CALGARY — Canada must strengthen its public and private funding for research and development of innovation in the agri-food industry if the sector is to remain competitive with rival exporting nations, warned an expert. Public funding for such innovation in Canada has fallen to seventh in the world at 0.046 percent of gross domestic product, […] Read more
Tag Archives Percy Schmeiser
Roundup Ready canola patent set to expire
The most controversial patent in all of agriculture will cease to exist next year. Bayer’s Roundup Ready canola patent expires on April 26, 2022. It was at the heart of a lengthy legal battle between Monsanto, which owned the patent before being acquired by Bayer in 2018, and Bruno, Sask., farmer Percy Schmeiser. The case […] Read more
Well-known Sask. farmer, Percy Schmeiser, dies
One of Canada’s most widely known farmers died Oct. 13 at the age of 89. Percy Schmeiser of Bruno, Sask., gained fame in the 1990s as the man who fought a prolonged legal battle against Monsanto over the use of one of its flagship products, Roundup Ready canola. Monsanto sued Schmeiser, claiming he had planted […] Read more
Percy and me
This isn’t a post about Percy Schmeiser, the real-life Bruno, Sask. farmer, and me, the Western Producer reporter. This is about Percy the Myth, now of Hollywood movie fame (played by Christopher Walken,) and me, the Western Producer reporter. I’ve never much engaged with the mythology of Percy, who became a cause celebre for anti-genetically […] Read more
New movie reopens old can of worms
Western Producer reporters and editors don’t usually spend a lot of time worrying about the movies — not at work, anyway. After all, they’re not, as you might say, in our wheelhouse. But the email wires were burning up last week as we tried to figure out how to handle a movie that is expected […] Read more
Percy Schmeiser – WP coverage
The following stories represent more than 23 years of the Western Producer’s coverage of Percy Schmeiser and his court case with Monsanto. The stories are in chronological order, with our most recent stories immediately below. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against Schmeiser on May 21, 2004. That story was on the cover of our […] Read more
