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Questions Raised About Monsanto Penalties

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Four Ontario farmers found guilty of stealing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybean technology are unlikely to find sympathy from fellow farmers who abided by their contracts. But Monsanto’s decision to deny those farmers access to its seed technology for life is raising questions among industry observers concerned about concentration in the marketplace. In 2007, 65 per
Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 12, 2009

Tainted hamburger: An outbreak of foodborne illness, linked to 157:H7 E. coli bacteria in ground beef in the U. S. has sickened 28 people and caused at least one death, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Nov. 2. Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York, recalled 545,699 lbs. of ground beef products
News, Oilseeds

Monsanto Anti-Competitive, U. S. Antitrust Group Warns

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“Competition in the seed industry is robust.” – MONSANTO The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) has set its sights on Monsanto, the world’s largest agricultural biotechnology company, in its latest attack on anti-competitive behaviour. A few large companies dominate the development of new traits used in genetically modified (GM), according to a discussion paper released last
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Ponders GM Wheat For Canada

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Monsanto’s approach to commercializing genetically modified (GM) wheat in Canada will be guided by Canada’s wheat industry, says Monsanto Canada spokesperson Trish Jordan. That is if Monsanto decides to develop GM wheat for the Canadian market. “Right now… we simply don’t know,” Jordan told a luncheon in Winnipeg Oct. 28 hosted by the Manitoba Farm
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French Keep Hand In GM Research

French agricultural researchers said Oct. 30 they wanted to pursue work on genetically modified crop varieties as one possible response to the challenge of feeding a growing world population. France is one of several European countries to have banned the commercial growing of GM maize. Field tests have continued but have been sabotaged on several
News, Oilseeds

Minister Says Canadian Canola Doesn’t Sprout

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Efforts to dissuade China from blocking imports of Canadian canola over fears of blackleg haven’t gone well, and comments by Canada’s agriculture minister may not have helped. Gerry Ritz said Monday in Winnipeg he told Chinese officials they needn’t fear their farmers growing Canadian canola because the seed won’t grow. “I assured them that with
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In Brief… – for Nov. 5, 2009

Trade SWAT team needed: The federal government should form a “SWAT team” to aggressively nip protectionist trade actions against Canadian farmers in the bud, the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers says in a recent release. Ian Wishart said the government needs to be more aggressive fighting market disruptions caused by technical trade barriers affecting canola,
News, Oilseeds

Monsanto Blacklists Naughty Growers

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Four southern Ontario farmers fined a total of over $90,000 for unlicensed use of Roundup Ready soybeans are the first to be banned from future use of Monsanto’s patented genetics under its “violator exclusion” policy. “One of the more significant outcomes of the case against these four growers is that it marks the first time
Livestock

Agribusiness Challenged To Solve World Problems

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“We cannot go on the way we’re going and we need the food industry to say it first, when an industry doesn’t take these problems face on, it leads to disaster.” – JEFFREY SACHS Private agribusiness companies must lead the drive to sustainable agriculture if the world is going to succeed in winning the fight
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Blocking Biotech Feed Harms Farmers

The European Union’s farm chief urged governments to stop blocking imports of animal feed if it contains only traces of banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs), saying such policies harmed the meat sector. EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said EU countries should look at scientific evidence rather than emotions when deciding on authorizations for new

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