Agricultural Chemicals

Tag: Agricultural Chemicals - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Nufarm faces class action for profit downgrade A legal firm says it has been approached by shareholders of the agricultural chemicals group Nufarm, after the company halved its profit forecast in July. DPI urges landholder to sign up to locust spraying The Department of Primary Industries says landholders will have by tomorrow to give consent for aerial spray during the expected locust plague in the Spring. Fears locust poisons might pose risk to cattle Australia's peak red meat marketing association says chemicals used to rid locust swarms could pose a big risk to the cattle industry. Farmers sign up for reef conservation project A Wide Bay Burnett conservation group says it is pleased with the number of farmers registering for the latest round of Reef Rescue project funding. Farmers ready for locust influx The Livestock Health and Pest Authority (LHPA) says it believes farmers feel prepared for what could be the worst locust plague on record this spring. Greens' chemical pledge angers farmers Canegrowers says an election promise by the Greens that would ban the use of some pesticides will have an adverse impact on farmers. Legal action over chemical exposure A man seeking damages for illnesses he believes are the result of chemical exposure has served a writ on the Director General of the Agriculture Department. Doctor keeps up pressure over toxic chemicals Anti-pesticides campaigner Dr Alison Bleaney says a toxic chemical hit list contains alarming findings for Tasmania. Blood tests for workers on fumigated ship Workers on a Chinese cargo ship fumigated with a toxic pesticide off Tasmania's north west coast last week have undergone blood tests. Log fumigation begins About 1.5 tonnes of the pesticide methyl bromide has been released into the hull of a Chinese cargo ship anchored in Bass Strait.