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Move to an open market spurring debate on wheat registration system

By Allan Dawson April 30, 2012

The debate is heating up on whether a system that has made Prairie wheat synonymous with top quality is in need of an overhaul. Grain variety registration was a hot topic at the recent Canada Grains Council annual meeting, and while the current system has many defenders, others are calling for significant changes. Having a

News, Oilseeds

Syngenta Sues Bunge Over Rejection Of GMO Corn Type

By Carey Gillam September 1, 2011

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

Crops

Prices Rise But Costs Similar

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 1, 2011

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

Cereals, Crops

Scientists Race To Avoid A Bitter Climate Change Harvest

By David Fogarty June 23, 2011

Charlie Bragg gazes across his lush fields where fat lambs are grazing, his reservoirs filled with water, and issues a sigh of relief. Things are normal this year and that’s a bit unusual of late. His 7,000-acre farm near the Australian town of Cootamundra is testament to the plight facing farmers around the globe: increasingly

Crops

Companies Chip In For CFGB Growing Projects

May 26, 2011

To be successful, Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) growing projects require land, people, time and energy. The fundraising efforts also need inputs like seed, fertilizer and other chemicals – products generously provided by some of Canada’s leading agro-sciences corporations. This year over $220,000 of inputs have been donated through CFGB to growing projects across Canada by

Crops, Oilseeds

Cancer Cause Or Crop Aid? Glyphosate Faces Big Test

By Carey Gillam April 14, 2011

Critics say it’s a chemical that could cause infertility or cancer, while others see it speeding the growth of super weeds and causing worrying changes to plants and soil. Backers say it is safe and has made a big contribution to food production. It’s glyphosate, the key – but controversial – ingredient in Roundup herbicide

Crops

Syngenta To Go Ahead With Ethanol-Specific Corn

By Carey Gillam March 24, 2011

Amonth after receivi ng regulatory approva l , Swiss agricultural company Syngenta is starting to sign up U.S. farmers to grow its new biotech corn seed aimed at ethanol production, but expects to enrol fewer than 20,000 acres in a contracted growing arrangement this spring, a top company executive said Mar. 16. Syngenta is meeting

News

As Land Runs Out, U.S. Corn Yield Growth Must Quicken

By Carey Gillam March 17, 2011

For decades, U.S. farmers have helped feed the world by sowing some of the most versatile cropland, adjusting each year to grow a bit more of this and less of that, to replenish those crops in greatest shortage. This year, however, even with farmers planting nearly every acre of arable land, it will not be

Cereals, Crops

Elite Barley Producers Share Ideas

March 10, 2011

The “Elite Barley, Canadian Malting Barley Grower Recognition Program,” recently named the 10 farmers selected by industry as top producers for the year. The goal of the program is to promote grower best management practices for malting barley, and showcase the value that malt and malt barley bring to western Canadian agriculture and the Canadian

News

USDA Deregulates Industrial GE Corn

By Christopher Doering February 17, 2011

The U.S. Agriculture Department said Feb. 11 it has deregulated a variety of corn genetically engineered to produce a common enzyme that speeds the breakdown of starch into sugar, a vital step in making ethanol. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Syngenta, the Swiss maker of the enzyme, called alpha-amylase, will create an

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Tag Archives Syngenta

Move to an open market spurring debate on wheat registration system

Syngenta Sues Bunge Over Rejection Of GMO Corn Type

Prices Rise But Costs Similar

Scientists Race To Avoid A Bitter Climate Change Harvest

Companies Chip In For CFGB Growing Projects

Cancer Cause Or Crop Aid? Glyphosate Faces Big Test

Syngenta To Go Ahead With Ethanol-Specific Corn

As Land Runs Out, U.S. Corn Yield Growth Must Quicken

Elite Barley Producers Share Ideas

USDA Deregulates Industrial GE Corn

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