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Monsanto Sees Accelerated Launch Of New Corn, Soy

Monsanto Co. said Nov. 10 that it expected accelerated launches of its new corn and soybean products and reaffirmed its outlook for 2010, sending its share up more than five per cent. Monsanto said it now expects its new Genuity SmartStax corn seed to launch on more than four million acres in 2010, up from
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Ballots In The Mail For MCGA Election

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“The best thing I could hope for is that as soon as a person gets a ballot they mark it and send it back.” – BILL ROSS Six farmers – four incumbents and two others – are running to fill four directors’ seats around the Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s (MCGA) board table. The incumbents seeking
News, Oilseeds

Flax Genome Work Gets $1.2M

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Saskatchewan’s Ag Ministry has pledged $1.2 million to a project to map the flax genome with an eye toward developing flax as a “dual-purpose” crop. The Total Utilization of Flax Genomics (TUFGEN) project, led by Gordon Rowland of the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources, and by Sylvie Cloutier of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Corn To Lead The Market Higher

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For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed pr i c e s at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended Nov. 13 higher, with canola lifted by gains in the Chicago soy complex. Slower farmer selling, as the harvest winds down,
Livestock, Oilseeds

EU Buys U. S. Soybeans

European Union oilseed crushers are resuming purchases of U. S. soybeans after the EU approved imports of maize with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Hamburgbased oilseeds analysts Oil World said Nov. 10. This summer, over 200,000 tonnes of soybean and soymeal were refused entry to EU ports as they contained small amounts of GMO corn (maize)
Crops, Oilseeds

Introducing Pioneer Protector™

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred leadership in canola seed traits: We’ve developed the very first hybrid with resistance to sclerotinia, Pioneer brand 45S51 (RR) and launched the only clubroot-resistant canola on the market: 45H29 (RR). When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand seed, you know your canola is protected.
Crops, Oilseeds

China To Restrict 70 Per Cent Of Canada Canola Exports

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China’s measures against Canadian canola with blackleg disease will restrict 70 per cent of Canada’s canola sales to its biggest export market, the Canola Council of Canada said Nov. 10. China’s quarantine authority said importers of canola from Canada and Australia must apply for import permits before signing contracts as of Nov. 15 to prevent
Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

RR Alfalfa Sparks Debate At CSTA

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“All it takes is one plot.” – LES JACOBSON, MFSA European forage seed companies are starting to require official testing and GM-free certification from Canadian exporters because of the existence of Roundup Ready alfalfa in test plots. “We are aware of Roundup Ready alfalfa trials in Canada and (are) therefore not happy, since Europe has
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Questions Raised About Monsanto Penalties

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Four Ontario farmers found guilty of stealing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybean technology are unlikely to find sympathy from fellow farmers who abided by their contracts. But Monsanto’s decision to deny those farmers access to its seed technology for life is raising questions among industry observers concerned about concentration in the marketplace. In 2007, 65 per
News, Oilseeds

Monsanto Anti-Competitive, U. S. Antitrust Group Warns

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“Competition in the seed industry is robust.” – MONSANTO The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) has set its sights on Monsanto, the world’s largest agricultural biotechnology company, in its latest attack on anti-competitive behaviour. A few large companies dominate the development of new traits used in genetically modified (GM), according to a discussion paper released last

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