Metaldehyde to be withdrawn for outdoor uses

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Kent
The only shame of it is I bet its still found for years yet, and we've missed a trick by not getting water companies to sponsor us voluntarily not using it much earlier.

I know it was done in areas, but could it have been rolled out wholesale?

Was at a nroso meeting today that listed some very good numbers.

For instance only 2 colonies out of 200k+ honey bee colonies , were killed by attributable pesticides.
A further few, maybe 5 or 6, had measurable pesticides.

Kinda makes a mockery of the neonic ban.

This industry needs more joined up thinking, the chem giants need to have folk dedicated to chasing the misinformation on social media and discounting it with facts as above.
If they all chucked a man or two at it they'd have quite a team.
 

DRC

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severn trent water have been paying us £8 ha in our catchment for the last couple of years, after measuring the levels before and after autumn and finding low residues, so it's a shame as education seemed to be working here.
you do read of some farms that are pelleting numerous times though, in other parts of the country.
 

Woodlander

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Arable Farmer
Location
Leicestershire
Without competition, wouldn't it get dearer?

A few years ago, I was told the manufacturers wouldn't be able to produce enough ferric phosphate to keep up with demand, if metaldehyde was banned.

Lets hope they step up production PDQ.

(tongue in cheek) It has always been one of farmings great pleasures to use metaldehyde and then return the following day to see slime trails and dehydrating slugs. They have removed my human right of happiness. Maybe I should go to the European Court of Human Rights
 

spin cycle

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north norfolk
makes a mockery of the 'stewardship groups'...csf meetings ect....i stopped going because i realised the only way to stop these products getting into water was to ban them

i told then til i was hoarse....'give us back straw burning'
 

Clive

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
Not used it for a decade so no great loss here

Writing has been in the wall for years and given the way that some farmers use the stuff I’m not at all surprised

I hope some start to take IPM a bit more seriously or there will be no one to blame but ourselves
 

Hindsight

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Location
Lincolnshire
The only shame of it is I bet its still found for years yet, and we've missed a trick by not getting water companies to sponsor us voluntarily not using it much earlier.

I know it was done in areas, but could it have been rolled out wholesale?

Was at a nroso meeting today that listed some very good numbers.

For instance only 2 colonies out of 200k+ honey bee colonies , were killed by attributable pesticides.
A further few, maybe 5 or 6, had measurable pesticides.

Kinda makes a mockery of the neonic ban.

This industry needs more joined up thinking, the chem giants need to have folk dedicated to chasing the misinformation on social media and discounting it with facts as above.
If they all chucked a man or two at it they'd have quite a team.



More likely that the major manufacturers will exit the UK and EU market and go elsewhere - after all Mr Gove and co intend going to heaven by exporting food production to the world. Get use to it - more actives will go sooner than you think. Hey ho.
 

spin cycle

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Location
north norfolk
i've a sense we could manage with a lot less chemicals....for example i had some grass down for 4 yrs....when it came to rip it up the agronomist suggested dursban:scratchhead:....the one that got banned:scratchhead:.....anyhoo i didn't and it was ok.....now he says just plough up grass in plenty of time and let nature sort it out.....which made me think.....how much unneccesary use had there been
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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