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Herbicide-resistant black-grass is costing English farmers $55 to $100 an acre in herbicide costs and if Canadian farmers aren’t careful they can expect similar problems with herbicide-resistant grass weeds, Gowan’s John Edmonds warned herbicide sellers last week.  photo: john edmonds, Gowan
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Old chemistry conscripted in battle with herbicide-resistant weeds

It’s an expensive fight in Europe that farmers here can expect to have if they don’t adjust first

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Avadex and Fortress are old soil-applied, pre-emergence herbicides with a new purpose — helping delay the onset of herbicide-resistant weeds. And fall is the right time to apply both, herbicide retailers were told at a meeting here Sept. 22 held by Gowan Canada. Manitoba already has some herbicide-resistant weeds, including glyphosate- and Group 2-resistant kochia
The Mediterranean fruit fly damages 300 types of cultivated and wild fruits, vegetables and nuts worldwide.  Photo: USDA
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Population control — just let the males take over

Unlike sterilized males, GM versions are good 
performers but run out of females

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Scientists at the University of East Anglia and Oxitec Ltd. in the U.K. say they have a new way to control a damaging crop pest — release males genetically engineered to father only male offspring. The scientists conducted greenhouse research with the Mediterranean fruit fly, which damages 300 types of cultivated and wild fruits, vegetables
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Successful first year for “Build a Better World” campaign

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Co-operative supporters climbed mountains, shaved their heads, and pulled out their chequebooks to help raise funds for the Co-operative Development Foundation’s first year of Build a Better World campaign. “We are delighted with the way that co-operatives, credit unions, and individual donors have responded to the campaign,” said board chair Michael Barrett. “We can credit
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Nuffield Scholar Showed Leadership Qualities From An Early Age

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Northeastern Alberta farmer Léona Dargis is one of three winners chosen from a field of 60 applicants for the 2011 Nuffield Canada scholarships. “This is the next step,” says Dargis, who has an agribusiness degree, worked as a John Deere farm management consultant, and plans to be a farm finance consultant. The Nuffield organization looks
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In Brief… – for Jun. 18, 2009

Ag Growth’s gone corporate: Winnipeg-based Ag Growth, owner of grain-handling equipment makers including Rosenort auger firm Westfield Industries, has wrapped up its conversion from an income trust to a publicly traded corporation. The common shares of what will be named “Ag Growth International Inc.” were expected to begin trading on the TSX around about June
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Co-Op Model Suits Produce Growers

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“Criticisms and comments come back from our customers, so we can improve and be better at what we do” Farming can be a lonely and difficult occupation, and a group of vegetable producers has found that working together can reduce risk and help to better serve their customers. The Innisfail Growers, a group of five

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