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Cereals, Crops

Everest GBX Offers One-Pass Weed Control

Everest GBX, when combined with the grower’s choice of phenoxy, controls more weeds better than any other single product on the market today, Arysta LifeScience says in a release. Weeds like buckwheat, cleavers and kochia along with other yield robbers like flushing wild oats and green foxtail can be silenced in one pass. “The advantage
Crops

New Glyphosate Storage And Handling

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Rack Petroleum (“The Rack”) has reached an agreement with DuPont Canada to supply Polaris-brand glyphosate as part of their innovative new Racketeer glyphosate storage and handling system. Launched earlier this year, the Racketeer is a new way for growers to safely and efficiently handle their glyphosate needs. This bulk system allows growers to conveniently store
Crops, Forages

Producers Demand Compensation Over Roundup Ready Alfalfa

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“We’re putting the government on notice.” – LES JACOBSON, MFSA Manitoba forage seed producers say they will hold Ottawa accountable if the impending approval of Roundup Ready alfalfa hurts their industry. A resolut ion pas sed at the Manitoba Forage Seed Producers Association annual meeting vows growers will hold Ottawa “directly responsible for any economic
Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Herbicide Sales Slide

Monsanto Co. reported a quarterly loss Jan. 6 instead of the break-even results Wall Street had expected, citing a slide in herbicide revenue and a smaller drop in corn and soybean seed sales. The world’s largest seed company said it was still on track for good gains this year. Shares in Monsanto bounced off early
Crops

Reglone Versus Glyphosate

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They’ve (Reglone and glyphosate) been around for many years. They work totally differently, but as I say confusion still reigns.” – ED THIESSEN Reglone (diquat) and glyphosate are similar, but different and farmers need to know the difference to get the best results from each, says Ed Thiessen of Syngenta Canada. Both are non-selective herbicides
Livestock, Oilseeds

Brazil Clears Planting Of Bayer GMO Soy

Brazil’s biotechnology agency CTNBio said Nov. 19 it approved the commercial planting of a genetically modified soybean variety produced by Bayer that’s resistant to glyphosate. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soy, which is also resistant to glyphosate, is the only other GMO soy approved for commercial use in Brazil, which legalized the commercial use of transgenic crops,
Crops

Syngenta, Arysta Swap Weed Killer Licences

Syngenta Crop Protection and Arysta LifeScience have signed licensing deals to make new herbicides using one of each other’s chemistries. Syngenta will use flucarbazone chemistry, the active ingredient in Arysta’s Group 2 herbicide Everest, to produce Sierra and Pace herbicides. Sierra will be a Group 2 graminicide based on flucarbazone, which Syngenta said provides “an
Crops

U. S. Court Rules Against GM Sugar Beets

Afederal U. S. court has ruled in favour of critics of Monsanto Co.’s genetically engineered sugar beets, saying the U. S. government failed to adequately evaluate their environmental and economic risks. The U. S. District Court for the northern district of California ruled that the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Crops, Oilseeds

BASF Adds To Its Stable Of Labels

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“It (Heat herbicide) gives you much faster control than glyphosate alone and a broader spectrum so you would pick up (and control) your Roundup Ready canola.” ROBERT HORNFORD Manitoba flax growers can now use Headline fungicide to combat pasmo (Septoria linicola). It’s just one of a number of new labels or products to come from
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Suspected Glyphosate-Resistant Ragweed In Ontario

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Giant ragweed could be the first “made in Canada” weed resistant to the non-selective herbicide glyphosate, so it’s worth watching out for, says University of Manitoba weed scientist Robert Gulden. Giant ragweed can be found in Manitoba, but it’s much more common in Ontario he told those participating in the Crop Diagnostic School here at

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