The USDA said current pesticide regulations are adequate to protect monarch butterflies, commenting on a proposal to list the king of butterflies as a threatened species. In a letter to […] ...

As global food demand continues to increase, effective pest control remains one of agriculture's most pressing challenges.

These farmers are nervously eyeing new regulations proposed by the European Union that would restrict imports of crops that ...

Americans love to cite Europe for policy experiments, but not everything that happens on the old continent should be treated ...

Bill Anderson, the CEO of Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, the maker of glyphosate, wants the next farm bill to include ...

Many studies have also found links between common farm pesticides and some types of cancer. Those risks appear to be greatest for people who directly handle the chemicals over long periods of time.

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...