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Farming organisation expresses 'major disappointment' of failure to re-authorise glyphosate
EU co-operative Copa and Cogeca, representing 23 million EU farmers, expressed major disappointment of the failure to deliver an opinion on…
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EU nations fail to approve pesticide glyphosate after vote to extend use
EU nations have refused to back a limited extension of the pesticide glyphosate's use on Monday (6 June). The EU executive - after failing to win…
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Farmers invited to free Peeblesshire fire and rural crime event
Farmers in the Lothians and Borders region are being invited to a free ‘walk and talk’ farm event on fire safety and crime prevention. The informal…
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Open letter setting the case for glyphosate: 'No like-for-like alternatives - farmers being asked the impossible'
Presidents of the UK farming unions have sent a letter to European policymakers and elected officials on the importance of the reauthorisation of…
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'Without glyphosate quality and safe food supplies will be under threat', farmers warn
European farmers warn in a meeting with EU Commissioner Andriukaitis that without the use of glyphosate, sustainable, quality and safe EU food…
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'Losing glyphosate would cost the UK economy 630 million euros annually'
The NFU has taken part in a high-level meeting with EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to discuss delays on a vote to reauthorise products…
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MPs release report highlighting urgency needed to protect soil health or risk it become unprofitable
A group of MPs across the political spectrum have called for urgent action to protect soil health, highlighting the poignant point of land in England…
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EU to decide on the fate of glyphosate with possible extension of 18 months on the table
The European Commission is to put forward a new proposal to extend the licence for glyphosate for up to 18 months in a vote next Monday (6 June). In…
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Farmers and members of the public 'must do more to prevent livestock worrying'
NFU livestock board chairman Charles Sercombe is to tell farmers and members of the public that they must do more to prevent cases of livestock…
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Medication for livestock 'should be as little as possible'
The amount of medication used in livestock production systems should be as little as possible but as much as required to safeguard the health and…
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