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CropLife Canada Promotes Technology Innovation

CropLife Canada has published its case for the continued use of pesticides and the pursuit of biotechnology to sustainably feed the world. The documentWe Stand for Sustainabilityoutlines the three P’s behind its position – people, planet and prosperity – and spells out how crop protection products and biotechnology can help feed the world’s growing population
Livestock, Oilseeds, Pulses

Canada Pushing For Biotech Changes – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Canada is pushing international organizations and trading partners to accept low level levels of genetic engineering in crop shipments and adopt science-based trading rules, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Speaking to reporters from New Delhi, India, near the end of a country trade mission, he said he repeatedly raises the issue because of problems Canadian
Crops, Forages

Sugar Beet Ruling Pressures USDA GMO Oversight – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Proponents of tighter U. S. oversight of biotech crops say a court-ordered ban on genetically modified sugar beets is a key ruling that should lead to more thorough regulatory review of such crops. And they threatened further court action against the U. S. Department of Agriculture if the agency does not start examining the environmental
Crops, Oilseeds

Flax-Testing Protocols Tightened – for Aug. 19, 2010

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Flax delivered into the commercial grain-handling system this fall will face more rigorous and costly testing procedures to ensure it is CDC Triffid free than were in place last year, the Flax Council of Canada says. As of Sept. 1, commercial deliveries will undergo the same degree of testing for the genetically modified flax variety
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U.S. Farmers Urge Sanctions Against EU’s GM Crop Ban – for Aug. 12, 2010

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The largest U.S. farm group has urged the Obama administration to begin steps towards imposing sanctions on the European Union in a long-running dispute over the EU’s treatment of genetically modified crops. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in comments given to the administration July 26, complained the EU still has not complied with a 2006
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U.S. Farmers Urge Sanctions Against EU’s GM Crop Ban – for Aug. 12, 2010

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The largest U.S. farm group has urged the Obama administration to begin steps towards imposing sanctions on the European Union in a long-running dispute over the EU’s treatment of genetically modified crops. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in comments given to the administration July 26, complained the EU still has not complied with a 2006
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EU Approves Six GM Maize Varieties – for Aug. 5, 2010

The European Commiss ion approved six genetically modified (GM) maize varieties for import to the bloc July 28 in a sign of its desire to speed up European Union decisions on the cont roversial technology. The EU’s executive granted the approvals unilaterally after EU farm ministers failed to reach a decision on the applications in
Crops, Forages

Manitoba Alfalfa Growers Appear Before Ag Committee

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“We need this committee to understand that growing alfalfa is fundamentally different from growing annual crops.” – JIM LINTOTT Manitoba forage growers support an NDP bill to require new genetically engineered crops to undergo a marketing assessment, putting them at odds with canola and other crop producers who are opposed to it. Kelvin Einarson, a
Crops

Syngenta Concerned About Eu Gm Proposals

An EU move away from a single-market approach on genetically modified (GM) technology could possibly create new trade bans, the principal scientific adviser at seed company Syngenta said June 9. “It’s clear that within Europe there are some countries that will never accept GM technology. The issue is going to be, if you go away
Grain Markets

EU To Overhaul GM Crop System

BRUSSELS/REUTERS The European Union is to radically overhaul its approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops from next month, opening the way to large-scale GM cultivation in Europe, draft proposals showed. With most Europeans showing no appetite for GM produce in food, EU politicians have approved just two varieties for growing in 12 years, compared

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