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Monsanto Ponders GM Wheat For Canada

By Allan Dawson November 5, 2009

Monsanto’s approach to commercializing genetically modified (GM) wheat in Canada will be guided by Canada’s wheat industry, says Monsanto Canada spokesperson Trish Jordan. That is if Monsanto decides to develop GM wheat for the Canadian market. “Right now… we simply don’t know,” Jordan told a luncheon in Winnipeg Oct. 28 hosted by the Manitoba Farm

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French Keep Hand In GM Research

November 5, 2009

French agricultural researchers said Oct. 30 they wanted to pursue work on genetically modified crop varieties as one possible response to the challenge of feeding a growing world population. France is one of several European countries to have banned the commercial growing of GM maize. Field tests have continued but have been sabotaged on several

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Blocking Biotech Feed Harms Farmers

October 22, 2009

The European Union’s farm chief urged governments to stop blocking imports of animal feed if it contains only traces of banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs), saying such policies harmed the meat sector. EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said EU countries should look at scientific evidence rather than emotions when deciding on authorizations for new

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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

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New Crop Registration System Implemented

By Allan Dawson July 16, 2009

“Eventually the seed industry will argue that their crop kinds all need to be moved to Part (Option) Three because the claim will be made that independent testing and committee structures are too slow and expensive.” – TERRY BOEHM The new “flexible” three-tiered crop variety registration system implemented by the federal government July 8 will

Crops, Oilseeds

Flea Beetles Don’t Like Hairy Legs

By Western Grains Research Foundation July 16, 2009

In the future, farmers may be eliminating one pesticide application on their canola. Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Saskatoon Research Centre are developing “hairy” canola plants that prevent flea beetles from feeding on the leaf and stem surfaces of newly emerged canola seedlings. This physical barrier means flea beetle resistance will be built into

Cereals, Crops

Give Farmers A Say In Commercializing GM Crops

By Allan Dawson June 25, 2009

Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops can have a huge impact on farmers they should have a say in whether GM crops get commercialized, says Ian Mauro, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies. Canada’s current ‘science-based’ regulatory process doesn’t take socioeconomic factors into account in the approval

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Groups Oppose Biotech Wheat

By Ron Friesen June 4, 2009

Groups from Canada, the United States and Australia issued a June 1 statement rejecting genetically engineered wheat in response to a pitch by industry lobbyists for commercial development of biotech wheat. “We restate our definitive opposition to GE wheat and our commitment to stopping the commercialization of GE traits in our wheat crops,” said the

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Campaign Against GM Alfalfa Intensifies

By Ron Friesen May 7, 2009

“The genie’s out of the bottle.” – JIM LINTOTT, MANITOBA FORAGE COUNCIL Acoalition of 80 farm and food organizations, including Manitoba forage producers, is calling for an immediate halt to field testing of genetically modified alfalfa in Canada. The groups want existing test plots of GM alfalfa uprooted and full-scale commercialization of the crop blocked.

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Biotech Corn, Soy Does Little To Boost Yield

By Christopher Doering April 23, 2009

Despite industry claims of higher yields from biotech corn and soybeans, much of the increase can be tied to other improvements in agriculture, according to a study released April 14. The Union of Concerned Scientists said its review found genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant soybeans and corn did not increase yields compared with conventional methods. Still, farmers

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