Farmers hopeful of glyphosate approval

Arable farmers are hopeful of a lengthy approval for glyphosate as the EU prepares to makes its decision on whether the herbicide should be re-approved for agricultural use.

Glyphosate was re-authorised for just 18-months last year after the EU decision making process was caught up in conflicting scientific research and political differences. The International Agency for Research on Cancer claimed that glyphosate was ‘probably carcinogenic to humans.’ carcinogenic. Farmers are now hopeful of a 15-year approval for the herbicide.