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Wynne wants quick review of neonicotinoid seed treatments
Beekeepers want the ban in time for 2014 spring planting while Grain Farmers of Ontario wants members to persuade MPPs and MPs to prevent a ban altogether by SUSAN MANNOntario Premier and Agriculture...
View ArticleOntario beekeepers petition province for neonicotinoid ban
by SUSAN MANNThe Ontario Beekeepers’ Association plans to deliver a massive petition to Premier Kathleen Wynne calling for a ban on neonicotinoid insecticides in time for spring planting.President Dan...
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New app won’t protect bees from neonics says Ontario Beekeepers VP
This growing season, Grain Farmers of Ontario pilots a smartphone app to connect grain farmers and beekeepersby MATT MCINTOSHGrain Farmers of Ontario’s new “BeConnected” smartphone app may help...
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Ontario’s environmental commissioner calls for neonic phase out
Removing the pesticide from farm use was among seven recommendations in Gord Miller’s annual reportby SUSAN MANNOntario’s ecosystem is facing its greatest threat in 50 years from neonicotinoid...
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Environmental commissioner’s neonic remarks ‘irresponsible’: Grain Farmers
Commissioner agrees to meet with representatives from the Ontario grains and oilseeds commodity organization to discuss concernsby SUSAN MANNOntario environmental commissioner Gord Miller plans to meet...
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Neonic control proposal provokes strong reactions in Ontario’s farm community
‘Our farmers are very strong stewards of the land as it is today and what is all this going to do other than cause a bureaucratic nightmare?’ – Barry Senft, Grain Farmers of Ontarioby SUSAN MANNLove it...
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Grain Farmers of Ontario throws down the gauntlet
Members of the provincial commodity organization abandon talks with province over proposed legislation to control the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in corn and soybean seed treatmentsby DAVE PINKThe...
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Public consultations on Ontario’s proposed neonic controls draw to a close
Scrap the proposal altogether, recommends one farm group; extend the restrictions to neonic foliar sprays and more crops advises anotherby SUSAN MANNOntario farm groups have given the provincial...
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Ontario government sticks to schedule for neonic regulation changes
Number of comments received on discussion paper ‘record breaking,’ says Ministry of Environment and Climate Change spokespersonby SUSAN MANNOntario’s government is moving full steam ahead to implement...
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‘Our organization isn’t done pushing back against this’
Grain Farmers of Ontario chair Mark Brock comments on Ontario’s new neonicotinoid regulationsphoto: Mark Brockby SUSAN MANNGrain Farmers of Ontario plans to continue its fight against the provincial...
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Get it in writing, urges GFO
Grain Farmers of Ontario advises its members to seek signed contracts with beekeepers, blames Ontario’s premier for divisive environment between farmers and bee keepersby SUSAN MANNOntario Premier...
View ArticleBee report raises questions and shows mitigation measures worked, says Health...
by SUSAN MANNHealth Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency is unclear why there was an increase in poorly performing hives later in the growing season for both 2013 and 2014, a spokesman says.New...
View ArticleOntario Divisional Court hears Grain Farmers’ neonic case
by SUSAN MANNGrain Farmers of Ontario officials are waiting to hear the outcome of their arguments in court Monday calling for a temporary suspension of new Ontario government rules on the sales and...
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Ontario stands firm on neonic regulations
The provincial government continues with precautionary measures as it reviews a federal government report indicating neonic-treated seeds pose few risks to bees, says an environment ministry...
View ArticleOntario’s Tory agriculture critic calls for reconsideration of province’s...
by SUSAN MANNToby Barrett, Progressive Conservative agriculture critic, is calling on the Ontario government to reconsider its regulations governing the sales and use of neonicotinoid-treated seeds in...
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Neonic challenge returns to court in March
Grain Farmers of Ontario aims to obtain decisions on three issues to do with its challenge of Ontario’s new rules restricting the use of neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seedsphoto: Mark Brockby...
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Supply of neonic-treated seeds expected to be scarce this spring
Ten to 20 per cent of Ontario’s farmers didn’t order seeds this fallby SUSAN MANNFarmers who failed to pre-order their neonicotinoid-treated seeds in the fall may find it difficult in the spring to get...
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Neonic reporting requirements generate confusion
‘It’s not exactly the most straightforward set of paperwork here and it’s possible that there’s different interpretations’ says Canadian Seed Trade Association spokesmanby SUSAN MANNSome Ontario...
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Court dismisses Grain Farmers’ challenge of new Ontario neonic rules
The commodity organization has announced plans to keep track about how the new regulations will affect farmers’ bottom line UPDATED April 21, 2016by SUSAN MANNGrain Farmers of Ontario is turning its...
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Neonicotinoid dispute continues into spring planting
Ontario’s beekeepers association and PMRA blame the pesticide for spring bee deaths; nonsense, say corn and soybean industry reps and others UPDATED JUNE 1 2016by SUSAN MANNMay might be one of the...
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