Ontario’s corn and soybean grower group is taking the province’s planned regulations on the use and sale of pesticide-treated seed to court. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) said Monday it […] Read more			
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	Ont. farmers file for stay of province’s neonic regs
 
	Ont. books drop in bee death ‘incidents’ at planting
								Early data from federal pesticide regulators appear to suggest Ontario’s bee yards are moving past a spell of unusually high death losses seen around the 2012 and 2013 planting seasons. Combining the […] Read more			
		 
	Some timetables loosen as Ont. neonic limits become law
								Ontario’s corn and soybean growers and seed dealers will have slightly more time to manage some of their new duties as the province’s limits on neonicotinoid pesticides become legally binding. […] Read more			
		 
	Pearce: GFO goes informative rather than inflammatory
								It’s not that farmers in Ontario aren’t frustrated and angry concerning legislation aimed at curbing the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments. They are. However, during a protest Friday in front […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees
								Reuters — U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday proposed a rule that would create temporary pesticide-free zones to protect commercial honeybees, which are critical to food production and have been dying […] Read more			
		 
	Ontario won’t widen comment window on neonics: GFO
								The public comment period on Ontario’s planned regulations for neonicotinoid seed treatments will close Thursday as scheduled, despite requests from the province’s grain grower group for an extension. The province […] Read more			
		 
	GFO seeks longer comment period on neonic regs
								Grain Farmers of Ontario wants the province’s environment ministry to reconsider the rush on the comment period for its proposed new controls on neonicotinoid seed treatments. The province has given […] Read more			
		 
	Neonic rules ‘unworkable’ for Ont. corn, soy growers
								Ontario’s planned regulation to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments might as well be a ban from where the organization sits representing the province’s corn and soy producers. After […] Read more			
		 
	Lowe’s to phase out sales of neonics by 2019
								Chicago | Reuters — Home improvement chain Lowe’s will stop selling a type of pesticide suspected of causing a decline in honeybee populations needed to pollinate key American crops, following […] Read more			
		 
	Pesticides could lead to ‘pollination deficit,’ EU report says
								Brussels | Reuters –– Evidence is mounting that widely-used pesticides harm moths, butterflies and birds as well as bees, adding to concerns crop production could be hit by a shortage […] Read more			
		