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Streamlined approval process leads to expanded labels for horticulture products

By Dave Bedard February 28, 2013

Aslimmed-down federal approval process will allow Canadian fruit and vegetable growers some expanded uses of an insecticide and two fungicides this spring. Bayer CropScience credited recent “regulatory synchronization” between Canada and the U.S. for the expanded labels on Admire insecticide and Reason and Flint fungicides announced Feb. 19. The approval covers uses for which the

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Bayer CropScience provides scholarships

November 21, 2012

Bayer CropScience Canada Inc. is offering the Bayer CropScience Scholarship for Future Leaders to recognize students who have shown leadership and made a significant contribution to agriculture. Five $5,000 annual scholarships will be awarded at leading Canadian agriculture universities to students who have led the way through leadership and engagement, and made a difference to

Crops, Oilseeds

Canola variety selection tool now live with 2012 results

By Canola Council Of Canada November 15, 2012

The tool includes an economic calculator, interactive maps, and the ability to refine searches by five traits

The online Canola Variety Selection tool is now live with data from the 2012 Canola Performance Trials (CPT), giving canola growers another tool to compare variety performance. The CPT provides science-based, unbiased performance data that reflects actual production practices. The selection tool provides comparative data on leading varieties and newly introduced varieties. The tool includes

Crops, News, Oilseeds

October 10, 2012

BASF is launching several new varieties for its Clearfield production system for 2013. Joining Clearfield canola’s existing high-performance lineup are Nexera Canola Hybrid 2012 CL, Nexera Canola Hybrid 2016 CL, Brett Young 5525 CL, BrettYoung 5535 CL, Pioneer 46H75 and Viterra VR 9560 CL. As with all Clearfield canola varieties, these new varieties are non-genetically

Crops, Oilseeds

Regulatory approval

June 8, 2012

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, has received Canadian regulatory approval for cultivation, feed and food use of Optimum GLY brand canola, its proprietary glyphosate-tolerant canola. Pioneer expects to commercialize the product mid-decade, pending key regulatory approvals from export markets globally. Optimum GLY canola was developed, in part, through exclusive DNA shuffling technology to provide tolerance

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BASF asks growers for three-year commitment on lentils

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 15, 2012

In a revamp it says will simplify the process for Prairie farmers, BASF Canada has moved to a three-year “Clearfield commitment” producers will need to sign to grow Clearfield lentils starting this year. The new commitment, announced Jan. 26, essentially requires a grower wanting to seed Clearfield lentils to complete and sign a Clearfield commitment

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Prices Rise But Costs Similar

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 1, 2011

Bayer CropScience is cutting the cost of Liberty herbicide but increasing the price on InVigor canola seed for 2012, saying the change will give growers more flexibility to manage resistance. “We are providing growers with an even more economical resistance management tool and the increased freedom to choose higher labelled rates or a more economical

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Bayer Settles U. S. Rice Contamination Case

By Carey Gillam October 28, 2010

Germany’s Bayer AG has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of Texas rice growers over claims the company’s experimental biotech rice contaminated the U. S. supply four years ago and decimated exports. Bayer said it had agreed to pay $290,000 to settle the case, involving eight plaintiffs from three farming operations. The

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Herbicide Offers Three Actives, One Jug

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 1, 2010

Prairie wheat and barley growers will be able to get a new grass and broadleaf herbicide combining three different modes of action in one jug. Bayer CropScience on March 17 launched Tundra for use in spring and durum wheat and barley crops, combining fenoaxaprop-p-ethyl, bromoxynil and pyrasulfotole from herbicide Groups 1, 6 and 27 respectively,

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Monsanto, Bayer To Cross-License Canola Traits

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 9, 2009

Monsanto’s Genuity Roundup Ready canola genetics and Bayer CropScience’s LibertyLink genetics may soon make their way into either company’s canola seed lineups. The two companies announced June 29 they’ve agreed to cross-license their canolas’ respective herbicide tolerance traits on a non-exclusive basis, for commercialization within their respective branded canola seed businesses. Under the global agreement,

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Tag Archives Economy of Germany

Streamlined approval process leads to expanded labels for horticulture products

Bayer CropScience provides scholarships

Canola variety selection tool now live with 2012 results

Regulatory approval

BASF asks growers for three-year commitment on lentils

Prices Rise But Costs Similar

Bayer Settles U. S. Rice Contamination Case

Herbicide Offers Three Actives, One Jug

Monsanto, Bayer To Cross-License Canola Traits

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