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Nobel Prizes, funded through the last will of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel, have been issued since 1901 to honour outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature, and for work in peace. (Pi Frisk photo copyright Nobel Media AB, 2015)

Nobel laureates urge Greenpeace to stop opposing GMOs

By GFM Network News June 30, 2016

Washington | Reuters — More than 100 Nobel laureates called on the international environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday to end its opposition to genetically modified crops, saying there is a scientific consensus they are safe and can benefit society. At a news conference, the scientists cited in particular the value of a genetically modified rice […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Crop development good to excellent, some disease and flooding reported

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending June 27

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 30, 2016

The majority of crops are in good to excellent condition and at their normal stage of development, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Due to favourable growing conditions, 27 per cent of the spring wheat, 43 per cent of the durum, 26 per cent of the canola, 41 per cent of the lentils, 38 […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Sluggish demand, ample supplies eat into Lethbridge feed prices

By GFM Network News June 30, 2016

CNS Canada — Lethbridge feed wheat and barley prices have dropped after a muted spring rally — and they’re likely to stay low throughout the summer, market participants say. “They have a weak tone to them. I think a lot of it is lacklustre demand domestically,” said Allen Pirness, trader at Market Place Commodities in […] Read more

Eastern Ontario, parts of the Near North and a region bounded by Essex to Niagara are the worst hit by excessive dryness. (Map courtesy Weather INnovations)

Crops, Weather

Pearce: Precipitation maps have Ontario farmers seeing red

By Ralph Pearce, GFM Network News June 29, 2016

It’s official: Spring 2016 will go down as an excessively dry season for Ontario growers — and most hope the summer will be considerably wetter. Last week, we cited reports of stressed-but-surviving corn and soybean crops in midwestern Ontario, which had received spotty showers early in the week. The crops were showing signs of drought-stress […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

By GFM Network News June 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto is in talks with Bayer and other companies regarding “alternative strategic options,” a month after it rejected the German company’s US$62 billion takeover offer, the U.S. seed producer said on Wednesday. Monsanto’s options include combinations with other companies and businesses in the sector beyond Bayer. Potential deals could involve BASF […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Severe weather causing problems for Manitoba crops

By GFM Network News June 27, 2016

CNS Canada — Manitoba was pummelled over the weekend with heavy rains, winds and even hail in some areas, leaving various crops around the province a little beat up. “It’s a little too early to say what the final impact will be, but crops that saw that severe weather system did see some crop damage,” […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

By GFM Network News June 25, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto’s Roundup and similar herbicides to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue next week. With most EU attention focused on Britain’s shock decision to quit the bloc, everyday work continued in […] Read more

Crops, Markets

More canola and pulses, less wheat expected in Canada

By GFM Network News June 24, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers likely seeded more canola and pulse acres than originally thought this spring, but less wheat, according to average trade estimates ahead of Statistics Canada’s next official survey results due out June 29. Poor returns per acre and frustrations over grading issues had some farmers backing away on wheat, said Jerry […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Weather, soil moisture and crops

Your definition of drought will depend on the amount of subsoil in your fields

By Les Henry June 23, 2016

My 2016 barley crop was seeded May 8 into excellent moisture at a depth of 1.0 to 1.5 inches — a bit deeper in some soft sloughs. Up to the date of seeding there had been essentially no spring rains. A May 4 burn off with 2,4-D + Glyphosate took care of the volunteer canola […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Bayer crop unit apologizes to farmers after Twitter gaffe

By GFM Network News June 20, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Bayer AG’s crop science division apologized on Monday for a tweet that suggested reduced meat demand could benefit the environment, in a bid to appease outraged farmers who buy the company’s seeds and chemicals. The tweet, published on the official Bayer CropScience (@Bayer4crops) account on Sunday, linked to a Vox.com article […] Read more

Daily Network News

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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