Pesticides

French Sugar Beet Pesticide Exemption Halted By EU Ruling

France's plans to allow sugar beet farmers to continue using a banned pesticide for another year have been halted by a European Union court decision exclud...

Belgium's Biotalys Sets Price For Euronext Brussels Listing

Belgium's Biotalys, the maker of biological alternatives to chemical pesticides, said that it will raise up to €71.2 million ($79.8 million) in i...

Südzucker Tests Crop Protection Solution

Südzucker AG, in association with Amazone and FarmDroid, is testing a solution for the precise application of crop protection agents in sugar bee...

France To Ease Pesticide Ban For Sugar Beet To Curb Crop Losses

The French government will propose lifting a ban on certain pesticides blamed for harming bees to protect sugar beet crops that have been ravaged by insect...

EU Has Failed To Halt Decline Of Bees And Butterflies, Auditors Say

European measures taken to protect bees and butterflies and prevent their decline across the bloc have been largely ineffective, auditors have sa...

EU Should End Imports Made With Banned Pesticides: Farm Chief

The European Union should stop importing agricultural goods made using pesticides that are banned within the bloc, the EU's top farming official has said....

US, Brazil Protest Thailand's Pesticide Ban Over Impact On Wheat, Soy Exports

The United States and Brazil lodged separate protests with Thailand over its ban on two farm chemicals earlier this month, documents reviewed by Reuters sh...

EU To Halve Pesticides By 2030 To Protect Bees, Biodiversity

The European Commission is seeking to halve the use of chemical pesticides by 2030 to halt the decline of pollinators, in a plan likely to draw criticism b...