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Speaking July 5 at the Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Manitoba Agriculture’s Terry Buss shows a Roundup Ready 2 soybean plot dying due to dicamba drifting over from the Xtend soybean plot at left. (Allan Dawson photo)

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News July 7, 2017

New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of Arkansas on Friday announced a

Crops

Bayer files for Monsanto takeover approval with EU regulators

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 30, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer has filed a request for approval of its planned US$66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto with European Union regulators, as suitors line up for assets that Bayer will sell to get the approval by year-end. Bayer, which is bracing for the EU Commission to go into an in-depth

Crops

BASF ready to snatch seed bargains as rivals sell assets

By GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger June 29, 2017

Ludwigshafen, Germany | Reuters — BASF will consider buying seed assets that rivals are putting on the block to win antitrust approval for tie-ups, saying bargain prices could persuade BASF to overcome its traditional reluctance to expand into the seeds industry. Sources familiar with BASF’s thinking have said that competition regulators looking at potential buyers

Crops

Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 27, 2017

Basel | Reuters — Switzerland’s Syngenta, the crop protection company acquired by ChemChina, has vowed to bulk up its seeds business and join the chase for assets rival Bayer must sell to gain regulatory approval for its takeover of Monsanto. Syngenta, a distant third in the global seeds market behind Monsanto and Dupont, is determined

Crops

China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News, Hallie Gu June 14, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China approved two new varieties of genetically modified (GMO) crops for import from Monday, after the world’s top buyer of GMO soybeans pledged to speed up a review of biotech products as part of a recent trade deal with the U.S. The approvals of new GMO imports follow an agreement on

Crops

EU to propose 10-year licence renewal for glyphosate

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 18, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission will propose extending by 10 years its approval for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. A transatlantic row over possible risks to human health has prompted investigations by congressional committees in the U.S., and in Europe has forced a delay to

Crops

Bayer to sell Liberty brands to get Monsanto deal passed

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 8, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters –– Bayer has agreed to sell its Liberty herbicide and LibertyLink-branded seeds businesses to win antitrust approval for its acquisition of Monsanto, it said on Monday. The divestment of the two global brands, a requirement imposed by South Africa’s Competition Commission on Sunday, will account for the bulk of asset sales worth

Crops, Weather

Monsanto halts sale of Precision Planting arm to Deere

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 1, 2017

Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corp. has cancelled a deal to sell its Precision Planting business to Deere and Co., citing the months-long court fight against it. The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit in August last year to block the proposed US$190 million deal, alleging the deal would lead to higher prices for high-speed precision

Crops

Glyphosate clears Health Canada re-evaluation

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 28, 2017

Crop protection companies selling glyphosate have two years to make minor changes to parts of their product labels, as the 43-year-old herbicide formally clears Health Canada’s re-evaluation process. The re-evaluation, launched in late 2009 in a standard federal practice for registered pesticides in Canada, has ruled that products containing glyphosate — when used following the

Crops

New study on glyphosate to feed into crucial EU vote

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland April 13, 2017

London | Reuters — Results of a new animal study into possible health risks of glyphosate will be published in time to inform a key EU re-licensing vote due by the end of 2017, according to the researcher leading the trial. A row over possible effects of glyphosate — an ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup

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Tag Archives Monsanto

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

Bayer files for Monsanto takeover approval with EU regulators

BASF ready to snatch seed bargains as rivals sell assets

Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations

China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

EU to propose 10-year licence renewal for glyphosate

Bayer to sell Liberty brands to get Monsanto deal passed

Monsanto halts sale of Precision Planting arm to Deere

Glyphosate clears Health Canada re-evaluation

New study on glyphosate to feed into crucial EU vote

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