Despite pesticide spraying in forests, organization warns public to take care when sitting under pine trees as larvae sting can cause skin, eye, throat irritation, allergies

US tech giant to help bring local agritech to the next level; Israeli startups work with Microsoft teams and showcase their technologies to the global marketplace

Annual state comptroller report slams agriculture and health ministries for failing to control pesticides, pillories Environment Ministry for not tackling environmental damage

Phytoseiulus persimilis loves the taste of the spider mites that destroy farmers' crops; a new growing method promises endless supply of tiny soldiers

Sap-sucking Asian citrus psyllid identified in Emek Hefer region, prompting Agriculture Ministry to launch pesticide campaign; likely arrived on smuggled plant material

Exterminator ordered to pay compensation for using prohibited compound that killed sisters aged 1 and 4 in 2014; emergency clinic also to pay as doctor did not listen to family

Company, managers also charged for giving workers poison in baby formula boxes; two toddlers who touched toxins unharmed