The Crop Protection Association (CPA) has appointed a Health & Safety Executive (HSE) director with huge experience in agricultural and chemicals policy and regulation as its new chief executive. Dave Bench succeeds Sarah Mukherjee at the Peterborough-based...
The EU has withdrawn approval for the broad-spectrum fungicide active epoxiconazole from the end of April, despite industry hopes of an extension of at least one year. But the CRD is allowing a full grace period. Epoxiconazole’s existing approval expires on April 30th...
UPL has regained approval for the use of its seed treatment Rancona i-MIX (20g/l ipconazole + 50g/l Imazalil) in spring wheat and barley - just in time for what is expected to be a large 2020 spring crop area. “For the past year, Rancona i-MIX has been restricted to...
A recent Appeal Court decision should benefit agrochemical companies carrying out R&D, as it confirms that the costs they incur in generating specific data to support the authorisation and re-authorisation of their products means the data belongs to them and is protected.
Interagro, the Hertfordshire-based specialist in spray adjuvants and crop biostimulant products, has made two new senior appointments. Ed Heywood joins the company as regulatory manager, after a career spanning the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) of the Health and...
Slug pellet usage guidelines on product labels are unchanged for 2017, advises Colin Myram, agronomist with Chiltern Farm Chemicals. “This means that farmers and agronomists can control slugs within the same guidelines as previous years,” Mr Myram comments....