Canola
CRISPR-edited canola slated for 2021 field trials, moving crop closer to commercialization
Yield10 Bioscience....announced [August 17] that it has obtained a positive response from USDA-APHIS’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) for its CRISPR ...
Omega-3 GMO canola oil, poised to reduce overfishing, ready for sale into global aquaculture market
THE first commercial quantities of omega-3 oils grown from canola in the US by Nuseed are ready to sell into ...
Following neonicotinoid insecticide ban, UK canola growers ask government to cover crop losses from pest infestations
Since the ban on neonics, the UK area of oilseed rape has progressively fallen year on year. What’s more, following ...
Oil from GMO canola, high in omega-3 fatty acids, poised to hit US stores in mid-2020
A newly emerging omega-3 canola oil is set to be available in the market by the second quarter of 2020 ...
Viewpoint: How GMO herbicide-tolerant canola accelerated sustainable farming
Who would have fathomed how significant a day in March 1995 would become in the history of Canadian agriculture? On ...
GMO herbicide-tolerant canola increased Canadian farm profits $233 million, saved consumers $26 million
Many think that the developers of new technologies are the ones who gain virtually all of the benefits, with consumers ...
Podcast: How activists and politicians derailed South Australia’s attempt to embrace GMO crops
Activists in Australia are manipulating politicians with fear and doubt to restrict farmer choice ...
New gene-edited canola variety resists deadly disease, expected to drastically boost crop yields
Three new traits for canola, which can increase crop yields and reduce harmful environmental impacts, has been developed by Cibus, ...
Viewpoint: Ignore the internet food gurus—canola oil probably doesn’t cause Alzheimer’s disease
Food fads make me want to scream, cry, and hide in a cabin in the mountains. MSG is safe. And high ...
USDA: Dry weather, neonicotinoid insecticide ban caused ‘substantial decrease’ in EU rapeseed production
Rapeseed is the dominant oilseed produced in the EU making the EU one of the world’s leadingproducers of rapeseed and ...
UK farmers struggle to control ‘largely symptomless’ virus without neonicotinoid insecticides
A mild autumn and winter combined with a build-up in aphid numbers since the loss of neonicotinoid seed treatments has ...
Drought, neonicotinoid insecticide ban cut EU’s canola yields 18 percent, USDA reports
The European Union is picking a good time to produce its second straight subpar rapeseed crop. The United States Department ...
How Omega 3-fortified GMO canola can help save our oceans
In 2017, over 100,000 acres of canola was grown in Montana, according to the United States Department of Agriculture ...
GMO omega-3 canola cleared by USDA, on its way to consumers
Nuseed, a subsidiary of Nufarm, Ltd. of Australia, has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to start planting its ...
Exploring GMO canola as a cheap source of omega-3 fatty acid for farmed salmon
Something is amiss in the huge barley fields of Montana. Mini-planters punctuate a tiny canola patch an hours’ drive from ...
Costly delays: Australia’s sluggish adoption of GMO crops carries a hefty price tag
The nation lost out on $431 million in economic gains, while also missing a chance to cut greenhouse gas emissions ...
Australian anti-GM acitivists demand GMO labeling
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has approved 43 varieties of genetically modified canola, corn, potato, rice, soybean and sugarbeet for ...
Anti-GM activists win in Oregon: GE canola planting stopped
The Center for Food Safety, an anti-GM organization reports that the planting of GE canola in the Willamette Valley of ...
Year-long argument over GMO canola ends in Oregon
Attempting to end a years-long argument no one was winning, the Oregon Department of Agriculture decided to expand the areas ...
GM canola contamination leads to court showdown
Australia's system of organic certification will come under intense scrutiny when two neighbouring farmers do battle in the Western Australian ...
