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Banned herbicide in watercourses brings voluntary approach into question

Isoproturon, which has been banned since last June, was seemingly still being used last autumn - sparking a row on the industry's voluntary approach to cutting pesticide pollution .

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Tim.Relf on Thu, Feb 18 2010
Re: Georgina Downs taking on DEFRA in the High Court

Georgina Downs pesticides victory overturned. Appeal court has just ruled in DEFRA's favour Here's what Peter Kendall had to say: NFU President Peter Kendall said: “This outcome is a victory for commonsense. The regulations governing pesticides and spraying are already very strict and any additional...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Tue, Jul 7 2009
Re: The amazing life of an Herbalism pioneer

Thanks for commenting on this bald statement, please allow me to enlarge upon it... Sir Albert Howard was the author of classic "The Soil and Health" published in 1945 - a huge inspiration to the growing organic and sustainable farming movement. His central theme was that healthy soil, vegetation...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Jun 9 2009
SOS Campaign gets off to a flying start

The Farmers Weekly SOS Campaign has got off to a flying start, with over 750 indications of support on our weekly on-line poll, and 150-plus signatures already on our petition. The campaign aims to resist new legislation going through Brussels that would take large numbers of pesticides off the market...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by phil clarke on Tue, Aug 5 2008
Re: Possible changes to HLS and ELS

Hi there, Sorry if this is in wrong place (Im new to this) and I wanted to make sure its on any parts of this website which are to do with this and as this section is about changes to ELS/HLS I thought this would be the best place to put it. I am a student studying Environmental science at university...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008
Moth-flavoured pancake, anyone?

There! I thought that might get your attention. It's the headline to one those quirky stories that the newspapers love to run - this time in a piece by Mark Chipperfield in Sydney for today's Daily Telegraph (page 19). It's a fun article but contains to my mind the unfortunate paragraph:...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by flutefriend on Sat, Oct 6 2007
Who's afraid of discussing pesticide prices?

Is the subject of spray chemical prices just too sensitive for anyone to comment on? Mention the wheat price and most people are prepared to spout about how dire it once was and how much better it is now. But ask them about pesticide prices and they clam up. My earlier query has been on this site for...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by flutefriend on Tue, Sep 25 2007
Spray chemical prices

One of our Barometer farmers tells me that he has "the distinct feeling that the chemical industry is inflating prices on the back of the wheat market". We've also been told that a well known seed dressing was temporarily unavailable at the end of last week. What's your experience?...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by flutefriend on Wed, Sep 19 2007
Re: Far tougher pesticide rules on the way from Brussels?

After everything that has been achieved via the Voluntary Initiative, the latest Brussels proposals are particularly unwelcome. It’s hard to dismiss the suspicion being that they have been drawn up by people with only limited understanding of the vital role that pesticides play in most modern farming...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by flutefriend on Sat, Aug 18 2007

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