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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Monsanto

By Carey Gillam March 14, 2012

A federal judge has ruled in favour of global seed giant Monsanto Co., dismissing a lawsuit brought by a consortium of U.S. organic farmers and seed dealers who said their industry is at risk from Monsanto’s growing market strength. U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Buchwald, for the Southern District of New York, threw out the

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Developing nations to lead in biotech crops

By Carey Gillam March 5, 2012

Farmers in developing nations will sow more biotech crops than those in the industrialized world for the first time this year. Globally, the area planted with biotech crops rose eight per cent last year to a record 160 million hectares, or 395 million acres, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications.

Livestock, News

Colostrum boosts the health of cattle throughout their lifetime

By Shannon VanRaes February 15, 2012

An ounce of prevention is still worth a pound of cure, provincial extension vet Dr. Wayne Tomlinson told producers during a Beef and Forage Week seminar in Teulon. Vaccinations and proper colostrum uptake don’t just give calves a good start, but also keep them healthy into adulthood and the feedlot as well, he said. “Without

International news, News

Farm group decries BASF decision to move German biotech unit to U.S.

January 27, 2012

Germany’s giant association of farming co-operatives said a decision by BASF to transfer its research into crops with genetically modified organisms from Germany to the U.S. and other countries will be “disastrous for Europe as a location for agricultural industries.” The German chemical company plans to move its biotech unit in Limburgerhof to North Carolina,

News, Oilseeds

Manitoba Seeing A Products Revolution

By Lorraine Stevenson November 3, 2011

It takes a lot of energy to keep the largest greenhouse in Manitoba warm through a bone-chilling winter, and until five years ago, that energy source was natural gas at Vanderveens Greenhouses in Carman. With gas prices spiking and the cost of heating hundreds of thousands of square feet of greenhouse rising with it, the

Crops, Oilseeds

Conventional Agriculture Yields Dividends

By Alex Binkley October 27, 2011

co-operator contributor / ottawa For all the controversy surrounding the use of pesticides, fertilizers and biotechnology, they add $7.9 billion a year in value to the Canadian economy through increased production of crops, fruits, vegetables and potatoes, says a report prepared for CropLife Canada. The breakdown is $6.4 billion for the higher quantity and quality

News, Oilseeds

Biotechnology Helps Dow AgroSciences In Canola Hybrid Search

By Allan Dawson September 8, 2011

Like prospectors searching for the mother lode, canola breeders are on a never-ending quest for the next highest-yielding hybrid. Whether it’s a rich gold vein or higher yields, the more one looks, the better one’s chances of finding them. Biotechnology is helping companies such as Dow AgroSciences screen more crosses faster, Van Ripley, Dow AgroSciences’

News

Brandon Research Centre Celebrates 125th

August 25, 2011

Back in 1886, farmers around here were suffering from drought, Prairie fires were a problem and frost had damaged wheat the fall before. But there was good news too: Brandon was getting an experimental farm – one of five to be built across the country after the Experimental Farm Station Act received Royal Assent June

Crops

Search For New Herbicides Continues

By Allan Dawson August 4, 2011

For Len Juras, hunting for new herbicides is a bit like living in one of those country-western “hurtin” songs – minus the twang of course. “The biggest lesson I’ve had to learn is letting go,” the senior research scientist for Dow AgroSciences said here last week. “Over the years I’ve had my heart broken many

Cereals, Crops

First Organically Bred Wheat And Oat Lines Enter Co-Op Trials

By Lorraine Stevenson July 28, 2011

Oat and wheat varieties bred specifically to perform well in the low-input conditions of an organic production system are one step closer to becoming a commercial reality. Two lines of wheat and two lines of oats developed by the Organic Wheat Breeding Program, based at Carman are now entering first-year co-op testing trials towards evaluation

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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