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Bioeconomy Gives Agriculture New Lease On Life

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The emerging bioeconomy is rewriting agriculture’s contract with society, a senior official with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives told bioengineers meeting in Winnipeg recently. Daryl Domitruk, director of the Agri-Food Innovation and Adaptation Knowledge Centre for Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives, said agriculture is often portrayed as “the bad guy” when it comes to
Forages, News

Organic And Biotech Advocates Urged To Sort Out Their Differences

After months of prodding, Frank Valeriote has convinced organic farmers and growers of biotech crops to start talking to, rather than about, each other. The Liberal MP has persuaded representatives of both sides to meet this month in his Guelph riding and he hopes it’s the first of many such chats. He wants the two
Livestock

Bovine Bellies Yield Clues For New Biofuels

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Researchers looking for better ways to make biofuels turned to experts at breaking down grass – cattle – and found more than a dozen new compounds in their guts that might help make new, cheap sources of energy. They used new genetic sequencing techniques to find microbes that make enzymes that in turn can break
Cereals, Crops, News

Gene Codes Cracked For Strawberries And Chocolate

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Teams of scientists have cracked the genetic codes of the wild strawberry and a certain type of cacao used to make fine chocolate, work that should help breeders develop better varieties of more mainstream crops. The wild strawberry is closely related to important food crops such as apples, peaches, pears and raspberries, as well as
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Biofuel Jatropha Doesn’t Measure Up

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Jatropha, a biofuel-producing plant once touted as a wonder crop, is turning out to be much less dependable than first thought, both environmentalists and industry players say. Some biofuel producers found themselves agreeing with many of the criticisms detailed in a report launched by campaign group Friends of the Earth this week “Jatropha: money doesn’t
Crops, Oilseeds

Global Acreage Tussle Looms For Top Crops

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The U.S. Department of Agr icul ture provided fresh fuel to the already bullish grain and oilseed markets Nov. 9, and all but confirmed that an intense acreage battle among the world’s key food crops looms in 2011. Soybeans have been the chief momentum gainer in the immediate wake of the report after the USDA
Cereals, News

World Bank Urges Transparency In Foreign Farmland Deals – for Sep. 16, 2010

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The World Bank is urging greater transparency in land investment transactions to protect local land owners as the volume of foreign farmland investment in poor countries swells. Foreigners investing in agricultural land in developing countries should be open in their transactions and recognize the rights of existing owners to avoid weak governance, the World Bank
Cereals, Crops, News

Syngenta Invests In Canadian Wheat – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Syngenta, one of the world’s biggest seed and pesticide companies, is stepping up its commitment to developing new wheat varieties for Western Canada. Syngenta Canada announced July 27 it had appointed Jim Bagshaw as national seed-marketing manager for cereals, a newly created position. “Globally, Syngenta has always been a world leader in the development of
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Biofuels From Deforested Land To Fail EU Standards

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Palm oil grown on recently deforested land is unlikely to be acceptable for use in European biodiesel, a draft report from the European Commission shows. The environmental standards add to a growing list of challenges for Asia’s palm industry, including Indonesia’s $1-billion climate deal with Norway last month and consumer worries about deforestation. The European
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Global Energy, Food, Water Shortages On The Horizon

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By 2015, the world will have arrived at the summit of global crude oil production, according to John Oliver, president of Maple Leaf Bio-Concepts. After that point, depletion rates of roughly four to six per cent per year in the world’s “easy” oilfields will leave an ever-shrinking pool of the precious resource to power the

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