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End Of An Era – for Jul. 29, 2010

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It was dry in the late 1980s, and farmers were told by the herbicide manufacturer that’s why their favoured herbicide – trifluralin (Treflan) – wasn’t doing its job. But two public extension workers in Manitoba, the late Ian Morrison, a weed scientist with the University of Manitoba, and Barry Todd with the soils and crops
Crops

Tool To Avoid Glyphosateresistant Weeds

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“Two-and three-way mixes, are in my opinion, the answer if we’re going to use herbicides.” – GARY MARTENS Monsanto Co. has launched a web-site to help western Canadian farmers assess their risk of cultivating glyphosate-resistant weeds. “We know it (glyphosate resistance) can happen so we really wanted to generate this tool so growers could see
Crops, Forages

U. S. Court Relaxes Limits On Roundup Ready Alfalfa

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“We’re waiting to hear what they’re going to decide.” – TRISH JORDAN, MONSANTO CANADA Both sides are claiming victory after the U. S. Supreme Court last week overturned a lower court ruling which imposed a ban on Roundup Ready alfalfa. The court ruled a district court judge in San Francisco overstepped his authority in preventing
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DuPont Likes EU Moves On GMO Crops

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Moves by the European Union to overhaul its approval system for genetically modified crops is a “big step forward,” but it is likely to be some time before the bloc is open to widespread cultivation of key crops, a leading DuPont executive said June 8. Citing a provision of reported regulatory plans to allow EU
Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Acknowledges Role In “Super Weeds”

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Monsanto Co. said on May 27 it will restructure its herbicide products in an effort to help combat the spreading environmental woes of herbicide-resistant weeds, also known as “super weeds,” which many critics have blamed on the chemical giant. “We need to get in front of this,” Monsanto chairman Hugh Grant said in a conference
Crops

Monsanto Cuts 2010 Outlook

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Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company and a leading agricultural chemicals company said it would “drastically narrow” its Roundup portfolio and lower prices to be more in line with generics. In addition to lowering prices for the 2011 season, the company will accelerate payment on certain distributor and retailer incentives to close out the
Crops, Oilseeds

DuPont Seed Strategy Unruffled By Rival

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DuPont does not plan to alter its pricing strategy in key North American corn and soybean markets despite moves by rival Monsanto to ease prices for some products, a DuPont official said May 4. James Borel, who oversees DuPont’s production agriculture businesses, including corn and soybean seed developer Pioneer Hi-Bred, said in an interview DuPont
Crops, Oilseeds

New Canola Hybrids

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DEKALB has received registration on six new canola hybrids from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The new 73 Series will be available on a limited basis this spring with wide distribution planned for the 2011 growing season, the company announced in a release. “With the introduction of our new 73 Series, DEKALB brand now
Crops

Are U. S. Regulators Dropping The Ball On Biocrops?

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“Science is not being considered in policy setting and deregulation. This research is important. We need to be vigilant.” – ROBERT KREMER Robert Kremer, a U. S. government microbiologist who studies Midwestern farm soil, has spent two decades analyzing the rich dirt that yields billions of bushels of food each year and helps the United

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