number of beekeepers suspect the main culprit could be a new class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, also known as “neonics.” They came on the market a decade ago and are now used everywhere, from local garden bug sprays to huge ...
Wall Street Journal Insecticide sales are surging after years of decline, as American farmers plant more corn and a genetic modification designed to protect the crop from pests has started to lose its effectiveness. The sales are a boon for big pesticide makers, such as ... and more »
BoilerJuice A Lincoln beekeeper has said he supports changes made by European lawmakers in suspending the use of a pesticide . This month the European Commission banned the use of pesticides containing neonicotinoid for two years following concerns that the ...
PerishableNews (press release) Excessive use of pesticides in the production of floricultural crops has been an issue for decades. While certainly not true when focusing on most individual growing operations, the industry as a whole is defined by its bad actors and the result is ...
Western Farm Press To help keep pesticides out of water sources, the Western Integrated Pest Management Center recently created practical, hands-on training modules fo...
China Daily There was a groundbreaking ceremony for a Nantong 15,000-t pesticide project, on May 16, in the Nantong Economic and Technological Development Area (NETDA), with its leaders taking part. The project - Yangtze No 2 – is the work of Syngenta (Nantong), ...
Lampasas Dispatch Record Llano County will hold a private pesticide applicator license training June 24. Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the Llano County Extension office, 1447 E. State Highway 71, Unit E in Llano. Training begins at 8:15 a.m., and will last approximately ...
