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Staging critical for pre-harvest glyphosate

The crop must be mature before applying the non-selective herbicide

By Allan Dawson August 5, 2016

“Glyphosate is not a desiccant.” And just to be sure listeners got the message Manitoba Agriculture cereals specialist Pam de Rocquigny repeated the statement again during the Westman CropTalk webinar July 27: “Glyphosate is not a desiccant. “I no longer want to see anyone referring to when they are applying a pre-harvest glyphosate application… that

Crops, Oilseeds

Five steps to market-ready canola

International buyers are testing like never before — but meeting their standards is easy

By Jennifer Blair August 3, 2016

Growing a good canola crop isn’t just about high yield or quality — it’s also about getting that crop ready to market on a global scale. “We export about 90 per cent of what we produce in Canada, so being able to meet the requirements of our export customers is really important for having open

Clubroot figured out canola in Alberta. Then it began destroying canola.

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Long-term plans essential

By Gord Gilmour July 28, 2016

The farms that are winners tomorrow will be run by farmers who are proactively understanding and defusing production problems today. There are a number of growing issues that could be a disaster tomorrow, but growers can prevent them if they’re committed to doing the right thing now. The best example, and the one that’s a

Crops, News

Monsanto aims to give farmers better information in weed resistance fight

The company is countering its competitors who tout their herbicides  as tools in the fight to avoid herbicide-tolerant weeds

By Allan Dawson July 18, 2016

Monsanto Canada is fighting what it says is “fear-based rhetoric floating around about farming practices and (weed) resistance in Canada.” In a recent full-page advertisement in several farm newspapers, including the Manitoba Co-operator, Michiel De Jongh, Monsanto Canada’s president and general manager, said Monsanto should’ve addressed herbicide-resistant weeds sooner. “When you began to battle herbicide

Crops

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume June 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto is in talks with Bayer and other companies regarding “alternative strategic options,” a month after it rejected the German company’s US$62 billion takeover offer, the U.S. seed producer said on Wednesday. Monsanto’s options include combinations with other companies and businesses in the sector beyond Bayer. Potential deals could involve BASF

Crops

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission is extending by 18 months its approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Tuesday. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the centre of a dispute between EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers. Campaign groups urged

Crops

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

By Alissa De Carbonnel, GFM Network News June 25, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto’s Roundup and similar herbicides to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue next week. With most EU attention focused on Britain’s shock decision to quit the bloc, everyday work continued in

Crops

EU countries refuse to back new licence for glyphosate

By Alissa De Carbonnel, GFM Network News June 6, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — EU nations refused to back a limited extension of the herbicide glyphosate’s use on Monday, threatening withdrawal of Monsanto’s Roundup and other weed-killers from shelves if no decision is reached by the end of the month. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the centre of a dispute

Crops

Germany to abstain in EU glyphosate vote next week

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 3, 2016

Berlin | Reuters — Germany will abstain in a European Union vote next week on the continued use of glyphosate in herbicides, because ministries run by different parties remain at odds over the chemical which some experts say could be carcinogenic. Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of glyphosate have thrust the chemical into the

News

Canadian grain companies wary of unapproved GM crops

By Allan Dawson May 19, 2016

Top U.S. grain companies have taken a hard line and are refusing genetically modified crops that haven’t been approved in major markets, while Canada’s grain industry remains more flexible. So far the Canadian companies are approaching the issue on a case-by-case basis, but that could change, according to Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Glyphosate

Staging critical for pre-harvest glyphosate

Five steps to market-ready canola

Editorial: Long-term plans essential

Monsanto aims to give farmers better information in weed resistance fight

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

EU countries refuse to back new licence for glyphosate

Germany to abstain in EU glyphosate vote next week

Canadian grain companies wary of unapproved GM crops

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