A controversial French research paper suggesting that Roundup and Roundup Ready corn caused rats to develop tumours and die has officially been retracted. Elsevier, a global publisher of scientific journals, announced Nov. 28 that the study by Gilles Seralini was based on a small data set and no “definitive conclusions” could be made from the […] Read more
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Scientific journal retracts French research paper linking Roundup with cancer
Soybeans climb on U.S. export prospects, wheat rises
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Soybeans rose on Friday on strong export demand and higher soymeal prices, and Chicago wheat gained on concerns about Argentina’s wheat crop. Corn slipped as U.S. markets reopened for a shortened session after the Thanksgiving holiday. Demand for soybeans from overseas markets, especially from top importer China, has rallied […] Read more
Journal withdraws controversial French Monsanto GM study
LONDON (Reuters) — The publisher of a controversial and much-criticized study suggesting genetically modified corn caused tumours in rats has withdrawn the paper after a year-long investigation found it did not meet scientific standards. Reed Elsevier’s Food and Chemical Toxicology journal, which published the study by the French researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini in September 2012, said […] Read more
Amazone, coming to a country near you
GASTE, Germany — Amazone is not a common name in Canada, but the agricultural equipment company has plans to change that situation. The 130-year-old German company got its start in farm equipment by shipping its first product around the world, and that history has allowed it to pursue markets across the globe ever since. “But […] Read more
Video: Farmers get inside scoop as tractor torn to pieces
Agritechnica technicians dismantle machine
HANOVER, Germany — Working in a giant, German fishbowl, mech-anics tore a perfectly good tractor down to its parts. “Farmers love their machinery. They always want to know what goes on inside a piece of machinery,” farm equipment engineer Raffaele Talarico said about his project to show off what makes a modern tractor tick. “No […] Read more
Hybrids more suitable than electric vehicles for cold prairies
Mention cars and we typically think of fossil fuel powered vehicles: gasoline, diesel, propane or natural gas. Electric cars might seem like a recent invention, but more than a century ago, none other than Ferdinand Porsche developed a vehicle that used a gasoline engine to power a generator, which in turn ran an electric motor […] Read more
Arctic blast puts wheat crop at risk in U.S. Plains
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Frigid weather headed to the U.S. Plains states next week will push the young wheat crop into dormancy and cause damage if snow fails to blanket the crop before the arctic blast hits the region, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday. The potential risks of “winterkill” damage though eased from earlier in […] Read more
Argentina forecasts 2013-14 wheat harvest of 8.5 million tonnes
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentina expects a 2013-14 wheat crop of 8.5 million tonnes, up from 8.2 million tonnes in the previous crop year, agriculture minister Carlos Casamiquela told reporters on Thursday. The estimate is well below that of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which sees an Argentine wheat crop of 11 million tonnes this […] Read more
Wheat climbs, canola steady
January canola climbed as high as $497.30 on Wednesday on a weak loonie and early strong soybeans, but wound up closing slightly lower on profit taking and weaker soy meal and oil. January canola closed at $493, down 30 cents. Soybeans were up early on a strong cash market and exports, but then retreated on […] Read more
Bumper crop increases Saskatchewan’s gross domestic product
Saskatchewan’s record 2013 crop has pushed the province’s forecasted gross domestic product a full percentage point higher, according to the mid-year financial report released today. The 34.2 million tonne crop is 22 percent larger than the budget assumption. As a result, the GDP forecast of 2.6 percent climbs to 3.6 percent for the fiscal year. […] Read more
