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Crops, Forages

U. S. Court Relaxes Limits On Roundup Ready Alfalfa

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“We’re waiting to hear what they’re going to decide.” – TRISH JORDAN, MONSANTO CANADA Both sides are claiming victory after the U. S. Supreme Court last week overturned a lower court ruling which imposed a ban on Roundup Ready alfalfa. The court ruled a district court judge in San Francisco overstepped his authority in preventing
Crops, Oilseeds

45S51 – for Jul. 1, 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
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DuPont Likes EU Moves On GMO Crops

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Moves by the European Union to overhaul its approval system for genetically modified crops is a “big step forward,” but it is likely to be some time before the bloc is open to widespread cultivation of key crops, a leading DuPont executive said June 8. Citing a provision of reported regulatory plans to allow EU
News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jun. 10, 2010

Dow gets access to Roundup: Monsanto Co. has agreed to license its Roundup Ready 2 Yield herbicide trait to Dow Chemical’s agricultural unit, an agreement that will let Dow boost its presence in the soybean market. Dow AgroSciences will pay Monsanto a royalty for stacking the technology with its seeds. As part of stacking, seed
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Monsanto Cuts 2010 Outlook

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Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company and a leading agricultural chemicals company said it would “drastically narrow” its Roundup portfolio and lower prices to be more in line with generics. In addition to lowering prices for the 2011 season, the company will accelerate payment on certain distributor and retailer incentives to close out the
Crops, Oilseeds

New Soybean Could Cut Into High-Stability Canola Oil Markets

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“The story of canola is it has always been able to keep one step ahead of soybeans.” – David Dzisiak High-oleic canola oil, most of it from Canada, has dominated the growing North American demand for healthier, non-trans fat, deep-frying oils, but American soybeans are fighting back. Last month the United States Department of Agriculture
Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Acknowledges Role In “Super Weeds”

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Monsanto Co. said on May 27 it will restructure its herbicide products in an effort to help combat the spreading environmental woes of herbicide-resistant weeds, also known as “super weeds,” which many critics have blamed on the chemical giant. “We need to get in front of this,” Monsanto chairman Hugh Grant said in a conference
Crops, Oilseeds

Will Bill C-474 Kill Research?

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Will the private sector bow out of crop research if Bill C-474 becomes law? Some industry and farm organizations warn NDP MP Alex Atamanenko’s private member’s bill to require a market impact assessment before new technology is approved will have that result. If private companies pull out, or even cut back on research, it would
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Course Seeks Peaceful Solution To Food Wars

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Try to have a discussion on food production these days and you invariably end up in a fight. It usually goes something like this. Monsanto: bad. Organic: good. Or vice versa. Either way, it’s a confrontation. A special Canadian Mennonite University course next month aims at taking the conflict out of the food system debate.
Crops, Oilseeds

DuPont Seed Strategy Unruffled By Rival

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DuPont does not plan to alter its pricing strategy in key North American corn and soybean markets despite moves by rival Monsanto to ease prices for some products, a DuPont official said May 4. James Borel, who oversees DuPont’s production agriculture businesses, including corn and soybean seed developer Pioneer Hi-Bred, said in an interview DuPont

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