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

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2009

“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

Opinion

Productivity, Sustainability Are Both Needed

October 22, 2009

Some voices are instantly hostile to any emphasis on productivity. They act as if there is no emergency – even though in the poorest, hungriest places on earth, population is growing faster than productivity, and the climate is changing. (The following is an excerpt from a speech by Bill Gates, chairman and co-founder of Microsoft

News, Oilseeds

Manitobans Earn Monsanto Scholarships

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 22, 2009

Fourteen students from rural Manitoba are among 70 heading into post-secondary agriculture or forestry studies this fall with scholarships worth $1,500 each from Monsanto Canada. The Winnipeg-based Canadian arm of the U. S. seed and chemical company posted a record year for applications to its annual Opportunity Scholarship program, with “over 172” applying for postsecondary

Oilseeds

CGC Hasn’t Found Any GM Flax In Pipeline — Yet – for Oct. 8, 2009

By Allan Dawson October 8, 2009

If there’s CDC Triffid or any other genetically modified (GM) flax in Canada’s grain pipeline the Canadian Grain Commission has yet to find it. “I don’t know how many samples they have run,” Flax Council of Canada president Barry Hall said in an interview Oct. 2. “They (CGC) have been working away diligently and they

Crops

Climate Change Cuts World Food Outlook

October 8, 2009

Global warming will cut into world grain yields and result in less food being available in the developing world in 2050, a think-tank said on Sept. 29, calling for aggressive action to boost food output. “Climate change increases child malnutrition and reduces calorie consumption dramatically,” said a report from the International Food Policy Research Institute,

News, Oilseeds

Low-Level Tolerances Needed For GM Crops

By Allan Dawson October 1, 2009

“Once an event has been approved it’s not a question when that event will show up, it’s a question of what day on the calendar it will show up.” – DENNIS STEPHENS Governments must agree on tolerances for small amounts of genet i -cally modified plants (GM) in commodity shipments and Canada’s should take the

News, Oilseeds

Monsanto Scholarships Awarded

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 1, 2009

Seventy students from across Canada who plan to pursue studies in agriculture are $1,500 richer thanks to Monsanto Canada’s 2009 Opportunity Scholarship Program. The 2009 Monsanto Canada Opportunity Scholarship Program received over 160 applications from across the country. The winners were selected by an independent panel of judges based on their academic performance, leadership capabilities

News, Oilseeds

CdC Triffid Flax Scare Threatens Access To No. 1 EU Market

By Allan Dawson September 17, 2009

Like a movie monster that refuses to die, CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) Canadian flax deregistered in 2001, has surfaced in Germany, European Union (EU) officials believe. And flax prices have plummeted just as farmers feared they might when they lobbied to have the variety voluntarily pulled from the market. Although the Canadian Food

Cereals, Crops

Not A Good Year For Corn At MZTRA Farm

By Daniel Winters August 27, 2009

“Are we there yet as an industry for growing grain corn in the cooler climates? The answer would be no. Is it coming? Yes, it is.” – BARRY CHAPPELL Corn likes heat, and lots of it. Unf o r tuna t e l y, i n Manitoba this spring, there wasn’t much of that. A

Oilseeds, Opinion

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

Daily Network News

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

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

Tag Archives Biotechnology

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

Manitobans Earn Monsanto Scholarships

CGC Hasn’t Found Any GM Flax In Pipeline — Yet – for Oct. 8, 2009

Climate Change Cuts World Food Outlook

Low-Level Tolerances Needed For GM Crops

Monsanto Scholarships Awarded

CdC Triffid Flax Scare Threatens Access To No. 1 EU Market

Not A Good Year For Corn At MZTRA Farm

Corporate Co-Operation

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