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Sources say GM to use Oshawa plant to expand pickup output

By GFM Network News, Susan Taylor September 21, 2016

Toronto | Reuters — General Motors will use its Oshawa, Ont. assembly plant to expand production of pickup trucks for the North American market if a tentative agreement with Canadian auto workers is ratified, sources familiar with Canadian labour negotiations said Wednesday. Oshawa’s manufacturing plant, which employs some 2,500 workers, will install component parts and

Markets

EU approves Monsanto Roundup Ready 2 Xtend beans

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 22, 2016

Reuters — The European Commission on Friday approved imports of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready 2 Xtend genetically modified soybeans, opening up an important export market for North American soybeans and easing their global rollout. The decision removes a hurdle for Monsanto in its dealings with farmers and grain traders, who have to keep track of whether

Oilseeds, Opinion

One tool for a complex problem

By Laura Rance-Unger July 11, 2013

History is full of examples of heated, ideological and rhetorical public debates that somehow miss the point. The controversy over genetically modified crops is such a case. The debate has generally fallen into two camps — the “Frankenfood” phenomenon, the question of whether we should be meddling with nature’s processes for genetic evolution and “feeding

Beef cattle, Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Brandon rally draws 40 protesters opposed to introduction of Roundup Ready alfalfa

By Daniel Winters April 18, 2013

Opponents of genetically modified crops rallied in front of the constituency office of a local MP to protest approval of glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa, which they say could be seeded on fields in Eastern Canada as early as this spring. The demonstration, which drew about 40 protesters, was organized by the local chapter of the National Farmers

Dairy cattle, Forages, News

Dairy farmers ask for delay of GM alfalfa registration

By Alex Binkley April 9, 2013

Registration of genetically modified alfalfa should be delayed until next year so a “coexistence” plan can be completed, says Dairy Farmers of Canada. Roundup Ready alfalfa has become a cause célèbre for anti-GM groups, which say its cultivation will make it impossible for growers of organic alfalfa to stay in business because their crops will

Crops, Forages, Oilseeds, Pulses

Pulse crops eyed for fast-tracked registration

By Dave Bedard April 9, 2013

Lentil, field pea, field bean and faba bean growers are being asked to consider a proposal under which new varieties submitted for federal registration could skip one or two levels of assessment they now receive. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week released a draft discussion document as part of an overall review of the

Crops, News

Farm groups say trace levels of GM contamination should be allowed

By Alex Binkley April 9, 2013

Allowing minute traces of genetically modified material in shipments of grains and oilseeds is needed to keep exports flowing, say the Grain Growers of Canada and the Canada Grains Council. Both groups want Ottawa to keep pushing for an international agreement on low level presence (LLP) of GM material. “Canada has the chance to be

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Developing countries increasingly adopting GM crops

By Alex Binkley March 25, 2013

Genetically modified crops hit a milestone last year — for the first time, acreage of biotech crops in developing countries surpassed industrial ones. A record 17.3 million farmers grew biotech crops worldwide in 2012, up 600,000 from a year earlier, says a new report from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).

Opinion

Letters, Feb. 21, 2013

February 22, 2013

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Crops

Lynas moves from GM foe to friend

By Gord Gilmour February 12, 2013

When Mark Lynas took the stage here Jan. 23 as keynote speaker at the 2013 edition of Manitoba Potato Production Days, he knew he was likely a strange and exotic creature to his audience. The British environmentalist and author has been involved in the environmental movement since the mid-1990s and for many years he was

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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