Insecticide ban leaves search for new ways to save cereal crops from aphids

Grain growers will have to put their faith in low-tech methods, as they bid to stay in business without relying on neonicotinoid seed treatments.

Insecticide ban leaves search for new ways to save cereal crops from aphids

Grain growers will have to put their faith in low-tech methods, as they bid to stay in business without relying on neonicotinoid seed treatments.

This insecticide was found by a European Food Safety Authority risk assessment to pose ‘high acute risks’ to bees.

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