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Push For GM Wheat Resurrected

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Five years to the month after Monsanto shelved its controversial Roundup Ready genetically modified (GM) wheat, farm groups in Canada, Australia and the United States are pushing for the “synchronized introduction” of biotech wheat. The Grain Growers of Canada, Wes tern Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) and Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission are leading the
News, Oilseeds

Biotech Corn, Soy Does Little To Boost Yield

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Despite industry claims of higher yields from biotech corn and soybeans, much of the increase can be tied to other improvements in agriculture, according to a study released April 14. The Union of Concerned Scientists said its review found genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant soybeans and corn did not increase yields compared with conventional methods. Still, farmers
Cereals, Crops

Increasing The Value Of Canadian Wheat

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Gregory Penner sees the removal of kernel visual distinguishability (KVD) as a turning point for western Canadian wheat production. With funding assistance from the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC), Penner and a team of scientists at NeoVentures Biotechnology Inc. are developing a wheat variety identification technology that can replace KVD for the Canadian Western Red
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Nuffield Scholar Examines Recruitment Strategies

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The 2009 recipient of the Nuffield Scholarship will study agricultural college and university recruitment strategies. Karen Daynard, a graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) at the University of Guelph, is concerned about the decline in numbers of students applying to agricultural programs. “With the industry at an exciting position where the potential for biotechnology
Crops

Manitoba Farmers Turn In Obsolete Pesticides

Aprogram to collect unwanted or obsolete pesticide last fall in Manitoba collected more than 51,158 kilograms of product – enough to fill approximately four semi-trailers, CropLife Canada says. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Agriculture Sustainability Initiative Fund and Manitoba Conservation’s Sustainable Development Innovations Fund partnered with CropLife Canada to finance the Manitoba collection, with
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Saving Seed A Farmer’s Right

NDP agriculture critic Alex Atamanenko has reintroduced a Private Member’s Bill from the last Parliament to ban “terminator seed technology” in Canada. Bill C-353, the Terminator Seed Ban Act, aims to protect the right of Canadian farmers to save and reuse seeds by banning the release, sale, importation and use of Variety Genetic Use Restriction
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Competitive Improvements Depend On Your View

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Farm groups trying to answer MPs’ questions about improving the competitiveness of producers have a lot of similar suggestions mixed with the occasional poke at the Canadian Wheat Board. Most have told the Commons agriculture committee the industry needs more basic research, expanded trade deals, better transportation and more domestic processing. They share considerable optimism
Cereals, Crops

Triticale Best Choice For Bioeconomy

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“Triticale is the best choice for carbohydrate production. It yields 20 per cent more than other cereals.” Triticale has a bright future due to $15.5 million in new funding from the federal government, says one of two science directors in the new Canadian Triticale Biorefinery Initiative. “Triticale is a high-yielding crop that produces a large
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Oversold Biotech Hurts Plant Breeders

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“Breeding has been hijacked by biotech’s bio-bulls–t.” – BRIAN ROSSNAGEL Misplaced hype over biotechnology is making it harder to garner research dollars for good, old-fashioned plant breeding, a plant breeder with the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre says. “Breeding has been hijacked by biotech’s bio-bulls–t,” Brian Rossnagel told the Prairie Grain Development Committee’s annual
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Keep Your Distance. But How Far?

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Only 15 of the European Union’s 27 countries have agreed laws for separating organic, traditional and biotech crops, with several reluctant even to debate such a sensitive issue, the EU’s farm chief says. EU countries have been encouraged to make their own laws to facilitate cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops if farmers want to

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