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“... we can use RNAi technologies as a solution to improve global food security.” – Mark Belmonte, University of Manitoba.

Genetic attack cutting edge of sclerotinia fight

Hacking messenger RNA can prevent fungal disease from propagating

By Gord Leathers February 28, 2023

Most pesticides work by getting into a cell and disrupting its working parts or pathways. By applying the right chemistry at the right time you can shut down a pathogen’s engine and bring it to a stop. But despite all the available chemistry, sclerotinia always finds a way to keep driving around untouched. Mark Belmonte,

Using gene editing to create a more compact canola with more flowers was the goal of University of Calgary Professor Marcus Samuel and his research team.

News, Oilseeds

Researchers use gene editing to create breakthrough canola variety

Shorter, highly branched canola plants with more pods show the power of the cutting-edge technology

By Jeff Melchior January 19, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – Researchers have used gene editing to bring to life a new shorter, highly branched variety of canola that has more pods and is easier to harvest. “Based on my conversations with some people in the agriculture industry — including primary producers — they would love to have a crop like this,” said

News

England to ease regulations on gene editing in agricultural research

By Reuters October 12, 2021

Britain’s Farming and Environment Minister George Eustice announced recently that regulations related to gene editing in agricultural research would be eased in England following a public consultation. Rules will now largely be aligned with conventional breeding methods for research and development into plants although scientists will still be required to notify the government of any

Scientists around the world have demonstrated the use of gene editing tools is as safe as any of the methods that have been used for thousands of years.

Comment, Op/Ed

Opinion: Plant-breeding innovations fuel future

This new technology can help solve some of the biggest challenges of tomorrow

By Pierre Petelle October 5, 2021

Just as we’ve seen the importance of science and innovation in combating the current public health challenge, they stand to play an equally important role in helping agriculture tackle the challenges it faces ahead. New pests and major weather events are increasing, making the job of producing food for a growing population even more challenging.

Farmers plant saplings in a rice field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India on July 5, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)

Crops, Weather

India unveils new rice variety to reduce water use, labour

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj September 28, 2021

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched an array of new high-yielding crop varieties, including herbicide-tolerant rice that can be directly sown into the soil, cutting expenditure on water and farm workers. In India, the world’s biggest rice exporter, the conventional method of rice cultivation requires farmers to sow

Livestock

Don’t count chickens before they hatch: Tyson bet on wrong rooster

Meat giant books unexpected decline in hatching

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 10, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Tyson Foods is laying off a certain type of rooster from its U.S. chicken business after a surprising discovery that eggs fertilized by the male bird hatch less often, resulting in fewer chickens. The world’s largest meat producer by sales will install a replacement across its breeding program by this fall

Because 85 per cent of his ranch is native rangeland, Sean McGrath selects genetics that will accommodate things like reduced milk production.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Other

Select cattle genetics that are a fit for your operation

Factors such as forage quality or even how far cattle walk can be key when selecting genetics

By Jennifer Blair April 6, 2021

Glacier FarmMedia – Putting cattle into an environment that doesn’t suit them is like jamming a round peg in a square hole — you might be able to make it work, but it’s going to take some effort. “Genetic selection is really about putting DNA into production,” said Vermilion-area beef producer Sean McGrath. “You’re buying

Letters, Other

Letters: Concerned for the future of seed

By Wayne James January 27, 2021

As a farmer I am keenly aware of the importance of genetics when it comes to raising life, be it plant or animal. This does not make me unique, but rather defines a farmer’s historic relationship with the life we have been entrusted with, the idea being that genetics matter. This historic relationship has been

File photo of a rye field in Kazakhstan. (Stsmhn/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Beware of Kazakhs wanting to buy seed, agency says

Seed growers and farmers alike are being warned such sales breach breeders' rights rules

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News November 25, 2020

Western Canadian seed growers, seed retailers and commercial farmers are being urged not to sell seed to Kazakhs or their agents because it breaches plant breeders’ rights rules. “The basic fact is no Canadian breeder has given permission for their genetics to go to Kazakhstan,” Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency,

Louise and Percy Schmeiser. (Mary Lou Schechtel photo courtesy Mongrel Media)

Crops, Other

Farmer and activist Percy Schmeiser, 89

Thorn in Monsanto's side also the subject of a new major film

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 15, 2020

Funeral services are to be held and livestreamed Saturday for Prairie farmer, businessman and activist Percy Schmeiser, best known for his ultimately unsuccessful court battles with the company behind Roundup Ready canola. Schmeiser, who farmed at Bruno, Sask., about 90 km east of Saskatoon, died Tuesday at age 89. According to Saskatchewan media, he had

Daily Network News

U.S. researchers bet on hybrid, GMO seeds to make wheat profitable again

Hormuz-driven fertilizer shortage could raise grain prices, Goldman Sachs says

Prairie forecast: Arctic air keeps spring warming at bay

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