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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
Average harvest loss in canola across the Prairies translates into 4,000 to 5,000 potential volunteers per square metre.
Crops, Oilseeds

Keeping volunteer canola out of soybeans

Inter-row tillage looks like a promising management tool

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The average of six per cent canola seed loss during harvest sounds bad enough, but even worse when converted into the number of seeds left to germinate as volunteers the following year. “We’re losing an average of 4,000 to 5,000 seeds per square metre so it doesn’t take a lot of persistence for volunteer canola
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops

China clears Xtend soybean variety for import

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Reuters — Monsanto said on Feb. 3 it received import approval from China for its new genetically modified Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans and will sell the seeds in the U.S. and Canada for the 2016 growing season. China, the world’s biggest soybean importer, does not allow imports of new genetically modified crops until they
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Crops

Heading off Group 2-resistant weeds

It’s complicated, but picking the right rotation of crops and chemicals is key to avoiding multiple resistance

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Many common crop rotations in Manitoba are selecting for Group 2 herbicide resistance, as well as pushing resistance to other herbicide groups, says a U.S. weed specialist. Jeff Stachler of Ohio State University’s Auglaize County Extension Office told the recent Manitoba Agronomists Conference that a good rotation, not just of crops, but also of herbicides
(DowAgro.com)
Crops

U.S. court upholds Enlist Duo registration

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An appeals court has rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) move to overturn its own registration for Dow AgroSciences’ Enlist Duo herbicide combo. The EPA in November had sought court approval to withdraw its previous registration for the proprietary glyphosate/2,4-D combination. The agency said it wanted to re-examine the product, which Enlist varieties of
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

EU food safety watchdog hits back in glyphosate safety row

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Brussels | Reuters –– The head of Europe’s food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in a row about the safety of glyphosate. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises European Union policymakers, issued an opinion in November that glyphosate is unlikely to cause
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Monsanto-backed panel says glyphosate not carcinogenic

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Reuters — A panel of scientists is disputing a World Health Organization report published earlier this year that concluded glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer and main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is probably carcinogenic to humans. The 16-member panel, assembled by Intertek Scientific and Regulatory Consultancy, was to present its findings to
corn crop
Crops, National news

U.S. pulls Enlist Duo registration pending more study

The herbicide is still registered in Canada and will be introduced to 
Manitoba farmers on a limited basis next spring

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Dow AgroSciences still plans to introduce Enlist Duo to Manitoba farmers next spring despite concerns in the U.S. that resulted in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrawing its registration. The EPA is requiring more studies into the product’s phytotoxicity, saying Enlist Duo might do more harm to non-target plants than it first believed after reading
(EPA.gov via Flickr)
Cereals, Crops

U.S. EPA asks court to pull registration for Enlist Duo

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UPDATED, Nov. 25, 2015 — Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking court approval to withdraw registration of Dow AgroSciences’ herbicide Enlist Duo, as the agency studies new information regarding the product’s impact on non-target plants, according to court documents filed late Tuesday. The EPA approved the herbicide for sale

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