Western Producer
Viewpoint: Public’s support for Canadian neonicotinoid ban obscures bigger threats to bee health
On Aug. 15 .... Health Canada held a news conference to explain why it was banning neonicotinoid insecticides .... Health ...
Viewpoint: Rapid advance of gene editing tools will make biotech regulations obsolete
The case of the unapproved genetically modified wheat plants showing up alongside an oil well access road in Alberta is ...
Viewpoint: GMO wheat fiasco highlights weaknesses in Canada’s food regulation system
Canadian grain officials are confident that a visiting delegation from Japan will be satisfied that Canada’s wheat system does not ...
How did GMO wheat end up in a ditch in Canada? We may never know
It appears the public will never know how Monsanto’s Roundup Ready trait ended up in wheat plants discovered in Alberta ...
Canada to decide on neonicotinoid restrictions this summer
The fate of two neonicotinoid seed treatments, applied to almost all of the canola and corn seeds in Canada and ...
Are farmers the key to countering glyphosate fearmongering?
The public conversation around glyphosate is all flowing in one direction. A cluster of environmental campaigners, organic food activists and ...
Canadian plant scientists anxiously await word on how gene-edited crops will be regulated
Canadian breeders and seed technology companies are anxious about how regulators will handle new crops developed through gene editing. Gene ...
Viewpoint: Health Canada right to approve GMO Golden Rice as ‘safe for sale’
Health Canada’s decision to approve Golden Rice as safe for sale in Canada is the right move, despite complaints by ...
Neonicotinoid insecticide levels ‘well below’ those toxic to aquatic life in Canada, research shows
A study into the presence of neonicotinoids in Canadian waterways suggests a ban or restriction of neonicotinoid seed treatments is ...
Non-GMO herbicide-tolerant canola to be grown in Canada this year
Supporting modern agriculture while also selling into the market for non-genetically modified food seems like a contradiction. But an American ...
What non-farmers should know about the risks and benefits of herbicide-resistant GMO crops
Editor's note: Graham Scoles is a plant scientist at the University of Saskatchewan While engaging in an online debate around genetically ...
Cargill tries to balance science and its embrace of Non-GMO label
About 9 months ago Cargill sent out a tweet that unintentionally offended, and profoundly offended, thousands of North American farmers ...
Viewpoint: Preaching to the choir won’t win over GMO skeptics
Editor's note: Robert Arnason is an agriculture journalist. In 2017 I interviewed about 800 to 1,200 people about agriculture, agronomy, ...
Viewpoint: Challenges to glyphosate, neonic safety shows science under attack from ‘viral misinformation’
The news of scientific prejudice [in the decision by IARC stating that glyphosate was a likely carcinogen, on top of ...
Opinions on GMOs less swayed by facts as food becomes synonymous with religion
Personal food preferences aren’t really a rational choice. They’re more like an ideology that’s bordering on a religion. ... Gillian ...
Plant scientist: ‘Needless and expensive’ GMO crop regulations hurt less-developed countries
[Editor’s note: Graham Scoles is a plant science professor at the University of Saskatchewan.] About 30 years ago, Canada and other ...
Viewpoint: US Right to Know uses ‘big tobacco strategy’ to attack, discredit, scare academics
[Editor's note: Stuart Smyth is a professor in the University of
Saskatchewan’s agricultural and resource economics department and holds the ...
Canada delays neonicotinoid insecticide ban decision until at least December 2017
Health Canada won’t issue a final decision on whether it will ban imidacloprid [until at least December 2017], says a ...
Health Canada’s proposed ban of a neonicotinoid pesticide draws criticism
In November, Health Canada said that a nation-wide ban of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, was necessary because the chemical is ...
USDA: Organic corn and soy more profitable than conventional crops despite higher costs
Organic corn and soybean production is far more profitable than conventional, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture analysis. The ...
German food policy expert says supermarkets, not consumers, drive demand for GMO-free food
Contrary to what most North American farmers believe, finicky European food trends are not driven by consumer demand or ivory ...
Farmers’ view: NYT’s GMO analysis ignores environmental benefits of GMO crops
[Editor’s note: A recent article in the New York Times claims that GMO crops have not lived up to their promises ...
Organic meat, dairy dependent on loosely regulated imported feed
[F]eed for organically raised livestock is pouring into Canada and the United States from other countries. . . . ...
Is EU’s anti-GMO stance holding back developing countries?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Europe isn’t about to ...
Pending EU decision whether to regulate CRISPR gene editing as GMOs raises trade fears
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It appears the European ...
Mandatory GMO labeling bill introduced in Canadian Parliament
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An MP has tabled ...
Do GMO crops put more money in farmers’ pockets?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . .CBAN ...
Canadian Cancer Society gives green light to prudent use of glyphosate
The Canadian Cancer Society isn’t calling for a ban on glyphosate. The Society says it’s acceptable to use pesticides to ...
