Grain Farmers accuse province of steamrolling neonics regulations
May 6, 2015
From: Guelph Mercury
GUELPH — A farming advocacy group is buzzing mad over the public comment process into restricting neonicotinoid insecticides in the province. But beekeepers say the Grain Farmers of Ontario had plenty of opportunity to register its complaints about Ontario’s plan to reduce the use of neonicotinoids by 80 per cent within two years.
Barry Senft, the organization’s chief executive said Tuesday the province is rushing to conclude the public comment period into proposed new regulations that will severely restrict the use of neonicotinoids and potential hurt grain farmers.
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He said neonics are more effective and more environmentally sensitive than insecticides used in spray applications. Farmers may have to return to those former insecticides to deal with insect pests in their crops, he warned.
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