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At the company’s Chatham, Ont. research farm, Bayer agronomic systems manager Adam Pfeffer shows a plot of XtendFlex herbicide-tolerant soybeans, comparing an untreated check strip infested with redroot pigweed against a herbicide-treated strip. (Bayer Crop Science video screengrab via YouTube)

Triple-herbicide-tolerant soybean set for limited 2021 release

Bayer's XtendFlex soybeans pick up needed approvals

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 30, 2021

Bayer Crop Science expects to have “a small volume” of its new XtendFlex soybeans in the Canadian seed market for the 2021 growing season. XtendFlex soybeans, whose trait package is stacked with herbicide tolerance for glyphosate and dicamba as well as glufosinate, will be available in Canada for planting this spring, but not in all […] Read more

File photo of a Chinese cornfield. (Baona/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

China to approve further domestic GMO corn, soy crop varieties

By GFM Network News January 12, 2021

Beijing | Reuters — China said on Monday it was set to approve the safety of another genetically modified (GMO) corn variety and a GMO soybean, both produced by Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co. Ltd. The move comes after China last year approved three domestically designed GMO crops as safe, the first in a decade, […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Consider herbicide-resistance traits when choosing canola varieties

Q & A with an expert

By Derek Flad January 11, 2021

[UPDATED: Jan. 14, 2021] Q: Should weed populations in my field affect my canola decision? A: When selecting canola varieties for your operation in 2021, yield potential and pod integrity are front of mind. However, different varieties utilize different herbicide-resistance traits, and this, too, should be considered. Canola varieties utilizing glufosinate (LibertyLink or LL), glyphosate […] Read more

A cornfield in Mexico’s Chihuahua state. (Undefined undefined/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO corn

Country's organic growers welcome ban

By GFM Network News January 4, 2021

Monterrey, Mexico | Reuters — Mexico’s main agricultural lobby on Saturday criticized the government’s decision to ban genetically modified corn, while organic growers hailed the move that should protect smaller farmers. Mexico will “revoke and refrain from granting permits for the release of genetically modified corn seeds into the environment,” stated a decree issued Thursday […] Read more

Reuters

France to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkiller

By GFM Network News December 7, 2020

Paris | Reuters – France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron said he had failed with efforts to ban use of the weedkiller by 2021. Glyphosate, first developed by Bayer’s Monsanto under the Roundup brand, has generated intense global […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

“Advanced” doesn’t always mean better for weed control

A lesson on reading labels and looking for treasure

By Lee Hart October 12, 2020

Boy I thought I had stumbled upon the greatest weed control product in the world. Well, at least for a few minutes it was good … it was great, actually. Like most farmers, it is important to me to find a herbicide that works. I’m looking for the three “E”s — easy to apply, effective […] Read more

Monarch butterflies hibernating in Mexico on fir trees.

Columns, Crops

Glyphosate gets off the butterfly hook

An example of a blatant effort to find a pesticide scapegoat

By Ieuan Evans October 8, 2020

When I lived in Ontario in the early seventies, monarch butterflies were a common sight in the Guelph area, especially in late September. I would be coaching rugby on the University of Guelph rugby field late in the day and I would see hundreds of monarch butterflies heading south over the playing field at a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer resolves more U.S. Roundup cases

Judge keeps pause on litigation

By GFM Network News September 24, 2020

Reuters — Attorneys for Bayer and U.S. consumers suing the company over allegations its Roundup herbicide caused cancer told a judge on Thursday they are continuing to resolve thousands more U.S. cases, improving prospects for its US$11 billion deal to end the litigation. The hearing was a contrast to the contentious tone among the parties […] Read more

Ross Wetmore. (Video screengrab from NBPCCaucus via YouTube)

Crops

New Brunswick returns ag minister, ag critic in election

Liberals' former ag minister among casualties

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 15, 2020

New Brunswick’s incumbent agriculture minister and opposition ag critic are among those returning to the legislative assembly as the provincial Tories locked in a governing majority. As of 9 p.m. CT Monday, incumbent Premier Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservatives, who went into the vote with a 22-seat minority government, were elected in 27 of 49 ridings. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Mexico to phase out use of glyphosate

Farmers to have until 2024 to phase out herbicide

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 13, 2020

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product. Acknowledging differences between his agriculture and environment ministries over the herbicide, which is used in […] Read more

GFM Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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