Reading Time: < 1 minute staff |indianapolis Success for Dow AgroSciences depends on innovation, says Jim Wispinski, president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences Canada, headquartered in Calgary. According to Wispinski, who is also chair of CropLife Canada, Bill C-474, if passed, will discourage research. The bill proposes that a mandatory “analysis of potential harm to export markets be conducted before […] Read more
Dow Condemns Bill C-474 – for Oct. 11, 2010
Dow AgroSciences Pumped About Its Pipeline – for Oct. 11, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes STAFF |INDIANAPOLIS Dow AgroSciences has taken Albert Einstein’s observation – “in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” – to heart. Dow AgroSciences is pumped about the products it is developing to meeting growing world food demands from finite resources amidst a changing climate. There are 6.8 billion mouths to feed now; by 2050 there will […] Read more
U. S. Dairy Producer Survives Ups And Downs Of A Free Market – for Oct. 11, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes staff |whiteland, indiana Kelsay Dairy farm is big by Canadian standards, milking 450 or so cows, but in these parts it’s a model family farm. There’s an old hip roof barn and a couple old-fashioned silver-sided silos, which urbanites can take pictures of each October when the Kelsays open up their farm to city folk […] Read more
Manitoba’s lost-acres cheques in the mail
Cheques to compensate Manitoba farmers for crops lost or unseeded this spring due to excess moisture are on the way. About 900 cheques under the Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP) had been mailed as of Aug. 31, according to David Van Deynze, manager of claim services with the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC), which […] Read more
Syngenta invests in Canadian wheat – for Aug. 30, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes Syngenta, one of the world’s biggest seed and pesticide companies, is stepping up its commitment to developing new wheat varieties for Western Canada. Syngenta Canada announced July 27 it had appointed Jim Bagshaw to the new position of national seed-marketing manager for cereals “Globally, Syngenta has always been a world leader in the development of […] Read more
CFIA Says No Changes To Seed Service Without Consulting First – for Aug. 2, 2010
Reading Time: 3 minutes Seed growers are relieved the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) now wants to consult about its role in certifying pedigreed seed after declaring it was dropping field inspections in five years. “Whether it’s sober second thought on CFIA’s part or our press release, the message coming out of CFIA is a message we can live […] Read more
CFA Rejects NFU Presence At Meeting
Reading Time: 2 minutes “I’ve been at meetings for years where CFA people have been around and I may be forceful and make my points but I’m certainly not confrontational.” TERRY BOEHM The National Farmers Union (NFU) didn’t get to meet with provincial agriculture ministers last month because the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), which organized the event, said […] Read more
CWB, China Ink Wheat Agreement
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has been an important wheat customer for Canada over the years, but not so much recently as it strived for greater food self-sufficiency. But a memorandum of agreement signed July 3 in Shanghai between the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) will see a minimum of 500,000 […] Read more
Confusion Reigns Over Who Gets To Vote
Reading Time: 3 minutes “It certainly wasn’t what was intended from the panel report.” DAVID ROLFE If farmers are confused whether they’ll get a vote in Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections this fall, they aren’t alone. Media, farm organizations, and may be even the Minister of Agriculture, have been confused too. Ottawa tabled Bill C-27, the Canadian Wheat Board […] Read more
Michelle Obama’s ‘Kitchen Garden’ Changing Attitudes About Food
Reading Time: 3 minutes “In the single year since the groundbreaking, Mrs. Obama has caused a dramatic paradigm shift, and rapidly moved the national conversation about the relationship between food and health from the margins of public debate and straight into the mainstream.” EDDIE GEHMAN KOHAN OBAMA FOODORAMA BLOGGER When the First Lady broke ground for a garden on […] Read more
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