Poisoning weeds, ripping out hedges, and planting 'pretty' but ecologically useless non-native flowers and shrubs make for neat and tidy parks and gardens that harm bees, frogs, fish, and wild birds

Tillage farmers have been told anti-resistance practices are vital when using fungicides, following identification by Teagasc researchers of new strains of Zymoseptoria tritici, the cause of septoria tritici blotch on wheat, with reduced sensitivity to SDHI fungicides.