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U OfA’s GM Flax Raises Eyebrows

By Allan Dawson April 29, 2010

“Now EU buyers of confectionery, or food flax, require their contracts to state: Canadian flax 100 per cent excluded. As a promoter and marketer of Canadian grain that really hurts.” – TERRY JAMES Canada’s flax industry is nervously eyeing ongoing research at the University of Alberta aimed at developing a genetically modified flax with a

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BASF’s GM Traits Coming To Farmer Via Monsanto

By Allan Dawson April 15, 2010

“In the next 10 years you’re going to see water use efficiency, nitrogen use efficiency, more efficient plants that can just grow better, period.” – JONATHAN BRYANT BASF has invested $1.5 billion developing genetically modified (GM) crops and so far hasn’t earned a cent. But it expects that will soon change, a senior company official

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Industry Warns Of New EU Feed Import Disruption

By Charlie Dunmore March 18, 2010

The European Union faces renewed disruption to animal feed supplies this year unless policy-makers find a rapid solution to traces of genetically modified organisms in soy imports, industry groups have warned. Last autumn, imports of soybeans from the United States came to a near standstill because of the EU’s zero-tolerance rule on shipments containing tiny

News, Oilseeds

EU, Canada Agree To Flax-Shipping Protocol

By Allan Dawson November 5, 2009

“We found less than 10 positive results in the value chain (handling system) so far.” – REMI GOSSELIN The European Union (EU) has accepted Canada’s protocol designed to keep GM flax out of Canadian flax exports to the EU. It’s another step towards resuming Canadian flax exports to the European Union (EU), on hold since

News, Oilseeds

Low-Level Tolerances Needed For GM Crops

By Allan Dawson October 1, 2009

“Once an event has been approved it’s not a question when that event will show up, it’s a question of what day on the calendar it will show up.” – DENNIS STEPHENS Governments must agree on tolerances for small amounts of genet i -cally modified plants (GM) in commodity shipments and Canada’s should take the

News, Oilseeds

EU Rejects More U. S. Soy With GM Corn Traces

September 24, 2009

Spanish authorities detected traces of unauthorized forms of genetically modified (GM) corn in U. S. soy shipments on August 25 and blocked the imports, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Sept. 19. Traces of corn variety MON88017, which is yet to be approved in the EU, was found in different shiploads of soy from the

Daily Network News

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U OfA’s GM Flax Raises Eyebrows

BASF’s GM Traits Coming To Farmer Via Monsanto

Industry Warns Of New EU Feed Import Disruption

EU, Canada Agree To Flax-Shipping Protocol

Low-Level Tolerances Needed For GM Crops

EU Rejects More U. S. Soy With GM Corn Traces

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