Growers urged to lobby MEPs over pesticides

The vice chairman of the NFU board for horticulture has urged growers to write to their MEPs following this week’s joint NFU/HDC pesticide conference in North Yorkshire. Sarah Pettitt spoke at the conference on the proposals to revise the EU pesticides regulation 91/414. The proposals, if agreed, would have a damaging impact on horticulture, as they would reduce growers’ ability to control some weeds, pests and diseases, in most cases without alternatives.