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Uncertainty Threatens Research Investment In Canada

By Tamara Leigh January 13, 2011

Syngenta Canada president Jay Bradshaw says wheat is Canada’s next “Cinderella” crop, but warns that the opportunity could be lost if governments stray from science-based regulations, discouraging private research investment. “My biggest competitors are inside our own global research budget,” Bradshaw told the Western Canadian Wheat Growers convention in Vancouver last week. “We need to

Crops

Private Equity Sees “Buckets Of Money” In Water Buys

By Laura Macinnis November 18, 2010

Water scarcity will generate big returns for the irrigation sector once climate change and population growth take their toll on farming, private equity managers said Nov. 9. Asked at an agriculture investing conference whether it is possible to make money from water, typically a public good rather than a bankable commodity, Judson Hill of NGP

Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 18, 2010

November 18, 2010

Faster loading:Paterson GlobalFoods has announced construction of a new terminal in Gleichen, which it says will be the fastest-loading facility in Western Canada. The 28,000-tonne “Long Plain Terminal” will include the first grain loop track in Canada. It is designed to allow locomotives to remain connected to a train, providing for continuous and timely loading

Cereals, Crops

Monsanto Sees “Right Time” For GMO Wheat Varieties

By Carey Gillam November 11, 2010

Monsanto Co. could start field testing genetically modified wheat within one to two years, but remains cautious about future commercialization, according to one of the company’s top wheat technology executives. Six years after shelving a biotech wheat product in the face of stiff market resistance, Monsanto still sees a need for circumspection, but believes building

News

INRA Halts Research On Developing New GMO Varieties

By Sybille De La Hamaide November 11, 2010

Europe’s top farm researcher has abandoned work on developing new genetically modified crops (GMOs) due to widespread distrust and even hostility by European consumers. “We have no research on GMO innovation anymore, none,” Marion Guillou, president of the National Institute for Agronomical Research (INRA), told Reuters in an interview. INRA, which has more than 1,800

Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto Drops Shared-Risk Program After 11 Seasons

By Allan Dawson October 28, 2010

Monsanto’s sharedrisk program, which over the last 11 seasons refunded almost $40 million to western Canadian canola growers who lost Roundup Ready canola crops early in the growing season, has been scrapped. “The long and short of it, even though the grower wouldn’t see this, the cost of the program obviously outweighed the benefits,” said

Cereals, Crops, News

Syngenta Invests In Canadian Wheat – for Sep. 2, 2010

By Allan Dawson September 2, 2010

Syngenta, one of the world’s biggest seed and pesticide companies, is stepping up its commitment to developing new wheat varieties for Western Canada. Syngenta Canada announced July 27 it had appointed Jim Bagshaw as national seed-marketing manager for cereals, a newly created position. “Globally, Syngenta has always been a world leader in the development of

News

EU Approves Six GM Maize Varieties – for Aug. 5, 2010

August 5, 2010

The European Commiss ion approved six genetically modified (GM) maize varieties for import to the bloc July 28 in a sign of its desire to speed up European Union decisions on the cont roversial technology. The EU’s executive granted the approvals unilaterally after EU farm ministers failed to reach a decision on the applications in

Crops

Syngenta Concerned About Eu Gm Proposals

June 17, 2010

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

Crops, Oilseeds

Will Bill C-474 Kill Research?

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2010

Will the private sector bow out of crop research if Bill C-474 becomes law? Some industry and farm organizations warn NDP MP Alex Atamanenko’s private member’s bill to require a market impact assessment before new technology is approved will have that result. If private companies pull out, or even cut back on research, it would

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Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

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