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EU countries fail to agree on extending glyphosate approval

Current approval expires Dec. 15

By GFM Network News October 14, 2023

Brussels | Reuters — European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup herbicide. A “qualified majority” of 15 countries representing at least 65 per cent of the bloc’s population had been […] Read more

Stuart Smyth says his research study illustrates how glyphosate and herbicide-tolerant canola have helped to boost sustainability on Saskatchewan farms by facilitating a shift to no-till systems.

Features

Study shows glyphosate, no-till systems and herbicide-tolerant crops benefit Prairie agriculture

Benefits include improved soil quality, less erosion, increased carbon sequestration, and reduced fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions

By Mark Halsall September 19, 2023

Glyphosate is Canada’s top-selling pesticide, mostly used in agriculture as a herbicide and to desiccate crops for harvest. While it has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, glyphosate continues to play an important weed management role on many western Canadian farms. A study by University of Saskatchewan researchers suggests glyphosate has served another important […] Read more

File photo of a cornfield in Mexico. (Roberto Cabrera/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

U.S. escalates Mexico corn trade spat with dispute panel request

Canada 'considering its next steps'

By GFM Network News August 17, 2023

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Thursday escalated its objections to Mexico’s curbs on genetically modified corn imports, requesting a dispute settlement panel under the North American trade pact, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. The request to send the dispute to arbitrators was announced after formal consultations failed to resolve deep divisions […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Bayer slashes outlook as glyphosate demand weakens further

Analysts say dry weather conditions hurt farmers' demand for seeds and pesticides

By GFM Network News July 25, 2023

Reuters – Further deterioration in demand for glyphosate-based weed killers led Bayer BAYGn.DE to cut its full-year earnings outlook and announce a 2.5 billion euro ($2.8 billion USD) write-down on glyphosate-related assets. In an unscheduled statement late on Monday, the German drugs and pesticides maker said it was projecting 2023 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation […] Read more

Crops

Feds lift ‘pause’ on increases in crop chemical MRLs

New set of rules also calls for 'cosmetic' pesticide use to be banned on federal lands

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 23, 2023

Proposals to increase a crop chemical’s maximum residue limits (MRLs) on foods and food crops in Canada can again seek federal approval, after being put on temporary hold two years ago. Among several other changes, a planned new package of federal regulatory amendments will put a gradual end to a “pause” imposed in August 2021 […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer settles with New York over Roundup safety claims

Company blocked from advertising product as non-toxic

By GFM Network News June 15, 2023

New York | Reuters — Bayer agreed on Thursday to pay US$6.9 million to settle claims by New York Attorney General Letitia James that it misled consumers by advertising Roundup, which has been linked to cancer, as environmentally safe. The settlement resolves accusations that Bayer and its Monsanto unit failed to substantiate their repeated claims […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

French court bans sale of two Touchdown glyphosates

Court cites lack of analysis of effects on wildlife

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 16, 2023

Paris | Reuters — A French court has banned the sale of two glyphosate-based herbicides produced by Swiss chemical group Syngenta because of a lack of analysis on the chemical’s potential harm to some wildlife. “The decision on Sept. 30, 2020 by French health security agency ANSES to renew the marketing authorization for the chemical […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Mexico opens door for GM corn in feed, industrial uses

U.S. 'disappointed' in Mexico's new decree

By GFM Network News February 15, 2023

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico on Monday scrapped a deadline to ban genetically modified corn for animal feed and industrial use amid trade tensions with the United States — but retained plans to prohibit use of the GM grain for human consumption, as well as the herbicide glyphosate. The move, approved in a government […] Read more

Around 20 per cent of Mexico’s corn imports from the U.S. are white corn, used to make food products such as tortillas. (Bhofack2/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

U.S. lawmakers call for action over Mexico’s GM corn ban

Mexico says it's working on revisions

By GFM Network News December 12, 2022

Mexico City | Reuters — A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers called on Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday to start consultations under the Canada-U.S.Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA) over Mexico’s ban on genetically modified (GM) corn and the herbicide glyphosate. The letter signed by 24 members of Congress and led by Republican Representative Adrian Smith […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Mexico to rework decree on GM corn, economy minister says

GM corn, glyphosate bans now due to take effect in 2024

By GFM Network News December 8, 2022

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico has offered to extend a deadline to ban genetically modified (GM) corn until 2025 and is working on a proposal to overhaul its plan, Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro said on Wednesday. Buenrostro said President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had told the U.S. Mexico could delay the contentious GM corn […] Read more

Klassen: Feeder market slips off record highs

China trade envoy meets US Midwest delegation as agriculture exports loom large in talks

Wildfire smoke helped counter extreme heat, benefitting this year’s canola crop

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