51AV视频

The UK's Premier Agricultural Machinery and Technology Show

20鈥�21 January 2027, NEC, Birmingham

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Letters: "By ignoring centuries of success without glyphosate, farming is now chemical-dependent"

This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Richard Bruce, Isle of Wight, discusses concerns surrounding glyphosate use, regulation and the farming sector鈥檚 reliance on chemical weed control

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Letters: "By ignoring centuries of success without glyphosate, farming is now chemical-dependent"

The standard statement used is that the Government takes pesticide safety seriously and would not hesitate to ban a chemical if it was found to cause harm to human health 鈥� but that is untrue. In 1997,...

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