Arable
The Soil Association's petition is nearing its signature goal with 60,000 people supporting its campaign to ban glyphosate pre-harvest.
N.Ireland
Thirty-five different weed species are now resistant to glyphosate-based herbicides in countries around the world.
Agri-Business
The Agricultural Industries Confederation is reminding growers it is vital to follow the WRAG guidelines to minimise glyphosate resistance
The Weed Resistance Action Group (WRAG) has confirmed the first case of full rate glyphosate...
A ban on glyphosate could lead to an increase in weed abundance and a decrease in the yields of...
Rural Life
Farm organisations in France have recently had farmers protesting the policies of the French government in relation to issues on glyphosate
Derry City and Strabane Council implemented a ban on the use of glyphosate-based herbicides in 2019, following years of public campaigning.
Farmers in France that declare they no longer use glyphosate will be granted temporary tax...
For the time being, Austria will not proceed with a ban on glyphosate which was due to begin on...
Germany looks set to ban the use of glyphosate weedkiller from the end of 2023, according to a...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it "continues to find that there...
A second trial into Monsanto's Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause...
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer - the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller - has come out...
A landmark lawsuit in the US linking glyphosate – the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup - to...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the European Commission’s plan to re-authorise...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the European Commission's plan to re-authorise glyphosate for ten years.
Environment
It has been confirmed today by the European Chemicals Agency that the weed killer Glyphosate will not be classified as a carcinogenic.
EU
Commission to register a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) inviting the Commission to propose to Member States a ban on glyphosate.
New restrictions around the conditions regarding the use of glyphosate, the main chemical ingredient in Roundup, come into force from today.
Glyphosate is unlikely to be carcinogenic to humans, a new report on the herbicide commissioned by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).
New rules which restrict the conditions around the use of glyphosate in the European Union are to come into effect in two weeks time, after the rules were published in the EU Official Journal.
EU Member States today supported a European Commission proposal to restrict the conditions of use of glyphosate in the EU.
The European Commission has proposed a number of restrictions to the use of glyphosate following its last-minute decision this week to extend its authorisation.
