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Kelly Patzer, Bayer CropScience’s cereals development manager, says Bayer’s plant health compound shows a lot of promise and is expected to have its biggest impact in Canada because crops here are usually under more stress than in other growing areas around the world.  Photos: Allan Dawson
Crops

Bayer says ‘plant health compound’ combats stress

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It sounds almost to good to be true — spring wheat yields averaging 6.5 per cent higher when treated with what Bayer CropScience calls a “plant health compound.” Bayer has yet to disclose the exact nature of the experimental product, but says it boosts yields by reducing plant stress. The results are based on 19
News, Oilseeds

Chinese state media kick into high gear to ease GMO food fears

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China’s state media are working overtime to persuade the public that genetically modified food is safe, apparently softening up the population for a policy switch to allow the sale of such food to ensure its 1.35 billion people have enough to eat. In the past 30 years, China’s urban population has jumped to about 700
Crops, Opinion

Dandelions versus pesticides on the playground

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Many, if not all, of the province’s school divisions plan to conduct “pesticide control” on school property to control dandelions and other unsightly weeds. I have a problem with this for several reasons. Firstly, when did unsightly plants become a problem within schoolgrounds that require poisons to eradicate? And to whom are they unsightly, the
Beef cattle, Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Brandon rally draws 40 protesters opposed to introduction of Roundup Ready alfalfa

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Opponents of genetically modified crops rallied in front of the constituency office of a local MP to protest approval of glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa, which they say could be seeded on fields in Eastern Canada as early as this spring. The demonstration, which drew about 40 protesters, was organized by the local chapter of the National Farmers
Crops, Grain Markets

CWB announces 2011-12 final payments

CWB is issuing final payments to farmers for the wheat, durum wheat and barley delivered during the 2011-12 crop year. Final and total payments for base grades basis Vancouver or St. Lawrence are 1 CWRS, 12.5 per cent $13.79/$290.49; 1 CWAD, 12.5 per cent $14.54/$345.24 and Select CW Two-Row barley $16.34/$312.94. A full list is
Crops, News

Proxy battle looms for May in Agrium-Jana standoff

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Canadian fertilizer company Agrium Inc. has failed to prove that it should keep its two main divisions together, and also needs to cut costs and use capital more effectively, activist shareholder Jana Partners said Feb. 7. Jana, the largest Agrium investor with six per cent of shares, was rebutting a presentation the company made to
Cereals, Opinion

Letters, Jan. 31

Promise to consult abandoned Regarding the Jan. 24 article “Supreme Court hammers another nail into wheat board’s coffin,” I think for the most part farmers will acknowledge the court’s decision, not to hear the appeal case, and continue on with their normal, everyday lives and challenges. But every once in a while they will be
Crops

More diversified weed management practices needed

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Public- and private-sector weed scientists agree integrated weed management, rather than any magic-bullet chemistry, will be the way forward to maintain viable fields against herbicide-resistant weeds. Scientists from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg last week to discuss new research at the Canadian Weed Science Society’s 66th annual conference. Much of the research on the agenda
News

Agrium profit, outlook slump on lower potash sales

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Agrium shares slumped seven per cent after it reported a 56 per cent drop in third-quarter profit on lower potash sales and offered a weaker-than-expected outlook for the fourth quarter. Downtime at Agrium’s Saskatchewan potash mine and drawn-out contract talks with China and India hurt third-quarter performance, CEO Mike Wilson said. The company’s stock had

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