Tuesday 28 November: CLA Rural Business Conference and Glyphosate

Today on the blog: Environment Secretary Michael Gove addresses the CLA's Rural Business Conference plus five-year licence for glyphosate.
Today on the blog: Environment Secretary Michael Gove addresses the CLA's Rural Business Conference plus five-year licence for glyphosate.
...Industrial Strategy and the food and drink sector Today, the Government has launched its Industrial Strategy White Paper, setting out its long term plans to increase the productivity and earning...
...Article 13 has not delivered the progress we want to see and it does not have direct effect in law. • It has failed to prevent practices across the EU...
...progress we want to see. It does not have direct effect in law – in practice its effect is very unclear and it has failed to prevent practices across the...
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