Are neonics critical to all crops? Research says no

Are neonics critical to all crops? Research says no

Photo illustration by Rebecca Raney In 2018, Louis Robert, an agronomist in Québec, was fired after releasing controversial research about the limited effectiveness of neonicotinoid pesticides. After a year of asking his superiors at the Ministry of Agriculture to release the report, Robert sent the unpublished research to Radio-Canada.  The upshot of the study: That neonicotinoid seed treatments produced no significant difference in crop yields…