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Monsanto Sees Gains In Corn, Soy, Wheat Projects

By Carey Gillam January 13, 2011

Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, said on Jan. 6 that a lineup of new biotech seed products has the company well positioned for future growth. St. Louis-based Monsanto said it has 19 projects advancing through its research and development pipeline, including nine added in the last two years. Notable advancements are being made in

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Uncertainty Threatens Research Investment In Canada

By Tamara Leigh January 13, 2011

Syngenta Canada president Jay Bradshaw says wheat is Canada’s next “Cinderella” crop, but warns that the opportunity could be lost if governments stray from science-based regulations, discouraging private research investment. “My biggest competitors are inside our own global research budget,” Bradshaw told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers convention in Vancouver last week. “We need to

News

Corporate Concentration Affects All Aspects Of Farming

By Alex Binkley January 6, 2011

Complaints about corporate control of the development of new genetically engineered crop varieties have to be placed in perspective, says Gord Surgeoner, president of Ontario Agri-Food Technologies. “One of the most important things in agriculture is financing,” he told the Commons agriculture committee as part of a study of biotechnology development in the country. “I

Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for Jan. 6, 2011

January 6, 2011

Veterinarians under control Please allow me to correct several comments in the story “Three ranchers face court over TB testing,” page 14 of the Nov. 25 issue of theManitoba Co-operatorregarding bovine tuberculosis (TB) testing and court cases. I, and several other of the ever-increasing number of producers who have experienced health problems in their herds

Crops, Oilseeds

Biotech Round Table Needed

By Alex Binkley December 23, 2010

The federal government should create a round table to create a dialogue between organic farmers and growers who raise genetically engineered crops, says Liberal MP Frank Valeriote. Given the often acrimonious relations between the two camps, the Guelph MP asked biotechnology experts testifying before the Commons agriculture committee whether a round table format would bring

Opinion

Letters – for Dec. 16, 2010

December 16, 2010

“Silent” purchasing public speaks up Just a quick comment on the 10,000-plus signatures submitted by the Winnipeg Humane Society to Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. I’ve seen several comments over the months on polls and surveys from various producer groups that say that it is only special-interest animal-welfare groups that really care about change.

Cereals, Hogs, News, Oilseeds

Letters – for Dec. 2, 2010

December 2, 2010

The November 18 issue was very interesting reading and has prompted me to write to compliment Laura Rance for her excellent editorial on the changes in the Animal Care Act and the increased authority for provincial animal-welfare officers. I also have to say that the two letters to the editor regarding dogs riding in the

Crops

Friction Boffins See Future In Plant-Based Oils

By Daniel Winters December 2, 2010

There’s one simple reason why Linnaeus Plant Sciences founder Jack Grushcow would rather talk about camelina as a lubricant than as camelina in your tank. Fuel sells for around $1 per litre, but hydraulic fluid sells for $5 per litre. The Vancouver-based entrepreneur told the recent Canadian Weed Science Society’s annual meeting there are a

Cereals, Crops

Monsanto Monitoring Attitudes On GM Wheat

By Allan Dawson December 2, 2010

The roadblock to rolling out genetically modified wheat isn’t consumer resistance in Europe or Japan, it’s ambivalence among Canadian farmers, according to Monsanto Canada president Derek Penner. “My attitude is there hasn’t been much shift towards GMO wheat (in Canada),” Penner told reporters Nov. 23 at the opening of Monsanto’s new Canada Breeding Centre at

Crops

Weed Science Meet Looks At Risk Of Runaway Crops

By Daniel Winters November 25, 2010

Creating super varieties through genetic modification and introducing new crops could open a Pandora’s box of problems, according to some leading weed scientists. Farmers have long battled introduced crops such as kochia – a drought-tolerant, prolific forage that is now one of the most abundant weeds in North America. “The invasion by crops is not

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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