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Replacing insecticides with sex in pest control

Genetically engineered male moths prevent females from reproducing

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 14, 2015

Cornell University researchers are combining two biotechnologies to control diamondback moths with sex instead of insecticide. The pesky feeders on crucifer crops, including canola, mustards and vegetables, have developed resistance to many insecticides as well as Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a soil bacteria that has been genetically engineered into corn and cotton to help control such

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Multi-toxin biotech crops not silver bullets

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 9, 2013

When pests developed resistance to Bt crops such as corn, potatoes and cotton, seed companies had an answer: two-toxin varieties. But new research suggests it may be the wrong one. Bioengineered crops with genes taken from bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis have been widely grown since 1996. The genes produce Bt toxins, reducing the need for pesticide

Crops, News

U.S. subsidy cap debate pits big versus small farmers

February 22, 2013

Reuters / U.S. farmers would be limited to $125,000 a year in crop subsidies in a significant tightening of farm support rules proposed by four senators from farm and ranch states. There is no effective limit on payments now. Large operators collect the lion’s share of subsidies because they are based on each bushel of

Crops

U.S. seen growing one of the smallest cotton crops in decades

By Josephine Mason February 15, 2013

Reuters / U.S. farmers will plant one of the smallest cotton crops in two decades in 2013 as the fibre loses a battle for acreage to the more buoyant grains market, according to a Thomson Reuters poll. Ahead of the Beltwide Cotton conference here this week, an informal survey of market participants showed that American

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New top Republican on ag committee

January 17, 2013

washington / reuters Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran has claimed the role of Republican leader on the Senate Agriculture Committee, giving the U.S. cotton and rice growing region a more powerful voice in the debate over how to reform farm subsidies. Cochran displaced Pat Roberts from Kansas, one of the largest wheat-growing states. Roberts was an

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.

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India farmers refuse to sell in a bid to push up prices

By Rajendra Jadhav January 27, 2012

Usually around this time of the year, Jalgaon city in western India is abuzz with trucks ferrying mountains of fluffy white cotton to its markets. But this year, farmers have been blocking roads with burning tires and refusing to sell their produce in a bid to force the government to prop up crop prices which

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India’s Farmers Feel The Pinch Of Rising Labour And Input Prices

By Rajendra Jadhav October 20, 2011

Cotton farmer Ravindra Krishna Patil in India s Maharashtra state should be feeling flush after strong monsoon rains and a good crop, but high costs have cast a pall over his preparations for the festive season. Instead of splashing out on gold jewellery, appliances or maybe even a car during the biggest shopping season of

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Smaller U.S. Corn Crop Pinches Feeders, Ethanol, Exports

By Charles Abbott September 15, 2011

Athree per cent reduction in the U.S. corn crop after a scorching summer will be largely offset by an abrupt fall in demand from both domestic and export consumers, the government forecast on Monday. In a report that painted a marginally brighter outlook for world grain supplies thanks to larger wheat and rice crops, the

Crops, Oilseeds

Brazil Brings Farming Muscle To Corn And Cotton

By Reese Ewing July 21, 2011

After transforming global agriculture by quintupling their soybean production since 1980, Brazilian farmers are now on the brink of crop breakthroughs in cotton and corn, long dominated by growers in America. Helped by high futures prices and a sustained local agricultural boom, cotton and corn acreage is spreading fast, despite being twice as capital intensive

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say

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