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New data from the Government of Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) shows an 80 per cent in-season bee mortality decrease for the 2015 corn and soybean planting season, compared to 2013. The 2014 season saw a 70 per cent decline in bee mortality, suggesting the federal government’s leadership on neonicotinoids through improved best practices has been successful, Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) says._x000D_
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In a news release, GFO notes the province of Ontario’s provincial apiarist, in their 2014 report, suggested measures taken by grain farmers contributed to the reduction in bee mortality. Despite this, farmers remain in the province’s crosshairs while they ignore the self-reported poor hive management practices of beekeepers, which beekeepers believe contributed to higher-than-normal mortalities in years prior._x000D_
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New data from the Government of Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) shows an 80 per cent in-season bee mortality decrease for the 2015 corn and soybean planting season, compared to 2013. The 2014 season saw a 70 per cent decline in bee mortality, suggesting the federal government’s leadership on neonicotinoids through improved best practices has been successful, Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) says._x000D_
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In a news release, GFO notes the province of Ontario’s provincial apiarist, in their 2014 report, suggested measures taken by grain farmers contributed to the reduction in bee mortality. Despite this, farmers remain in the province’s crosshairs while they ignore the self-reported poor hive management practices of beekeepers, which beekeepers believe contributed to higher-than-normal mortalities in years prior._x000D_
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“Ontario’s rush to be the first in North America to restrict neonicotinoids is on track to cost rural Ontario’s economy more than $600 million dollars a year, to solve a problem that it appears the federal government has already addressed,” says Mark Brock, chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario._x000D_
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“Ontario’s rush to be the first in North America to restrict neonicotinoids is on track to cost rural Ontario’s economy more than $600 million dollars a year, to solve a problem that it appears the federal government has already addressed,” says Mark Brock, chair of Grain Farmers of Ontario._x000D_
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The Government of Ontario’s rush to regulate treated seeds, without scientific basis, is dividing rural Ontario and further exacerbating the urban-rural divide. At the same time, agenda-driven, political appointees are fracturing rural relationships, the GFO release goes on to state._x000D_
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The Government of Ontario’s rush to regulate treated seeds, without scientific basis, is dividing rural Ontario and further exacerbating the urban-rural divide. At the same time, agenda-driven, political appointees are fracturing rural relationships, the GFO release goes on to state._x000D_
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