Pesticides

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Andrew Wilson, York, discusses the implications of restricting or banning glyphosate

A global ag-chemical company has branched into the UK to offer quality input choices to growers at a competitive price

The impact of herbicides and the potential of agroforestry were in discussion at this year's Oxford Real Farming Conference. Mia Willemsen reports

The Nature Friendly Farming Network chief executive has written on the need to improve water quality in agriculture and why a food system which values environmental outcomes as much as yield is vitally important moving forward

Trials conducted by Richard Allen Agriculture have identified a natural alternative to fungicides to prevent cavity spot in carrots

The NFU has welcomed the ‘long overdue’ UK Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP) but warned it was unclear how it would be supported and delivered

New research says early detection of pest population is key

Barley yellow dwarf virus is a complex disease but advances in monitoring, diagnostics and plant breeding are helping to inform its management

Defra says emergency authorisation has been withdrawn as neonicotinoid ‘extremely toxic to pollinators such as bees’

Wildlife campaigners hail decision urging Defra to introduce further bans