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France to ban some glyphosates over surfactant

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Paris | Reuters –– France’s health and safety agency is poised to ban herbicides that combine chemicals glyphosate and tallowamine, citing concerns over possible health risks, it said Friday. The ANSES agency sent a letter this week to manufacturers informing them that it intends to withdraw the authorization for such products, Francoise Weber, the ANSES
DeKalb agronomist Bruce Murray explained the benefits of Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans at the company’s Oakville, Man., plots last June. Monsanto hopes to commercialize the glyphosate and dicamba tolerant soybeans this spring, but seed sales are on hold pending European Union approval.
Crops, News

Canadian launch of Monsanto’s new Xtend soybean on hold pending European Union approval

While Monsanto says approval is imminent, the MPSGA and major exporters don’t want the new variety commercialized until it is fearing Canadian soybean exports to the EU would be jeopardized

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With seeding around the corner, distribution of Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans to Canadian farmers is on hold, awaiting European Union (EU) approval. The glyphosate- and dicamba-tolerant soybeans were expected to be approved weeks ago. The Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers Association (MPSGA) and major grain companies don’t want Monsanto to release the
European buyers of Canadian grain are asking about glyphosate and other pesticide residues, as well as mycotoxins, John Peterson, Richardson International’s assistant vice-president of wheat marketing and hedging, told a meeting in Saskatoon last month.
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Grains industry says residue issues aren’t going away

Canadian grain producers need to be more vigilant than ever about what pesticides they apply, and how they apply them

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Like it or not, the safety of glyphosate is becoming a big issue for agriculture. Consumers are beginning to have doubts, especially about residue levels, and that’s translating into questions from buyers, one industry insider told a March 24 meeting in Saskatoon. Speaking at a meeting of the Prairie Grain Development Committee, John Peterson, Richardson
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Scientific paper questions safety of glyphosate herbicides

Scientists and regulators clash over assessment of glyphosate as a likely carcinogen

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Glyphosate is being used more often and in new ways, and that’s prompted a call for re-evaluating the product’s safety in the journal Environmental Health. The peer-reviewed article, by 13 scientists and an environmental consultant, said the use of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) has grown dramatically at the same time new concerns about its safety have
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France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

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Paris | Reuters — French lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups. The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, produced by companies including Bayer
Bottles of various sorts of German beer are displayed on a stand to mark 500 years of the so-called Reinheitsgebot (purity law), during the Green Week international food, agriculture and horticulture fair in Berlin in January. The Reinheitsgebot was introduced in Bavaria in 1516 to limit ingredients used in beer production to hops, barley and water.
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German beer purity in question over herbicide tests

The brewers’ association questions the test results’ scientific integrity

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AGerman environmental group said Feb. 25 it has found traces of the widely used herbicide glyphosate in Germany’s 14 most popular beers, a potential blow to the country’s reputation for “pure” brewing. Industry and government immediately sought to play down the report from the Munich Environmental Institute. The Brauer-Bund beer association said the findings, which
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EU defers decision on glyphosate safety

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Brussels | Reuters — The European Union on Tuesday put off a decision on whether to extend approval for glyphosate, used in herbicides including Monsanto’s Roundup, after a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer. Experts from all 28 member states attended a closed-door meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Brussels,
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EU may defer decision on glyphosate safety

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Brussels | Reuters — The European Union will defer a decision on whether to extend approval for glyphosate, used in herbicides including Monsanto’s Roundup, following a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer, EU sources said Monday. Experts from all 28 member states attended a closed-door meeting on Monday in Brussels,
A new system could allow glyphosate-resistant flax to be developed by ‘gene editing’ as opposed to genetic modification, but how will customers react?
Crops, News, Oilseeds

New flax variety sparks debate

It is not transgenic, but some fear glyphosate-resistant flax will produce a second Day of the Triffids

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Some Manitoba flax growers are expressing concern after learning a glyphosate-resistant flax variety is only a few years away from being market ready. Eric Fridfinnson of the Manitoba Flax Growers Association said the move towards herbicide-tolerant flax began several years ago and stemmed from a desire to increase yields, which hover around 22 bushels per
Actors Amelia Sargisson and Eric Peterson play playwright Annabel Soutar and Percy Schmeiser in “Seeds.”  PHOTO: HAANITA SEVAL
Country Crossroads, Local news

‘Seeds’ docudrama tells the compelling Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto story

Annabel Soutar's play on now at the Prairie Theatre Exchange is thought provoking, nuanced and entertaining

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account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] Monsanto Canada’s Trish Jordan (l) and actor Carey Lawrence who plays Jordan in “Seeds,” a play about Percy Schmeiser’s battle with Monsanto over patent infringement on at Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange until Feb. 28.[/caption] The portrayal of several scientists is less accurate, making one out to be supercilious and two others as beer-swilling

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