British Sugar fails to deliver on three year plan to end use of banned neonicotinoids
Minister urged to help sugar farmers go neonic-free and honour ban as deadline approaches to end reliance on bee-harming chemicals.
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Banned pesticide gets green light
A regional wildlife charity is horrified that the green light has been given to use a previously banned chemical on sugar beet crops, an action that it believes contradicts Government promises to…
Bee reprieve in 2021
Today’s announcement that a banned neonicotinoid will not be used on sugar beet is good news - but does not halt the risk to wildlife in future years.
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