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New Registrations Add Competition

December 10, 2009

MANA Canada (Makhteshim Agan of North America, Canada Ltd.), has obtained registration for its clodinafop-propargyl grassy weed control herbicide Ladder, which will compete in the marketplace against Syngenta’s Horizon. “We are very excited about Ladder. Its active provides the base for a tremendous herbicide that farmers know and trust,” said Dale N. Kushner, commercial business

Crops

Syngenta, Arysta Swap Weed Killer Licences

November 26, 2009

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

Livestock, Oilseeds

EU Buys U. S. Soybeans

November 19, 2009

European Union oilseed crushers are resuming purchases of U. S. soybeans after the EU approved imports of maize with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Hamburgbased oilseeds analysts Oil World said Nov. 10. This summer, over 200,000 tonnes of soybean and soymeal were refused entry to EU ports as they contained small amounts of GMO corn (maize)

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Questions Raised About Monsanto Penalties

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2009

Four Ontario farmers found guilty of stealing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybean technology are unlikely to find sympathy from fellow farmers who abided by their contracts. But Monsanto’s decision to deny those farmers access to its seed technology for life is raising questions among industry observers concerned about concentration in the marketplace. In 2007, 65 per

News, Oilseeds

Monsanto Anti-Competitive, U. S. Antitrust Group Warns

By Allan Dawson November 12, 2009

“Competition in the seed industry is robust.” – MONSANTO The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) has set its sights on Monsanto, the world’s largest agricultural biotechnology company, in its latest attack on anti-competitive behaviour. A few large companies dominate the development of new traits used in genetically modified (GM), according to a discussion paper released last

News, Oilseeds

Gmo Approval May Not Help U. S. Soy Shipments To EU

November 12, 2009

U. S. shipments of soybeans and soymeal to the European Union are unlikely to return to normal anytime soon, despite the EU expanding which varieties of biotech grain may enter the bloc, industry experts said Nov. 2. This summer, over 200,000 tonnes of soybean and soymeal were refused entry to EU ports, largely in Spain,

News

Blocking Biotech Feed Harms Farmers

October 22, 2009

The European Union’s farm chief urged governments to stop blocking imports of animal feed if it contains only traces of banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs), saying such policies harmed the meat sector. EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said EU countries should look at scientific evidence rather than emotions when deciding on authorizations for new

Crops, News

Manitoban Teaches Crop Adjusting In Ukraine

By Allan Dawson September 3, 2009

Some people golf or lie on the beach, but Doug Wilcox spent a week of his July vacation in Ukraine teaching would-be crop insurance adjusters. “My role was not just teaching the hands-on crop adjusting, but the science behind crop adjusting,” said Wilcox, manager of program development for Crop Insurance Products at the Manitoba Agricultural

News

In Brief… – for Aug. 27, 2009

August 27, 2009

U. S. herd liquidation begins: Struggling U. S. hog producers appear to be heeding pressure from lenders and have accelerated selling their sows to reduce herds and hopefully drive up hog and pork prices in 2010, livestock sources said Aug. 20. While the latest government data, which is two weeks old, shows sow liquidation still

Crops

Sippell Named CSTA President

By Csta Release August 6, 2009

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

Daily Network News

Canadian Cattle Association won’t back traceability changes

Farmers’ Almanac rescued from closure; fate of Canadian content unknown

Do More Ag to fund rural groups’ mental health workshops

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