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Prognosis good for crops frosted May 29

By Allan Dawson June 8, 2012

Fields damaged by frost May 29 will likely recover, a weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives says. However, Nasir Shaikh said farmers who moved in too quickly with herbicide applications — within 24 to 48 hours of a frost — could set back the crops while not having the desired effect on the

Crops, News

Dow’s new biotech corn enters final stage of regulatory approval

By Carey Gillam May 17, 2012

Reuters / A new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences could answer the prayers of U.S. farmers plagued by a fierce epidemic of super-weeds. Or it could trigger a flood of dangerous chemicals that may make weeds even more resistant and damage other important U.S. crops. Or, it could do both. “Enlist,” entering the final

Hogs, Livestock, News

Death knell may sound for Canada’s GMO pigs

By Alex Binkley April 15, 2012

Without fresh funding, the animals will be euthanized  and their genetic material put into cold storage

Pigs that might have become the world’s first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption may instead face an untimely end, as key backers of Canada’s “Enviropig” project withdrew their support for the controversial engineered animal. Scientists at the University of Guelph, 90 km west of Toronto, bred the first GMO pig that was developed

Cereals, Crops, Forages, News

GMO proliferation an existential threat to organic farmers

By Daniel Winters March 29, 2012

Sourcing organic alfalfa seed has become more complicated since the commercial release of genetically modified alfalfa in the U.S., the executive director of the Canadian Organic Trade Association says. Although it is not yet grown commercially in Canada, the herbicide-tolerant forage crop was given a green light by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2005

International news, News

Farm group decries BASF decision to move German biotech unit to U.S.

January 27, 2012

Germany’s giant association of farming co-operatives said a decision by BASF to transfer its research into crops with genetically modified organisms from Germany to the U.S. and other countries will be “disastrous for Europe as a location for agricultural industries.” The German chemical company plans to move its biotech unit in Limburgerhof to North Carolina,

News

Climate Change Likely To Spur Water Scarcity

By Deborah Zabarenko November 3, 2011

Like oil in the 20th century, water could be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn. With seven billion people on the planet as of Oct. 31, water use is exponentially expanding as urbanization and development drive demand like never before more than twice the rate of population increase in the last

News, Oilseeds

Canada Working On Low-Level GM Presence Policy

By Allan Dawson October 20, 2011

Just a trace of an unapproved genetically modified (GM) plant can close borders costing grain traders and farmers millions in lost sales, something Canada knows all too well. In 2009 flax exports to the European Union (EU) were disrupted after they were found to contain low levels of CDC Triffid, a GM flax approved in

Livestock

Poland To Campaign For GMO-Free European Union

By Gabriela Baczynska September 29, 2011

Poland will propose to the European Union that it introduces a complete ban on cultivating, feeding or trading any genetically modified agricultural products, Farm Minister Marek Sawicki said Sept. 23. The biggest ex-communist EU member does not have a proper overall GMO legal regulatory framework after attempts failed to reach a political agreement in the

Forages, Livestock

Manitoba Forage Seed Grower Joins Anti-Monsanto Legal Action

May 5, 2011

In the age of patent protection, there’s lots of precedent for corporate giants suing farmers – but few farmers willing to take on the corporations. Well, meet Paul Gregory. He is among 60 farmers, producer groups and seed companies suing Monsanto Co. by challenging its patents on genetically modified seed. Gregory, who owns Interlake Forage

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

GM Wheat Is Coming –Eventually

By Allan Dawson April 14, 2011

The need to make more money growing wheat will see genetically modified varieties commercialized in seven to 10 years, according to a leading American wheat organization. “I think this is a matter of when we have GM wheat products in the market, and not so much an if at this point,” Vince Peterson, U.S. Wheat

Daily Network News

Equine herpes case confirmed at Moose Jaw Exhibition Company

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures lower after sideways trade

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on short covering though ample supply weighs

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