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Groups Oppose Biotech Wheat

By Ron Friesen June 4, 2009

Groups from Canada, the United States and Australia issued a June 1 statement rejecting genetically engineered wheat in response to a pitch by industry lobbyists for commercial development of biotech wheat. “We restate our definitive opposition to GE wheat and our commitment to stopping the commercialization of GE traits in our wheat crops,” said the

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Push For GM Wheat Resurrected

By Allan Dawson May 21, 2009

Five years to the month after Monsanto shelved its controversial Roundup Ready genetically modified (GM) wheat, farm groups in Canada, Australia and the United States are pushing for the “synchronized introduction” of biotech wheat. The Grain Growers of Canada, Wes tern Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) and Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission are leading the

Crops, Forages

Campaign Against GM Alfalfa Intensifies

By Ron Friesen May 7, 2009

“The genie’s out of the bottle.” – JIM LINTOTT, MANITOBA FORAGE COUNCIL Acoalition of 80 farm and food organizations, including Manitoba forage producers, is calling for an immediate halt to field testing of genetically modified alfalfa in Canada. The groups want existing test plots of GM alfalfa uprooted and full-scale commercialization of the crop blocked.

News

High Praise For Late Agronomist Keith Mills

By Allan Dawson May 7, 2009

“Keith was the type of guy who would never quit.” – DAVE MANNING Keith Mills, a highly respected extension agronomist, is being remembered by farmers and colleagues for his energy and intellect and how much they learned from him. Mills, who worked for Westco, a division of Viterra, died suddenly at his home in Claresholm,

News

Syngenta Upbeat Outlook Boosts Shares

By Andrew Thompson April 23, 2009

Syngenta AG, the world’s largest agrochemicals company, has reported a four per cent fall in first-quarter sales but stayed upbeat about the full year, sending its shares over seven per cent higher. Syngenta, which makes products to kill weeds and bugs as well as genetically modified seeds, said sales totalled $3.6 billion, a seven per

News, Oilseeds

Market For IP Soybeans Grows Stronger

By Jim Romahn April 9, 2009

The market for identity-preserved (IP) edible soybeans is strong and getting stronger, farmers learned during an information meeting organized by Huron Commodities Inc. recently. Eiichiro Nishida, assistant manager for buyer Kanematsu Corporation of Japan said Ontario’s producers are emerging as preferred suppliers, certainly over China. The U. S. is losing out because two big companies,

Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Exceeds Profit Expectations

April 9, 2009

Monsanto Co., the world’s biggest seed company, posted better-than-expected profit April 2 as revenues grew in its key corn and soybean seed businesses and it benefited from a low tax rate. Monsanto, a leader in the development of genetically altered crops, said net income was $1.092 billion, or $1.97 a share for the second quarter,

Opinion

Innovation Capacity

By Laura Rance-Unger April 2, 2009

You could say mad scientists and farmers operating on the lunatic fringe brought about one of the greatest innovations of 20th century agriculture. Some might go so far as to suggest it has saved Prairie farming – from plowing itself into a dusty oblivion. Zero tillage or no-till farming, as it has come to be

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Viterra Joins Winter Wheat Campaign

April 2, 2009

A program aiming for 100,000 new acres of winter cereals seeded across Western Canada this fall now has Viterra on board as its “premier delivery partner.” Ducks Unlimited and Bayer CropScience in mid-January launched “Winter Cereals: Sustainability in Action,” a program to increase winter cereals acres across North America, to which Bayer pledged $20 million

News, Oilseeds

Next-Generation RR Soybeans Arrive

April 2, 2009

Afarmer southwest of London, Ont. became the first in Canada to take delivery of soybeans with the Roundup Ready 2 Yield trait, Monsanto Canada said March 26. Grant Boyd, a corn and soybean grower at Dutton, Ont., bought the seed through his local DeKalb dealer. Roundup Ready 2 Yield seed combines Roundup Ready crops’ genetically

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