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According to one report, DuPont Pioneer is using CRISPR technology to develop a corn hybrid with a higher wax content, due out in 2020.

Our CRISPR future

New technology promises to shove traditional GMO breeding aside, with huge gains for growers

By Ralph Pearce October 24, 2017

Reading Time: 7 minutes Where were you when… you heard of GPS or Bt corn for the first time? Both were seminal moments of the past 25 years in agriculture that have led to further innovation and advances, increasing growers’ efficiency and productivity at practically every step of the way. Now, CRISPR technology represents another of these seminal moments, […] Read more

Crops

Dow, DuPont wrap up merger

By Country Guide Staff September 2, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes With Dow Chemical and DuPont now officially a married couple, the two companies’ agriculture businesses are scheduled to clear out of the house within the next year and a half. As per the terms of the merger-of-equals deal they first announced in late 2015, the two companies’ separate shares ceased trading in New York Thursday […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

By Dominique Patton, Hallie Gu June 14, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters — China approved two new varieties of genetically modified (GMO) crops for import from Monday, after the world’s top buyer of GMO soybeans pledged to speed up a review of biotech products as part of a recent trade deal with the U.S. The approvals of new GMO imports follow an agreement on […] Read more

I can look at the business results every day,” says Bryce Eger, “but I have to be able to talk to the people to really know how we’re doing.” – Bryce Eger

Guide Business, News

A new leadership

When DuPont Pioneer tapped Bryce Eger as their new Canadian head, here’s the leadership style they were putting their money behind. Can it work on the farm too?

By Tom Button December 12, 2016

Reading Time: 7 minutes When Bryce Eger says, “Nobody has a textbook for this,” farmers across the country get it. Where Eger goes next, though, may be worth a pause. As farms rapidly get bigger and more sophisticated, the difference between running a farm versus running an ag business fades. Some might say it even begins to disappear, and […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

What’s new in soybean varieties for Eastern Canada in 2017?

Disease packages join newer herbicide-resistance technologies at the top of the value list

By Ralph Pearce November 1, 2016

Reading Time: 13 minutes Last year, the big news in soybean varieties could be summed up in one technological term: Xtend, which became part of the fall lineup for many of the seed companies. Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show was abuzz with talk about Xtend, with demonstration plots aplenty, and all sorts of signage promoting the new system’s platform, Roundup […] Read more

Chlorantraniliprole (Rynaxypyr) offers protection from wireworms (above) and suppression of seed corn maggot, plus control of black cutworms and armyworms.

Corn, Crops

New seed treatment in a different class

A new mode of action could help confound several pests in eastern Canadian corn

By Ralph Pearce October 31, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Corn growers across Eastern Canada looking for help against early-season insect pests such as wireworms, black cutworms and armyworms will likely have a new option for the 2017 growing season. The timing may be ideal, considering the frustration over new regulations governing the use of neonicotinoid-based seed treatments, which will further tighten for the coming […] Read more

For Marc-Andre Pilon and his wife Natalie, winning the “Seed for Life” contest means they can invest much of the seed budget on other things. (Ralph Pearce photo)

Corn, Crops, Soybeans

Quebec farmer wins ‘Seed for Life’

By Ralph Pearce October 9, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Farming continues to grow more complex, as costs vary for land, fuel, fertilizer, equipment, chemicals and seed, many of which can challenge a grower every year. But what if seed costs were greatly reduced — not just for one year, but for 25? The question of “What if?” no longer applies to Marc-Andre Pilon, who […] Read more

Corn, Crops

What’s new in corn hybrids

More and more hybrids specifically targeted at the West

By Ralph Pearce October 6, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes Across much of Western Canada, corn is using the impressive results of the last five years as a springboard to become a go-to crop on even more farms. So despite this year’s pricing worries, and despite all the talk of a potential over-supply of the crop, it’s a choice that more growers are loyal to. […] Read more

Julian Heath, research operations lead at the newly expanded Saskatoon facility, explains the Saskatoon plots to open-house guests. (Leeann Minogue photo)

Crops

DuPont Pioneer expands Saskatoon research facility

By Leeann Minogue July 17, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes DuPont Pioneer announced the expansion of its Saskatoon multi-crop research facility at an open house on Friday. The expanded facility will house breeding programs for canola, soybean and “ultra-early maturity” corn. “DuPont Pioneer is focused on developing early-maturing products, and high-yielding products for Canadian farmers,” said Bryce Eger, president of DuPont Pioneer Canada. DuPont Pioneer […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Chinese farmers illegally growing GMO corn, Greenpeace says

By Dominique Patton January 6, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters — Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified (GMO) corn in China’s northeast, said environmental non-profit Greenpeace on Wednesday, in a report that may generate further distrust of the government’s ability to ensure a safe food supply. Beijing has spent billions of dollars to develop GMO crops that it hopes will ensure food […] Read more

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: USDA predicts declines in planting intentions

Protein Industries Canada funds Saskatchewan pulse ingredient project

February canola crush up from 2025, StatCan reports

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