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Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 15, 2016

Canada Post and its unionized staff have agreed to set up a system in which workers would volunteer to move live animals, such as day-old chicks or bees, during a strike or lockout. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Tuesday it has a new agreement with the Crown corporation to move and deliver social […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 18, 2016

Paris | Reuters — French lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups. The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, produced by companies including Bayer […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

Regulatory reviews show slim risk to bees from imidacloprid

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 7, 2016

Label directions and rules for foliar and on-seed use of imidacloprid pesticides should either prevent or limit the risks to honeybees and other pollinators from the chemical, Canadian and U.S. regulators say in a new early-stage risk assessment. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday released […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters, Spring Wheat

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

By GFM Network News September 11, 2015

Reuters — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that federal regulators erred in allowing an insecticide developed by Dow AgroSciences onto the market, canceling its approval and giving environmentalists a major victory. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, is significant for commercial beekeepers and others […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Tiny number of bees account for most crop pollination, study finds

By GFM Network News June 17, 2015

Oslo | Reuters — Just two per cent of wild bee species do almost 80 per cent of their work in pollinating crops, according to a study on Tuesday that outlined simple measures for farmers to attract star insects to safeguard food production. The international report, based on 90 studies in five continents, said governments […] Read more

Crops, Features

The latest buzz on bees and neonics

Ontario government proposes restricted use of neonic-treated seed

By Lilian Schaer April 30, 2015

The Ontario government has released its proposed regulatory changes to the provincial Pesticides Act to restrict the sale and use of corn and soybean seed treated with neonicotinoids in the province — and to say Ontario’s grain farmers aren’t pleased would be an understatement. According to provincial agriculture minister Jeff Leal, the intent is to […] Read more

Crops, Features

Viable substitutes for neonicotinoids

Some groups are calling for bans on neonic pesticides. Get the scoop on alternatives for your farm

By Michael Flood January 28, 2015

In September Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne mandated Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture Jeff Leal to start working to reduce the use of neonicotinoid (also known as neonic) pesticides in the province after 2016. The reduction may include bans or severe restrictions on approved uses. Several countries across the European Union have suspended use of several common […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Ontario’s curbs on neonics may protect bees but diminish crops

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 26, 2014

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ontario’s move to protect bees by reducing use of a pesticide seed treatment may diminish corn and soybean production, seed companies said on Wednesday. Beekeepers welcomed the move by Ontario, the first North American government to curb use of seed treated with neonicotinoids, which are used to kill insects that harm […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives bees

Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

Regulatory reviews show slim risk to bees from imidacloprid

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

Tiny number of bees account for most crop pollination, study finds

The latest buzz on bees and neonics

Viable substitutes for neonicotinoids

Ontario’s curbs on neonics may protect bees but diminish crops

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