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Delegates discuss soil health issues, solutions and what should be included in a hypothetical soil health kit during a breakout session of the Global 4-H Summit.
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4-H’ers dig into soil health policy and education

Soil health was a repeat topic as 4-H members from around the world turned their attention to sustainable agriculture and food security

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It’s time to think about what lies below our feet. That was the message delegates from 35 countries received from multiple speakers at the recent Global 4-H Summit in Ottawa. Soil health emerged from several workshops during the third day of the July 11-14 conference, themed around sustainable agriculture and food security. Syngenta Canada, also
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Comment: Closing the barn door after the fact

Sudden concern about mergers on the part of politicians is too little, too late

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One of the oldest truisms agriculture offers is the simple, rock-solid advice that the time to close the barn door is before the cows get out. Closing the door afterwards, as everyone knows, is pointless because the cows are already long gone. Everyone, except of course, the U.S. Congress which, on Sept. 20, hosted a
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Prices Rise But Costs Similar

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Bayer CropScience is cutting the cost of Liberty herbicide but increasing the price on InVigor canola seed for 2012, saying the change will give growers more flexibility to manage resistance. “We are providing growers with an even more economical resistance management tool and the increased freedom to choose higher labelled rates or a more economical
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Syngenta Sues Bunge Over Rejection Of GMO Corn Type

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Syngenta Seeds, a unit of the world’s largest agrochemicals company Syngenta AG, has filed suit against major grain handler Bunge for refusing to accept a type of its biotech corn. Syngenta claims Bunge’s North America operations are illegally refusing to handle a type of genetically modified corn that is designed to protect the crop against
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Syngenta Concerned About Eu Gm Proposals

An EU move away from a single-market approach on genetically modified (GM) technology could possibly create new trade bans, the principal scientific adviser at seed company Syngenta said June 9. “It’s clear that within Europe there are some countries that will never accept GM technology. The issue is going to be, if you go away
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Seed Treatments Seen Boosting Vigour In Cold Soils

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Seed treatments help protect young crops from insects and diseases, but according to Syngenta, its Cruiser Maxx Cereals has an added benefit: increased plant vigour under cold soil conditions. Research shows early seeding usually results in higher yields. That and the fact more farmers are seeding earlier because they have more acres to cover means
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More Crops Added To Pulse Seed Treatment Label

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Syngenta Crop Protection’s pea and dry bean seed treatment Cruiser Maxx Pulses has now been cleared for use in Canada as a treatment for chickpeas, lentils, lupins and faba beans. Cruiser Maxx Pulses, a combination of active ingredients thiamethoxam, metalaxyl-M and fludioxonil, is offered as a co-pack of Cruiser 5FS and Apron Maxx RTA or
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Syngenta, Arysta Swap Weed Killer Licences

Syngenta Crop Protection and Arysta LifeScience have signed licensing deals to make new herbicides using one of each other’s chemistries. Syngenta will use flucarbazone chemistry, the active ingredient in Arysta’s Group 2 herbicide Everest, to produce Sierra and Pace herbicides. Sierra will be a Group 2 graminicide based on flucarbazone, which Syngenta said provides “an
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Sippell Named CSTA President

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Dave Sippell, president of Syngenta Seeds Canada, was named the 71st president of the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) following the association’s annual meeting in Whistler, B. C. Sippell said the seed trade will face the challenge of feeding the world’s growing population as competitors because “that makes us more efficient and effective, but as
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New National 4-H Leaders Elected

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The Canadian 4-H Council elected Judy Shaw president at its recent annual meeting in Prince Edward Island. Shaw was elected by her fellow board members for a two-year term, and replaces previous president, Robert McAuley. Shaw has been involved in 4-H since 1996 when she became the member representative of Syngenta Canada for the Canadian

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