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Quinoa, seen growing wild here in Peru at an altitude of 3,800 metres, is an example of one crop that could be better domesticated with modern technology.

Planned mutations can increase crop options

The most common food crops benefited from natural mutations and modern technology could aid this process

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 13, 2017

There are more than 300,000 plant species in existence, but just three — rice, wheat and corn — account for almost all of the plant matter consumed by humans. In no small part that’s because natural mutations arose making these crops the easiest to harvest. But with gene editing technology like CRISPR, researchers suggest we

Researchers in China say cattle with TB resistance are now a reality.

Did you know?, Livestock

TB-resistant cattle are a reality

A new technique has produced live animals with  increased resistance to this dangerous disease

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 13, 2017

Researchers say they’ve found a high-tech way to produce cattle with genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis. Writing in the open-access journal Genome Biology, Chinese researchers from the Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi, China say CRISPR gene-editing technology allowed the breakthrough. Read more: TB in the spotlight again with Alberta outbreak Dr. Yong Zhang, lead author

Climate Corp.’s prototype of an in-field sensor. Plans for an field sensor network are part of the Monsanto-owned company’s R+D program. (ClimateInsights.com)

Crops

Climate Corp. crop data system in beta for Western Canada

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 5, 2017

A major farm data analysis package, already being offered for sale in Eastern Canada for use this spring, is in beta testing toward a rollout later this year in Western Canada. Management from Monsanto and its farm data systems arm, The Climate Corp., speaking on a conference call Thursday, said they see a launch for

Crops

U.S. patent agency to weigh rival claims on CRISPR

By Brendan Pierson, GFM Network News December 6, 2016

Reuters — The U.S. patent agency on Tuesday will hear arguments in a heated dispute over who was first to invent a revolutionary gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. Hundreds of millions of dollars may be at stake, as the technology promises commercial applications in treating genetic diseases, engineering crops, and other areas. CRISPR works as

News

Canada to regulate CRISPR technology

The new gene editing tool may not produce GMO products, but they will be considered 'novel'

By Laura Rance-Unger June 2, 2016

UPDATED, June 24, 2016: Plants modified using the controversial gene editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas-9 won’t be sailing past regulatory scrutiny to the marketplace in Canada as they currently do in the U.S. While the U.S. regulatory system has determined plants developed using CRISPR are not GMOs and therefore do not fall under the regulatory

Comment, Crops

The promise and the pitfalls of CRISPR

This technology doesn’t set new boundaries for genetic manipulation, it removes them

By Alan Guebert January 13, 2016

About the only one ever happy to see a mosquito is a hungry purple martin, the acrobatic swallow that dines on the bothersome insects morning, noon, and night. You and me, however, would be perfectly happy never to see another mosquito for the rest of our lives. Science can now make that happen. A powerful

Crops, News

Never heard of CRISPR? You will

It is now possible to program a plant to alter its own genetic material

By Alan Guebert December 16, 2015

Few sectors of the global economy are more hooked on gene modification technology than agriculture. One in five farmable acres around the world grows GM crops. Adoption of GM seeds might be quicker if not for two factors: GM seeds are more expensive than their conventional counterparts and many consumers view food made with GM-based

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Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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Planned mutations can increase crop options

TB-resistant cattle are a reality

Climate Corp. crop data system in beta for Western Canada

U.S. patent agency to weigh rival claims on CRISPR

Canada to regulate CRISPR technology

The promise and the pitfalls of CRISPR

Never heard of CRISPR? You will

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