Argentina's ministry of agriculture has granted approval of a genetically modified trait for wheat. Bioceres announced on Thursday that its HB4 wheat "event" has been approved for growth and consumption, making Argentina the first country to approve HB4 drought tolerance technology for wheat. The regulatory clearance follows the approval of HB4 soybean, which has been... Read More
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Lactanet Canada has launched DairyTrace, the new national dairy cattle traceability program for dairy farmers in Canada. Lactanet Canada was recognized in June by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) as the nationally responsible administrator for traceability of dairy bovine animals. Under federal regulations and/or proAction requirements, everyone who owns or has the possession, care... Read More
Ten cooperative members of Grains Québec Agriculture are joining forces with Sollio Agriculture in a limited partnership to form Sollio & Grains Québec. With projections of more than 2 million tons of grain marketed annually, Sollio & Grains Québec will be the largest buyer of grain from producers in Québec. Before this partnership, each co-op... Read More
Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) is moving to all virtual programs for 2020, and will deliver a multi-breed cattle show series in Canada. The Evolution Series, presented by RBC and supported by the Canadian Beef Breeds Council, will feature 11 breeds with Grand Champion Bulls and Females from each breed competing for the Evolution Series Supreme... Read More
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) has made the decision to cancel its 50th anniversary convention. The convention was scheduled for November 24 and 25, 2020, in Regina, Sask. President Gunter Jochum says going forward with the convention wouldn't be following health and safety regulations that are in place across the provinces. "We determined... Read More
Four out of five seed industry groups that have been in discussions to amalgamate say they're planning to go ahead with forming the national seed industry group without the Canadian Seed Growers Association. Pending approval from each of their members, they say Seeds Canada could be up and running as soon as February 2021. Five... Read More
The U.S. Canola Association (USCA) has written a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump asking that he encourage the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish "pathways for renewable diesel derived from canola oil to generate Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) as 'advanced biofuel' under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program." The letter, dated September 30, 2020,... Read More
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer has released a preliminary review of the federal government's five superclusters, originally rolled out in 2018. The premise of the supercluster program was set out in the 2017 federal budget, where $918 million of government funds would be doled out over five years for five innovation clusters. The... Read More
Syngenta announced the acquisition of Valagro, an Italian biological crop input company, on Tuesday. The deal will boost Syngenta's presence in the growing biologicals market, which some have predicted could nearly double in size over the next five years. "We are looking forward to welcoming the Valagro team to Syngenta Group," says Erik Fyrwald, CEO... Read More
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has officially opened its $42.8 million fertilizer terminal located near Grassy Lake, Alta. Construction on the facility was announced in February of 2019, and the terminal began receiving product in June of this year. The new terminal warehouses, blends, and distributes a full suite of crop nutrition products including liquid micronutrients... Read More