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California Alfalfa Production Would be One Million Tons Lower with Conversion to Organic Practices

pesticide guy wrote 20 hours ago: Alfalfa Weevil on Damaged Leaf California is the #1 dairy state in the U.S. and one million acres of … more →

Tags: Fungicides, herbicides, organic, Pesticides, U. S., Weeds

Fungicide application in early rice planting in three regions of Hunan in 2012

commafact64 wrote 2 days ago: It is followed by isoprothiolane, a product mainly used to control rice blast, one of the most serio … more →

Tags: Fungicides, Pesticides

California Avocado Production Would be 82 million Pounds Lower with Conversion to Organic Practices

pesticide guy wrote 2 days ago: New Orchard Weeds California farmers produce 550 million pounds of avocados annually. 8% of the avoc … more →

Tags: Avocados, California, Economics, Fungicides, herbicides, Labor, organic, organic farming, Pesticides

Rotterdam Convention members agree prior consent required for azinphos-methyl trade

juldennis wrote 2 days ago: Azinphos-methyl among the instecticides tightly regulated by the Rotterdam Convention (Image: WSU Ex … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Plant health, Plant pests and diseases, azinphos methyl, Conventions, Pesticides, Policy, Rotterdam, Trade

Actara 25WG minor use label expansion for fruiting vegetables

Janice LeBoeuf wrote 1 week ago: The PMRA has approved a minor use label expansion for Actara 25WG (thimethoxam) that includes fruiti … more →

Tags: Tomato, Pepper, IPM, eggplant

One down, one to go

casifarm wrote 1 week ago: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Ross finished the planting of corn today.  We are seeing some corn emerging … more →

Tags: farm days, News, Planting, Corn Planting, Freddie farm, Fungicides, soybean planting, Wheat Harvest

Russia Warns Obama: Global War Over “Bee Apocalypse” | EUTimes.net

duanetilden wrote 1 week ago: See on Scoop.it – Green & Sustainable News The shocking minutes relating to President Puti … more →

Tags: sustainability, Bees, neonicotinoid pesticides, Russia, GMO, Monsanto, Syngenta, USA

Everyday metal toxicity in food

Naturotherapist wrote 1 week ago: Heavy metal toxicity is becoming increasingly prevalent in today’s society. Every day we are exposed … more →

Tags: DNA News Column ~ Food Cures, Aluminum, Metal Toxicity, metal poisoning, arsenic, Cadmium, Iron, Lead, Mercury

Save Them Honeybees!3 comments

h4rr7h00d wrote 1 week ago: Back in 2006, beekeepers started noticing losses in their bee populations, which would later be term … more →

Tags: Bees, FDA, law suit, [CCD], Clothianidin, Bayer

Increasingly Serious Honey Bee Population Problems

McKringle wrote 1 week ago: Increasingly Serious Honey Bee Population Problems Katie Valentine, ThinkProgress: “Almost a t … more →

Tags: Politics, Agriculture, [CCD], Colony Collapse Disorder, Crops, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Farmers, farming

15 Reasons to Eat Organic Food

manifest wellness wrote 2 weeks ago: Well, if you can’t already tell by my last blog, I’m on a mission. I wanted to provide m … more →

Tags: activist, Awareness, Cancer, Earth, Education, enviroment, EPA, Farmers, Farms

Bad News for Bees - And How to Help6 comments

The Druid in the Swamp wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve talked about my concerns about the future of honey bee populations here before, but the b … more →

Tags: environment, Climate, Colony Collapse Disorder, Environment, Environmentalism, help the bees, honey, honey bee, honey bee populations

Avaaz Helps Create Breathing Space for Our Bees 1 comment

gorgeousgreenhouse wrote 2 weeks ago: Bees worldwide are under threat.  Bee colonies are collapsing on a frightening scale. The main culpr … more →

Tags: Bees, Avaaz, organic farming, Inecticides, Pesticides, Organic Gardening, permaculture, colony collapse syndrome, organic farming

Minor use label expansion granted for Movento® 240 SC Insecticide on several crops and crop groups

Janice LeBoeuf wrote 2 weeks ago: J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recent … more →

Tags: Insects, IPM, alliums, Other, sweet corn

Buzzz and friends

jacscottstudio wrote 2 weeks ago: Buzzz and friends This excellent article in The Guardian substantiates the claim that insecticides a … more →

Tags: Research-2, Science, Toxicology, Bees, Insects

World’s most widely used insecticide having dangerous effect

Tony Seed wrote 2 weeks ago: Dragonflies, snails and other water-based species are affected by pesticides leaking into water | Fr … more →

Tags: Agriculture, food & farmers, Environment, Nature, Agriculture, herbicides, Food

What we’ve been reading this week1 comment

canwefeedtheworld wrote 3 weeks ago: This week’s summary on the news stories, reports and blogs that have grabbed our attention. We welco … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Bees, Biotechnology, Cargill, climate change, Farmers, Food, Food Security, fuel

We may not like them, but we need them3 comments

rmkaufman13 wrote 3 weeks ago: We may not like them, but we need them I have an involved relationship with insects and arthropods. … more →

Tags: Insects, Europe, bans, mosquito bites

European Union Bans Certain Insecticides to Aid Bees

worldbookblog wrote 3 weeks ago: The European Commission (EC), the executive body of the European Union, banned the use of insecticid … more →

Tags: today, european union, Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, Honeybees


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