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Canola pods infected with sclerotinia.
Canola, Features

Pioneer levels up against sclerotinia

Corteva’s new canola hybrid delivers fungicide-equivalent protection

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Fungicide-equivalent protection against sclerotinia has long been an elusive target for canola breeders — but Pioneer appears to have cracked the code. The Corteva-owned seed brand released its P617SL hybrid commercially in 2024, and the company says its trial data backs up the fungicide-equivalent claim. While the Canola Council of Canada can’t speak to specific […] Read more
P74691PCE, a new corn hybrid from Pioneer Seed
Corn, Corn Production Guide, Guides

New corn hybrids for 2025

27 new offerings for Prairie farmers

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There are lots of new corn hybrids in the offing for producers in Western Canada next year. Corteva, DeKalb, Proven Seed, Maizex, NorthStar Genetics, Syngenta and Thunder Seed are all releasing new corn options for the coming growing season. Please note: the following list includes only brand new hybrid releases for 2025. Corteva: Pioneer Seed […] Read more
Close-up file photo of an alfalfa plant in a Canadian field. (Jennifer Seeman/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Forages

DLF buys Corteva’s alfalfa seed business

Business to be 'fully transitioned' after 2024 season

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International forage and turf seed firm DLF is stretching its reach in the alfalfa market with a deal for Corteva Agriscience’s assets in that business. The Danish firm announced Wednesday it had acquired Corteva’s global alfalfa germplasm and breeding program for an undisclosed sum, including its current commercial alfalfa varieties and their trademarks such as […] Read more
A Richardson Pioneer grain elevator in Saskatchewan on July 28, 2017. (Scott Prokop Photography/CNW Group/Richardson International)
Crops

Richardson building new southwestern Saskatchewan elevator

On-site crop inputs facility to follow

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Winnipeg grain firm Richardson International has started work on a new high-throughput grain elevator in southwestern Saskatchewan, to be bookended by smaller elevators it already operates in the region. The company said Monday it began construction work earlier this month at Carmichael, about 65 km southwest of Swift Current, about three km south of the […] Read more
DowDuPont announced Corteva as the name for its merged agribusiness in February 2018, ahead of its planned June 2019 spinoff. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Crops

Corteva cleared for spinoff

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The combined agriculture businesses of Dow Chemical and DuPont have cleared the last of their regulatory hurdles to go ahead with their formal June 1 spinoff. The Delaware-based agribusiness, under the name Corteva, Inc., is scheduled to begin “when-issued” trading on the NYSE on May 24, and “regular way” trading on June 3, under the […] Read more
Like the soybeans in this photo, most of the new varieties hitting the market for 2015 have the RR2 gene.
Crops, Soybeans

New soybean varieties for 2016

There will be nine new Roundup Ready soybean varieties on the market next spring

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All but one of the nine new soybean varieties hitting the market for the first time in 2016 have one thing in common: their genes. Eight of the new varieties use the Roundup Ready 2 gene. Brett Young Notus R2 Notus R2 is a new early-maturing soybean from Elite. At 2300 CHU it fits well […] Read more
Crops

Richardson to replace Dauphin elevator

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Richardson International has budgeted over $20 million to bring down the old and build the new at its grain elevator site at Dauphin, Man. The privately-held Winnipeg grain firm announced Thursday it will build a new Dauphin high-throughput elevator with 10,000 tonnes of storage capacity, linking into the site’s current steel bin storage space, bringing […] Read more
bottles of soybean oil
Crops, Features, Soybeans

High oleic soybeans look for market share

U.S. farmers planting high-oleic soybeans have their sights set on the canola market

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The brochure for this type of soybeans would catch any Prairie farmer’s eye: “With high oleic soybeans, you can take back the market share you lost to canola and other crops.” It’s not meant for us — it’s for U.S. soybean growers. Jay Myers, United Soybean Board director from Colfax, North Dakota said, “I don’t […] Read more

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