Pest Management Regulatory Agency removes the registration to spray dicamba on dicamba tolerant soybeans after the crop starts growing
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Health Canada proposes new restrictions for dicamba on soybeans
CropLife Canada calls for halt to Pest Management Regulatory Agency changes, cites tariffs
The threat of U.S. tariffs means Canada should be doing all it can to keep farmers competitive, CropLife Canada says
CropLife Canada says U.S. tariffs would be bad enough, agriculture doesn't need the added hit from changes to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).
PMRA plans to reinstate lambda-cy use in feed grain crops
PMRA to update guidance, cancel some uses in fruit
Canadian grain and oilseed growers who’d had to stop using insecticides such as Matador, Silencer and Voliam in 2023 for feed grain crops can expect to be able to use […] Read more
Adama’s lambda-cy products to be available this year
Company to continue selling Silencer, Zivata after recall
The Canadian arm of ag chem firm Adama says it’s relabelled its inventories of lambda-cyhalothrin insecticide products Silencer and Zivata and will have them available for sale to farmers in […] Read more
U.S. to ban use of chlorpyrifos on food crops
Cancellation already scheduled for most outdoor use in Canada
UPDATED, Aug. 25 –– Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will ban the use on food crops of chlorpyrifos insecticide, which has been […] Read more
Mancozeb fungicide approved for continued use
There was concern the fungicide’s registration would be cancelled
Mancozeb, a group M fungicide, has been approved for continued use under the the Pest Control Products Act. The pesticide re-evaluation was completed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) […] Read more
Wireworms a target for first Group 30 insecticide in Canada
BASF picks up registration for two broflanilide products
The list of insecticides cleared for use in Canadian crops now includes its first Group 30 chemistry, as BASF makes plans to launch it in new wireworm control products next […] Read more
Corteva to stop making Lorsban
Chicago | Reuters — Corteva will stop producing the agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos by the end of the year, the company said on Thursday, removing the world’s largest manufacturer of a […] Read more
Health Canada dismisses glyphosate objections
Health Canada’s 2017 decision requiring no major changes to product labels for glyphosate herbicide will stand, despite the objections filed in its wake. The federal health department said Friday it […] Read more
Two neonics set for three-year extensions on registration
Health Canada’s pesticide regulator proposes to allow continued registration for two members of the neonicotinoid family of pesticides, both of which are under heavy scrutiny for their effects on bees […] Read more
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