6 June 2017

http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/star/index_en.cfm?p=sf-20170508-esdac&calledby=infocentre&item=Infocentre&artid=44117   Infocentre Published: 8 May 2017 Related theme(s) and subtheme(s) Agriculture & food :  Agriculture Environment :  Earth Observation  |  Land management Success stories :  Agriculture & food Video reports Add to PDF “basket” Digging deep to help Europe’s soil European scientists have been digging deep so they can better understand the multiple threats facing […]

Lincolnshire farmers have great problems with slug damage in their crops. Metaldehyde is the active ingredient in slug pellets. These can wash into water courses that end up in water for human consumption. Apparently farmers apply this pesticide according to the weather predictions to help avoid run off into these water courses.   The HH-2