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Monsanto To Restructure Roundup Unit

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– Monsanto Chairman Hugh Grant “Over the last six years, Monsanto’s business has undergone a dramatic transition from a company historically built on chemical innovations…” Monsanto Co. posted a smaller-than-expected slide in quarterly profit June 24 and said it would cut jobs and realign its Roundup herbicide business as surprisingly strong competition hammered sales. The
Cereals, Crops

Give Farmers A Say In Commercializing GM Crops

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Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops can have a huge impact on farmers they should have a say in whether GM crops get commercialized, says Ian Mauro, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies. Canada’s current ‘science-based’ regulatory process doesn’t take socioeconomic factors into account in the approval
Crops, Oilseeds

How Early Can You Spray Roundup Ready Soybeans?

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It’s safe to apply glyphosate to Roundup Ready soybeans as early as the late cotyledon stage when the first unifoliate starts to appear, says Bruce Brolley, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative’s (MAFRI) pulse crop specialist. Warm weather over the weekend gave weeds a jump on slowly emerging soybeans. With rain in this week’s forecast,
Crops

Weed Out Winter Annuals

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Now’s the time to scout your winter wheat fields for fall-germinated winter annual weeds. “Getting out into the field today and surveying the crop is essential to help your winter wheat achieve its highest yield,” says Ken Gross, a Ducks Unlimited Canada agrologist. “Weeds such as narrow-leaved hawks beard, stinkweed, flixweed and shepherd’s purse can
Opinion

Blame chemicals, not red meat

Regarding the recent article “Red meat boosts cancer risk: study” (Co-operator, April 2, page 1), I wonder if spraying glyphosate on standing crop has a connection. We know that grain loses germination after being sprayed with glyphosate. Seed growers cannot spray standing crop because of the germination factor. Maltsters reject glyphosatesprayed barley. Chemicals could be
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Viterra Joins Winter Wheat Campaign

A program aiming for 100,000 new acres of winter cereals seeded across Western Canada this fall now has Viterra on board as its “premier delivery partner.” Ducks Unlimited and Bayer CropScience in mid-January launched “Winter Cereals: Sustainability in Action,” a program to increase winter cereals acres across North America, to which Bayer pledged $20 million
News, Oilseeds

Next-Generation RR Soybeans Arrive

Afarmer southwest of London, Ont. became the first in Canada to take delivery of soybeans with the Roundup Ready 2 Yield trait, Monsanto Canada said March 26. Grant Boyd, a corn and soybean grower at Dutton, Ont., bought the seed through his local DeKalb dealer. Roundup Ready 2 Yield seed combines Roundup Ready crops’ genetically
News, Oilseeds

Tackle Canola Volunteers Early – for Feb. 5, 2009

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“A lot of canola seed, in a lot of canola fields, hit the ground.” – BrUce mUrraY Farmers who grew canola last year can expect a lot more canola volunteers than usual in their fields this spring, says Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives’ (MAFRI) weed specialist Bruce Murray. Since canola volunteers are easier to

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