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Corporate Co-Operation

By Laura Rance-Unger August 6, 2009

Hardly a week has passed this summer without an announcement of another collaborative effort between the major players in plant breeding. Monsanto’s collaboration with Dow AgroSciences to bring SmartStax, the agriculture industry’s first eight-gene stack, to the market is only the latest of a string of similar announcements in recent years. Monsanto has also just

Cereals, News

Monsanto Going Back Into Genetically Modified Wheat

By Allan Dawson July 23, 2009

“I think it would be fantastic (if the U. S. introduced GM wheat alone) because then the Canadian Wheat Board could go around the world as a single seller of Canadian wheat and have one more selling advantage.” – DARRIN QUALMAN Monsanto is getting back into producing genetically modified (GM) wheat, but for now only

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

Improving Wheat’s Profitability

By Laura Rance-Unger July 23, 2009

Monsanto was back in the news last week with its announcement that it is re-entering the wheat-breeding business with the purchase of a Montana-based company that specializes in germplasm. The objective is to develop genetically modified wheats that have better drought tolerance, improved nitrogen efficiency and ultimately higher yields. Monsanto’s competitors, Syngenta AG, BASF and

Crops, Oilseeds

Headline Gets Emergency Registration For Sunflower Rust

By Allan Dawson July 23, 2009

“Do not panic but rather get out there and scout your field. Early detection is critical. Yield losses can be significant.” – NSAC REPORT BA S F ’s fungicide Headline (pyraclostrobin) has received an emergency-use registration to control sunflower rust, a disease that decimated some fields in Manitoba last year and could be a problem

News

Herbicide Residues Affect Sunflowers

May 21, 2009

Some crops are more sensitive to herbicide carry-over than others. Sunflowers can be negatively affected by herbicide residues. Visual damage can vary from mild to severe symptoms, but yield potential and quality can be affected greatly. The following recommendations are from the Guide to Field Crop Protection 2009. For more information and to verify risk,

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Viterra Rolls Out Weed Killers For Wheat, Peas

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2009

Viterra has added a Group 1 herbicide for wheat growers and a Group 2 broadleaf and grassy weed product for field pea and bean crops to its new roster of company-branded crop protection products. Foothills contains the Group 1 active ingredient clodinafoppropargyl, the same used by Syngenta in its Horizon products. It’s registered for use

Crops

Biotech Giants Battle For Better Corn Seed

By Carey Gillam March 26, 2009

Competition is heating up in the lucrative U. S. corn market, as seed industry leaders Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co.’s Pioneer Hi-Bred race to win over farmers with an array of new seed products. For both, corn is king. It is the largest crop grown in the United States, and is a critical component not

Crops

Results Mixed When Fungicides Applied To Healthy Corn

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2009

Spraying healthy corn plants with the fungicide Headline to boost yields most often didn’t pay in trials conducted in North Dakota and Manitoba last year. Moreover, excessive use of the fungicide (a strobulrin), which controls disease through just one site of action, could speed up disease resistance to the chemical, Joel Ransom, an extension agronomist

Crops, Oilseeds

New hybrid trait development process

February 5, 2009

BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, and Cibus, a leading plant trait development technology company, say they have reached a significant research milestone for developing Clearfield Production System plants in Brassica winter oilseed rape and in spring canola. Cibus’s patented Rapid Trait Development System (RTDSTM) was used to enhance the tolerance levels of spring canola

News

Grain revenue helps CN’s Q4:

January 29, 2009

A 23 per cent increase in fourth-quarter grain and fertilizer revenue helped Canadian National Railway (CN) offset higher operating and tax expenses.CN’soverall Q4 profit was $573 million on $2.2 billion in revenue, down 31 per cent from the year-earlier period. Full-year 2008 profit was down 12 per cent at $1.9 billion on $8.5 billion in

Daily Network News

Canadian alpacas impress American judge at Agribition

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U.S. livestock: Futures rally ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

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