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Monsanto Counters Criticism Of Low Yields

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Monsanto on Sept. 15 said early harvest data showed some of its corn seed products planted on U. S. farms outyielding competition, a bright spot for a company beseiged by a range of competitive and legal pressures. Monsanto announced the data a day after rival DuPont said it was gaining market share in U. S.
Crops, Forages

Sugar Beet Ruling Pressures USDA GMO Oversight – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Proponents of tighter U. S. oversight of biotech crops say a court-ordered ban on genetically modified sugar beets is a key ruling that should lead to more thorough regulatory review of such crops. And they threatened further court action against the U. S. Department of Agriculture if the agency does not start examining the environmental
Crops, Oilseeds

KAP Looking Into TUAs On Volunteer Canola Crops – for Aug. 12, 2010

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Should canola seed companies give farmers unable to seed wet fields this spring a break and forgo their contracts fees on volunteer crops? The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is asking itself that question. Butch Harder, a Lowe Farm-area farmer and director of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA), raised the issue here July 22 during
Crops, Oilseeds

KAP Looking Into TUAs On Volunteer Canola Crops – for Aug. 12, 2010

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Should canola seed companies give farmers unable to seed wet fields this spring a break and forgo their contracts fees on volunteer crops? The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is asking itself that question. Butch Harder, a Lowe Farm-area farmer and director of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA), raised the issue here July 22 during
Crops, Oilseeds

Blackleg Is Widespread – for Aug. 5, 2010

The Canola Council of Canada’s latest Canola Watch says the insect watch has entered a critical phase. There has been spraying for lygus, bertha army worm and diamondback moth larvae in some regions. The report said blackleg is widespread in southern Manitoba. Disease severity on infected plants is still low right now, but severity can
News

Weed Control Will Never Be Simple Again – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Sid Fogg, a mixed grain and cotton farmer near the Arkansas-Tennessee border, said by the time he realized the patches of pigweed (Palmer amaranth) growing in his field were resistant, they had spread out of control. He tried using a higher rate of glyphosate, but it had no effect. So he switched to another herbicide,
Opinion

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

Rangeland Tank Mix Available

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Dow AgroSciences Canada has acquired Canadian registration for a dual-mode tank mix to control shrubs, invasive plants and broadleaf weeds on rangeland and permanent pasture. Dow bills its new Reclaim tank mix as a convenient option with a “favourable environmental profile,” adding that it’s also “safe to grass, with no grazing restrictions for beef cattle

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