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Flea beetle. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Neonic phase-out may limit flea beetle control tools

By GFM Network News August 17, 2018

CNS Canada — The phasing out of neonicotinoid seed treatments in Canada may cause problems for the country’s canola growers when dealing with flea beetles — but alternatives pesticides could fill the gap. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing that two neonicotinoid pesticides, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, be phased out over the next […] Read more

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Crops

Phase-outs planned for clothianidin, thiamethoxam

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 15, 2018

The remaining two of the big three neonicotinoid insecticides will be phased out of nearly all on-farm use in Canada in the next few years under a proposal from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency. PMRA officials on Wednesday announced 90-day consultation periods on its decisions for both clothianidin and thiamethoxam, following “special reviews” which […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

EU nations back ban on all outdoor neonic use

By GFM Network News April 27, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries backed a proposal on Friday to ban all use outdoors of insecticides known as neonicotinoids that studies have shown can harm bees. The ban, championed by environmental activists, covers the use of three active substances — imidacloprid, developed by Bayer CropScience; clothianidin, developed by Takeda Chemical Industries and […] Read more

Crops

Data mining finds no honeybee colony risk from correct neonic use

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 24, 2017

An expedition through published and unpublished studies on neonicotinoid pesticides has led a Guelph research team to find no colony-level risk to honeybees from the seed treatments — if they’re correctly used. The University of Guelph team, led by toxicologist Keith Solomon and adjunct professor Gladys Stephenson, analyzed 64 papers from “open, peer-reviewed literature” on […] Read more

Crops

Global study finds trace neonics in much of world’s honey

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 5, 2017

A study by Swiss scientists has found trace levels of at least one neonicotinoid pesticide in three-quarters of the honey samples it collected from around the world. The study, spearheaded by a team from Switzerland’s Universite de Neuchatel and published in Friday’s edition of the journal Science, was meant to assess “global exposure of pollinators […] Read more

Livestock

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 28, 2016

The world’s most widely used insecticide is an inadvertent contraceptive for bees, cutting live sperm in males by almost 40 per cent, The Guardian in the UK is reporting. Citing research led by Lars Straub at the University of Bern, Switzerland, the report says neonicotinoid pesticides were found to cut the lifespan of the drones […] 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

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 24, 2015

Proposed new controls on the use and sale of corn and soybean seed treated with neonicotinoid pesticides in Ontario are up for public comment between now and early May. The provincial government made its move Monday — three days ahead of a scheduled meeting between Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal and Grain Farmers of Ontario chairman […] Read more

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Tag Archives thiamethoxam

Neonic phase-out may limit flea beetle control tools

Phase-outs planned for clothianidin, thiamethoxam

EU nations back ban on all outdoor neonic use

Data mining finds no honeybee colony risk from correct neonic use

Global study finds trace neonics in much of world’s honey

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

The latest buzz on bees and neonics

Ontario’s neonic limits tabled for public comment

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