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EPA Extends Deadline for Comment on New Pesticide Rules

20.05.2014 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for its proposed revisions to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard for an additional 60 days...

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EPA Implements Rules for Farm Worker Pesticide Exposure

25.02.2014 - Following what it said was a decade of stakeholder input across the agricultural community, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced proposed revisions to the...

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Neonicotid exposure may affect nervous system, EFSA Says

23.01.2014 - In a not widely noticed scientific opinion delivered just before Christmas, EFSA said two neonicotinoid insecticides, acetamiprid and imidacloprid may affect the development of the...

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Probe Indicates Biotech Wheat Was "Isolated Incident"

15.06.2013 - The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in...

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Organic Growers Lose Decision in Suit vs. Monsanto Over Seeds

11.06.2013 - Monsanto on Monday won another round in a legal battle with U.S. organic growers as an appeals court threw out the growers' efforts to stop the company from suing farmers if traces...

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EU States Deadlocked on Genetically Modified Maize Approvals

10.06.2013 - European Union governments failed to agree on Monday whether to approve three genetically modified maize varieties for use in food and feed, the European Commission said. The...

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U.S. Finds Unapproved Genetically Modified Wheat in Oregon

30.05.2013 - A strain of genetically engineered wheat never approved for sale or consumption was found sprouting on a farm in Oregon, the U.S. government said on Wednesday, and grain traders...

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Monsanto Tests Planting Platform

16.05.2013 - Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, is developing two new platforms that diverge from its core business and are seen as potential key long-term growth drivers, according to...