National Pesticide Safety Education Month Spotlights Resources to Support Safe Pesticide Handling and Use
February is National Pesticide Safety Education Month and an opportune time to review pesticide safety practices at your home ...
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Study Finds Pesticide Exposure to Bees During Dormancy or Overwintering Disruptive of Reproductive Health
Bumblebees with pesticide exposure experience hormetic stress responses with impacts on future generations and reproduction.
Fears chemical spray drift is affecting trees, but proving it is complicated
Harry Barclay says the peppercorn tree on his property loses its leaves when nearby cotton farms spray their plants with ...
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Snyder County Farmers winter meeting is Feb. 14
Farmers who attend the Snyder County Farmers winter meeting on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 will learn about important topics, including ways to increase soil organic matter and rainfall infiltration in crop ...
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Protecting Pollinators From Pesticides Important to Ag Economy
At Penn State Extension's Greenhouse Growers Day, Patricia Prade presented ways to protect pollinator insects when using ...
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Biodiversity Threatened by Pesticide Drift, Study Finds; Organic Agriculture Cited as a Holistic Solution
This study “addresses the interconnectedness of these impacts and illustrates the complex threats that pesticide drift poses to biodiversity across multiple ecosystems,” the researchers state. They ...
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Critics decry pesticide rule as too lenient: ‘Why use it?’
Protesters say rules proposed by the DPR allow 14 times more Telone—a carcinogenic pesticide—than is recommended by state ...
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Farmworkers and Allies Stage Die-in at California Pesticide Hearing
Frustrated by regulators ignoring their pleas for protection from a cancer-causing fumigant, farmworkers and their supporters ...