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

45H29 – for Feb. 18, 2010

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred’s leadership in providing valuable canola seed disease resistance traits. The first and only canola hybrid on the market with built-in clubroot resistance. TM When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand canola hybrids, you’ll know your canola is protected. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark


New Glyphosate Storage And Handling

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

45H29 – for Feb. 4, 2010

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred’s leadership in providing valuable canola seed disease resistance traits. The first and only canola hybrid on the market with built-in clubroot resistance. TM When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand canola hybrids, you’ll know your canola is protected. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark


45H29 – for Jan. 28, 2010

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred’s leadership in providing valuable canola seed disease resistance traits. The first and only canola hybrid on the market with built-in clubroot resistance. TM When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand canola hybrids, you’ll know your canola is protected. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark

Producers Demand Compensation Over Roundup Ready Alfalfa

“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


Monsanto Says Justice Officials Want Seed Access Details

Monsanto Co. said Jan. 14 that the U. S. Department of Justice has issued a civil investigative demand for information on the company’s key soybean traits business after complaints that Monsanto was trying to limit access to push a new, pricier product instead. Monsanto said it was cooperating with the department and reiterated that it

45S51 – for Jan. 14, 2010

It’s a symbol of Pioneer Hi-Bred’s leadership in providing valuable canola seed disease resistance traits. The first and only canola hybrid on the market with built-in sclerotinia resistance. TM When you see the new Pioneer Protector logo on your Pioneer brand canola hybrids, you’ll know your canola is protected. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark


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

Lots To Consider When Assessing Crop Rotations

“The coffee shop never hears about the problems. They hear about the 80-bushel canola, but they very seldom hear about the quarter section that was wiped out with blackleg.” – WELDON NEWTON Push your crop rotations and you’re pushing your luck. Nevertheless, a lot of farmers have been tightening their canola rotations and getting away