#eu-biotech

5X5 – 4. CROP PROTECTION

1 • Advocates Say EPA Chlorpyrifos Review Bolsters Push for Stronger WPS

"Advocates say U.S. EPA’s finding of risks to workers in a recent draft human health risk assessment of the commonly used pesticide chlorpyrifos bolsters their push for the agency to strengthen proposed revisions to its worker protection standards (WPS), due out this year, though advocates argue banning the pesticide is…

5X5 – 1. NEWS

1 • EU Vote Gives Governments the Choice to Grow GM Crops

"BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Individual EU nations will be able to ban cultivation of genetically modified crops under a compromise deal agreed on Tuesday that ends years of deadlock over the barbed issue and could actually boost GM farming.

A list of GM products is awaiting EU approval and Tuesday’s vote in the European Parliament opens the…

EU taking big step to allow member countries to ban GM crops-EU, GMO, GM crop planting, GMO ban

• EU taking big step to allow member countries to ban GM crops-EU, GMO, GM crop planting, GMO ban “The European Union is taking a big step toward giving EU member states the power to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops even if they have been approved by the food safety authority of the 28-nation bloc.

The European Parliament and member states agreed last Thursday that national…

2. NEWS – Other Links

* European Commission Again Fails To Approve Biotech Traits | AgriMarketing

* Lower Crop Area for 2015 to Dent Us Fertilizer Use | Agrimoney.com

* Grain Transportation, Flooding Hot Topics At KAP Meeting | Farms.com * Harper Government Supports Innovative Food Processing Technology | Farms.com * Natural gas represents next big innovation | Farms.com

* The Brave New World of Ag – The Packer