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USDA celebrates National Pollinator Week

06/21/23 6:04 AM By Jana Rose Schleis

The United States Department of Agriculture is spending National Pollinator Week, taking place June 19-25, recognizing the role pollinators play in American agriculture as it promotes pollinator health and research.

Winter honey bees withstand agricultural insecticide

06/22/22 6:05 AM By Haley Bickelhaupt

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service reported winter honey bees have a higher resistance to imidacloprid, a common insecticide used in agriculture, than summer honey bees.

California proposes restricting use of neonicotinoids

02/25/22 2:59 PM By Steve Davies

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California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation has proposed limiting the use of neonicotinoid insecticides on farms to protect pollinators.

KIND Healthy Snacks wants more almonds from bee-friendly farmland

08/26/20 7:23 AM By Sara Wyant

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One of the nation’s top snack companies plans to exclusively source its almonds from “bee-friendly farmland” across the globe by 2025.

Variety of research, promotion projects help pollinators

06/24/20 9:34 AM By Sara Wyant

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It’s National Pollinator Week, (June 22-28) and a good time to look at what’s happening in the pollinator world.

Pollinator promoters proliferating

02/06/19 6:26 AM By Ed Maixner

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The Bee & Butterfly Habitat fund is just a tad of pollinator enhancement efforts across the country, but it's already helping landowners seed bee and butterfly habitat in 12 states.

Pollinator research would get boost in Senate farm bill

06/20/18 6:10 AM By Steve Davies

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Pollinator research would be beefed up under the Senate farm bill now awaiting a floor vote and, perhaps, a reconciliation with the House version.

FFAR earmarks $7M for pollinator research

03/14/18 5:20 AM By Daniel Enoch

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The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is putting up $7 million for 16 research grants to address declining pollinator health.

Pollinator advocates say agriculture more aware of challenges

01/10/18 6:35 AM By Steve Davies

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The importance of pollinators was a hot topic in agriculture and beyond in 2017, as initiatives to protect bees and butterflies continued to emerge.

Pesticide makers examining "freeze" on neonics in California

01/09/18 5:45 PM By Steve Davies

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Pesticide manufacturers and applicators are examining the impacts of a California decision to “freeze” uses for neonicotinoids while the state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation re-evaluates their effects on pollinators.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Thompson on ag labor bill, USDA Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins on NWS response

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson introduced the Save Agriculture’s Workforce Act this week. He comes to the studio to discuss how it would significantly expand and modernize the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. Plus, USDA APHIS Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins provides an update on New World screwworm response and the factors being considered to reopen the Southern border to cattle imports.

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