A farmer’s view on the proposed pesticides legislation
Earlier this week, we attended a farm visit at JSR Farms in East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (disclosure: the event was organised by ECPA). The event was an “information day” for the press, aimed at...
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As promised last week, here’s some more footage from our visit to JSR Farms in East Yorkshire, where Philip Huxtable, who has run JSR Farms for over 30 years, spoke to us about the potential effects of...
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In this clip, Philip Huxtable speaks about Integrated Farm Management (IFM) on his farm. European farmers are increasingly adopting and developing IFM, which combines traditional farming methods with...
View ArticleNational Farmers Union vs. Soil Association
In a similar vein to what we’re trying to do here on pesticideinformation.eu i.e. present all sides of the story, BBC Radio Humberside recently interviewed spokespeople from both the UK NGO, The Soil...
View ArticlePesticides ban would hit sugar beet sector hard
What is left of the sugar beet sector in the UK could be wiped out for good if the European Parliament?s plan for restructing the range of pesticides available to farmers makes it into law, argues the...
View ArticleUK food industry representatives seek meeting with Gordon Brown
This week Farmers Weekly Interactive reported that the UK food chain is seeking a meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister over the European Commission’s proposals for pesticide authorisations. The...
View ArticleProfessor John Lucas on pest resistance
Professor John Lucas, Head of the Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department at?Rothamsted Research in the UK, was recently in Brussels to hand in a?petition to MEPs that was signed by 72 scientists...
View ArticleDefra to appeal over Downs case
Defra is to appeal against the judgment of the High Court in the recent case on spraying brought by Georgina Downs.?? In a debate in the House of Lords earlier this week junior Defra minister Lord Hunt...
View ArticleBritish farmer speaks to us about pesticides
Sarah Pettitt, a farmer based in Lincolnshire in the UK, who is also Vice Chairman of the Board for Horticulture & Potatoes at the?National Farmers Union, spoke to us very passionately about her...
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Airwaves: The effect of insecticides on bees
graphic editing software New scientific research suggests that pesticides have a lesser effect on bees than first thought. The debate took to the airwaves last week on BBC’s Radio 4, here’s the full...
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