Welsh Water launches pesticide awareness campaign to protect drinking water quality Launch of pesticide awareness campaign to protect drinking water Free pesticide disposal scheme Award winning Weed Wiper trial extended and expanded A new public awareness campaign which encourages people to consider ‘smarter’ ways of weed, pest and disease control that do not impact on […]
Farmers in Northumberland are being offered an opportunity to take advantage of grants to help them protect and improve water quality and modernise their farms and equipment through a scheme run by Northumbrian Water. The water company launched Pesti-wise in 2015 as a collaborative initiative; working with farmers and growers within specific target sub-catchments to […]
The Soil Association is calling for a UK ban on the use of Glyphosate sprayed on UK wheat as a pre-harvest weed killer and its use to kill the crop to ripen it faster. New figures analysed by the Soil Association from government data were released at a scientific briefing in London on 15 July […]