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Syngenta tests investor support for Monsanto opposition

By Ludwig Burger, Oliver Hirt June 23, 2015

Zurich/Frankfurt | Reuters — Syngenta will sound out shareholders in the coming days for their views on the Swiss crop chemicals maker’s opposition to rival Monsanto’s US$45 billion takeover approach. Any takeover offer needs to be at a fair price and provide a high degree of certainty that it will clear regulatory hurdles, Syngenta chairman […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

WHO agency says insecticides lindane, DDT linked to cancer

By Kate Kelland June 23, 2015

London | Reuters — The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) also said that DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) probably causes cancer, with scientific […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canada ratifies UPOV ’91 seed treaty

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 22, 2015

Canadian crop commodity groups are hailing the federal government’s move to ratify Canada’s participation in the international UPOV ’91 treaty as a signal the country is “open for national and international investment.” Canada’s representatives to the World Trade Organization, on Friday in Geneva, deposited the government’s “instrument of ratification” for the 1991 Act of the […] Read more

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Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins keep dropping

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 22, 2015

CNS Canada — Canola crush margins remain in free-fall as canola seed becomes more and more expensive relative to the product values. “They’re not deteriorating, they’re flat-out disintegrating,” said a canola trader, pointing to the $20 drop over the past week alone. Crush levels have only been lower than they are now a couple times […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Weather

Patchy canola points to smaller crop, harvest dilemma

By Rod Nickel June 22, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canola crops are rising across the Prairies like bad haircuts, reflecting multiple plantings and growth stages during a spring of frost and dry conditions. The most uneven canola crop in roughly a decade, according to provincial oilseed specialist Murray Hartman at Lacombe, Alta., points to lower yields in the world’s top […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

By Carey Gillam June 22, 2015

Reuters — Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses asked the U.S. government on Monday for tighter regulation of genetically engineered crops, calling the current system a “failure.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it was considering changes to the way it regulates biotech crops and set a public comment period that expired […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

By Julie Ingwersen June 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Monday on concerns about tightening old-crop supplies and excessive rains trimming new-crop yield prospects, traders said. Wheat and corn also rose. At the Chicago Board of Trade, the July soybean contract settled up 18 cents at $9.89-1/2 per bushel after reaching $9.90, […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

By Jade Markus June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Fababeans are increasing in popularity across the Prairies, but much like other crops in Alberta and Saskatchewan, dry weather is taking its toll — and if it continues, yield could be impacted. Fababeans require a lot of moisture to produce well, according to Dale Risula, a Saskatchewan provincial specialist for special crops […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 19, 2015

CNS Canada –– Dry conditions causing production concerns across large areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan are certainly bad for the crops, but the weather could prove ideal for grasshoppers. Grasshopper forecast maps put out over the winter were not initially all that bad for Alberta and Saskatchewan, given the conditions in 2014, but weather in […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

By Dave Sims June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the province’s south. Stripe rust and leaf rust appear to have blown in from the United States. Pam de Rocquigny of Manitoba’s agriculture department said the […] Read more

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Syngenta tests investor support for Monsanto opposition

WHO agency says insecticides lindane, DDT linked to cancer

Canada ratifies UPOV ’91 seed treaty

Canola crush margins keep dropping

Patchy canola points to smaller crop, harvest dilemma

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters

Dryness stalls Sask., Alta. fababeans

Prairies’ dry fields good, if you’re a grasshopper

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

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