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Hearings On GM Regulation Bill C-474 Shut Down

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Preventing genetically modified (GM) crops from contaminating non-GM crops is practically impossible. That’s the message weed scientist Rene Van Acker would have given the House of Commons’ agriculture committee hearing on Bill C-474 in Ottawa Oct. 28, had he been given the opportunity. But hearings on NDP MP Alex Atamanenko’s legislation came to an abrupt
Crops

Bill To Assess Market Impact Of GM Crops In Doubt

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Aprivate member’s bill seeking legislation to assess “the potent ial harm to (Canadian) export markets” from new genetically modified (GM) crops, faces a lot of hurdles. The House of Commons was to vote this week on whether to extend the agriculture committee’s hearings on NDP MP Alex Atamanenko’s private member’s bill. Extensions are normally rubber
Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

More Pros And Cons Heard On Bill C-474

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Farmers welcome new crop varieties, but they also want regulations to ensure those crops don’t ruin markets, Paul Gregory told the House of Commons’ agriculture committee during a hearing on Bill C-474 broadcast live on the Internet Oct. 5. “I talk to farmers every day,” said Gregory, president of Interlake Forage Seeds Inc., near Fisher
Cereals, News

GM Maize Trials To Begin In East Africa Researchers

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Confined field trials of genetically modified maize will begin in Kenya and Uganda this year once regulators approve it, the U. S.-based non-profit African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) said. Scientists from Kenyan and Ugandan government research bodies, Monsanto and research body International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) developed the 12 varieties of Water Efficient
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Bill On GM Crops Under Fire

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The push is on to kill an NDP bill that would hinder approval of new genetically modified crops. British Columbia MP Alex Atamanenko has garnered the ire of biotech companies with a private member’s bill that would deny registration of new genetically modified crops until they’ve undergone an assessment of their potential impact on export
Crops

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
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

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