Bayer was fined $289 million last week after a California jury decided there was a link between the glyphosate herbicide active and a case of the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer in DeWayne Johnson, a groundsman who had used the product regularly. The jury decision,...
The UK agri-food chain has called on the government to make free and frictionless trade with the EU a priority in the forthcoming Brexit trade negotiations.
The European Commission’s decision to reopen discussions on the reauthorisation of glyphosate for a ten year period have been attacked by the farm lobby as too short and by the environmental movement which wants a total ban. Meanwhile, EU Health and Food Safety...
Sarah Mukherjee has been appointed as chief executive of the Crop Protection Association (CPA) from mid-March 2017. She succeeds Nick von Westenholz who is returning to the NFU in the new role of director of EU exit and international trade after four years at the CPA....
UK arable, vegetable and ornamental crop plant breeder Elsoms Seeds has appointed David Coop to its senior management team in the newly created role of head of business development. Mr Coop has spent the last eight years as head of technical development at Westland...
Nick von Westenholz, currently chief executive of the Crop Protection Association, has rejoined the NFU in the new role of Director of EU Exit and International Trade. His remit is to ensure the NFU has a co-ordinated and constant presence in its Brexit negotiations...