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Cereals, Crops

Give Farmers A Say In Commercializing GM Crops

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Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops can have a huge impact on farmers they should have a say in whether GM crops get commercialized, says Ian Mauro, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies. Canada’s current ‘science-based’ regulatory process doesn’t take socioeconomic factors into account in the approval
Crops, Oilseeds

How Early Can You Spray Roundup Ready Soybeans?

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It’s safe to apply glyphosate to Roundup Ready soybeans as early as the late cotyledon stage when the first unifoliate starts to appear, says Bruce Brolley, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative’s (MAFRI) pulse crop specialist. Warm weather over the weekend gave weeds a jump on slowly emerging soybeans. With rain in this week’s forecast,
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Groups Oppose Biotech Wheat

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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

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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

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“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, Oilseeds

Market For IP Soybeans Grows Stronger

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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

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,
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Viterra Joins Winter Wheat Campaign

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

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
Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Rebrands Trait Technologies

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Monsanto Canada has announced that its value-added trait technologies will be marketed under the Genuity brand in Canada beginning in 2010. “Genuity gives us the opportunity to communicate about our traits as a family of innovative products that will enable farmers to do what they do best, even better,” said Mike Nailor, trait marketing lead

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