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Monsanto Counters Criticism Of Low Yields

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Monsanto on Sept. 15 said early harvest data showed some of its corn seed products planted on U. S. farms outyielding competition, a bright spot for a company beseiged by a range of competitive and legal pressures. Monsanto announced the data a day after rival DuPont said it was gaining market share in U. S.
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Sep. 16, 2010

Few hail claims seen Hail activity remained relatively low in Manitoba with fewer than 200 new claims in the past two weeks, the Canadian Crop Hail Association said Friday. The province’s claim total for the season is now near 2,600, the hail insurers’ group said. Most claims in the past two weeks followed storms Sept.
Crops

Rangeland Tank Mix Available

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Dow AgroSciences Canada has acquired Canadian registration for a dual-mode tank mix to control shrubs, invasive plants and broadleaf weeds on rangeland and permanent pasture. Dow bills its new Reclaim tank mix as a convenient option with a “favourable environmental profile,” adding that it’s also “safe to grass, with no grazing restrictions for beef cattle
Forages, Livestock

Pioneer Forage Inoculant Receives Approval

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, has received temporary registration for Sila-Bac brand 11GFT forage inoculant. The company says this product offers livestock producers an additional avenue to enhance the nutritional quality of silage for reduced feed cost. “The fibre technology platform was launched in 2008 with 11CFT developed for corn silage. We now have expanded
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DuPont Likes EU Moves On GMO Crops

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Moves by the European Union to overhaul its approval system for genetically modified crops is a “big step forward,” but it is likely to be some time before the bloc is open to widespread cultivation of key crops, a leading DuPont executive said June 8. Citing a provision of reported regulatory plans to allow EU
Cereals, Crops

Bayer Drops Prices For Wild Oat Control

Bayer CropScience announced May 20 that it is dropping prices for its portfolio of cereal wild oat herbicides by as much as 15 per cent off suggested retail prices. Growers will benefit from price reductions on the following Bayer CropScience herbicides: Product Price Reposition Puma120 Super $3/acre PumaAdvance $3/acre Tundra $3/acre Velocitym3 $2/acre Thumper Total
Crops, Oilseeds

Will Bill C-474 Kill Research?

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Will the private sector bow out of crop research if Bill C-474 becomes law? Some industry and farm organizations warn NDP MP Alex Atamanenko’s private member’s bill to require a market impact assessment before new technology is approved will have that result. If private companies pull out, or even cut back on research, it would
Crops, Oilseeds

DuPont Seed Strategy Unruffled By Rival

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DuPont does not plan to alter its pricing strategy in key North American corn and soybean markets despite moves by rival Monsanto to ease prices for some products, a DuPont official said May 4. James Borel, who oversees DuPont’s production agriculture businesses, including corn and soybean seed developer Pioneer Hi-Bred, said in an interview DuPont
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DuPont Says EPA Approves Optimum AcreMax I Seeds

DuPont said May 3 the Environmental Protection Agency has approved its Optimum AcreMax I, a product the company says will save farmers time and make it easier for them to use hybrid seeds. The decision, which was not unexpected, lets the company, also known as E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. , better
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Nuance Approved As Generic Express

Cheminova Canada has picked up registration for Nuance, a sulfonylurea product billed as an “effective and economical alternative” to DuPont’s Express, a tank-mix partner for weed killers such as glyphosate or 2,4-D. Nuance will be available throughout Western Canada this year with the Group 2 chemical tribenuron methyl as its active ingredient. The broadleaf weed

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