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MONSANTO'S DOMINANCE DRAWS ANTITRUST INQUIRY
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
From the Washington PostThe vast majority of the nation's two primary crops grow from seeds genetically altered according to Monsanto company patents.
Ninety-three percent of soybeans. Eighty percent of corn.
The seeds represent "probably the most revolutionary event in grain crops over the last 30 years," said Geno Lowe, a Salisbury, Md., soybean farmer.
But for farmers such as Lowe, prices of the Monsanto-patented seeds have steadily increased, roughly doubling during the past decade, to about $50 for a 50-pound bag of soybean seed, according to seed dealers.
The revolution, and Monsanto's dominant role in the nation's agriculture, has not unfolded without complaint. Farmers have decried the price increases, and competitors say the company has ruthlessly stifled competition.
Now Monsanto -- like IBM and Google -- has drawn scrutiny from U.S. antitrust investigators, who under the Obama administration have looked more skeptically at the actions of dominant firms.
During the Bush administration, the Justice Department did not file a single case under antimonopoly laws regulating a dominant firm. But that stretch seems unlikely to continue.
This year, the Obama Justice Department tossed out the antitrust guidelines of its predecessor because they advocated "extreme hesitancy in the face of potential abuses by monopoly firms."
Monsanto says it has done nothing wrong.
"Farmers choose these products because of the value they deliver on farm," Monsanto said in a statement. "Given the phenomenally broad adoption of these technologies by farmers, such questions are normal and to be expected."
"During the same period, our competitors . . . largely ignored biotech," the company said in a statement. "Monsanto took risks our competition chose not to take."
Although farmers have grumbled about Monsanto's regular price increases for Roundup Ready technology for seeds, it is DuPont, a Monsanto rival, that has pressed the antitrust case.
Farmers and seed companies "are afraid to speak in public, worried that they will become victims of retaliation," Thomas L. Sager, DuPont senior vice president and general counsel, said in a statement. "That's why it's so important that antitrust investigators move quickly -- to learn the truth before even more harm is done to America's farmers."
In court papers, DuPont argues that Monsanto has used the dominance of the Roundup Ready brand to prevent competitors from bringing innovations to market.
Several farmers said the cost of Roundup Ready seeds seemed to rise faster than their own margins. But that doesn't mean, at least just yet, that they'll stop using them.
"Everybody likes Roundup Ready," said William Layton, a grain farmer on the Eastern Shore.
"Maybe it costs a little more than we like. But everybody's going to keep using it."
CASH FOR FARMING THE RIGHT WAY
11/26/09
From DTN
Jaran Rundahl and his sons David and John sold carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange based on practices they use on their Wisconsin farm. (DTN/The Progressive Farmer photo by Steve Woit)COON VALLEY, Wis. (DTN) -- Jaran Rundahl and his two sons make a little extra money from farming near here by doing what they normally do: helping the environment. They've sold credits on a national market based on the amount of carbon their no-till operation doesn't emit into the atmosphere.
After the 2007 season, the operation received about $11,000 via the Chicago Climate Exchange based on a going rate for carbon of more than $3 per metric ton. The Rundahls had qualified more than 2,700 acres to be eligible for the program, which requires no-till or conservation tillage be used on row crops.
The credits they received then were purchased via the exchange by utilities, manufacturers or companies whose emissions were above prescribed limits. The credits allow those companies to offset their violations and encourage more climate-friendly practices.
NO GUARANTEES
Unfortunately, this market, which is largely voluntary, tanked in 2008 based largely on the global economic collapse. Companies were shutting down and laying off workers, so they generally had less need to mitigate emissions.
As a result, the Rundahls haven't received any payment for 2008 (normally due in the summer). In the fall of 2008, instead of credits trading for several dollars per metric ton, they were trading for less than 70 cents per metric ton.
For the Rundahls, no-till has helped make their soil richer while saving money previously spent on tillage.
"This system helps our farm," says Rundahl. "And if it can benefit some industry whose emissions we're helping to clean up, then fine."
WAITING ON LEGISLATION
While the economic downturn may have depressed the climate exchange, there is another reason market activity has declined, according to Jerry Hatfield, director of the National Soil Tilth Laboratory located on the campus of Iowa State University.
"The whole infrastructure is kind of sitting in limbo, waiting on the uncertainty of a cap-and-trade bill," says Hatfield, referring to controversial proposed legislation that literally would cap industry emissions at certain levels. Under this proposed legislation, once those limits are exceeded, a business would be forced to trade for carbon credits to mitigate the violations.
"As talk of a mandatory cap-and-trade program has progressed, the voluntary program has dried up," says Terry Davis, a Roseville, Ill., farmer who has contracted 500 acres worth of carbon credits through 2012.
"(No industry) wants to be creating a smaller carbon footprint upfront now that it might reduce their cap under a new law down the road," says Davis. There is no incentive at the moment to purchase carbon credits.
Davis received carbon credit payments in 2008 for nearly $1,500. Payments have ranged from $1.50 per metric ton of carbon dioxide to $4.50. It is estimated that conservation tillage sequesters 1/2 to 1 metric ton of carbon per acre annually.
Unfortunately, Davis' contract doesn't allow him to lock in a particular carbon credit price for the life of the five-year contract. The payment amount is determined each year based on a formula.
The market for trading carbon credits likely would grow many times its present size if new legislation becomes law, according to Davis and others. Farmers could see the value of carbon credits increase to $20 per metric ton or more.
That's not the only benefit coming down the road, according to Hatfield. Even more harmful to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide is nitrous oxide, which is related to the use of fertilizers. New slow-release fertilizer materials might be able to save producers money by decreasing the amount of fertilizer needed per acre by 20 to 30 pounds.
All told, these reductions in carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions not only will cut costs for producers, but also will be marketable as credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange.
"The total of these credits conceivably could be as much as $60 per acre," says Hatfield. "Now we're talking real money." He assumes a carbon equivalent credit might eventually be worth $20 per metric ton and producers could receive credits worth 1 ton per acre using conservation tillage and 2 tons per acre through nitrous oxide reductions.
A MAJOR ROLE
Agriculture provides a "low-cost option" in terms of ways that man-made industrial emissions can be mitigated, says Chuck Rice, a soil scientist at Kansas State University who has studied the carbon-nitrogen cycle in agriculture for nearly 30 years.
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning U.N. International Panel on Climate Change (on which Hatfield and Rice served) found that more efficient agricultural practices can offset about 15 percent of total carbon emissions worldwide. Only increased energy efficiency in building and home construction has more potential impact.
"Agriculture needs to be part of the portfolio to reduce carbon under a cap-and-trade policy," says Rice. "Even if climate change predictions are off, increased carbon in the soil has multiple societal benefits."
No-till practices help reduce the effect on crops in very dry and very wet years, according to Rice. Climate change patterns indicate that increased variability will become more the norm; no-till practices and more organic matter in the soil mitigate that variability, he says.
Illinois' Davis sees those benefits. "I didn't look at carbon sequestration as a way for me to generate a second income," he says. "I look at it as an opportunity to make agriculture more sustainable."
INSECT RESISTANCE TO BT CROPS CAN BE PREDICTED, MONITORED, AND MANAGED
11/24/09
From Entomological Society of America
Since 1996, crop plants genetically modified to produce bacterial proteins that are toxic to certain insects, yet safe for people, have been planted on more than 200 million hectares worldwide. The popularity of these Bt crops, named after the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, comes from their ability to kill some major pests, allowing farmers to save money and lessen environmental impacts by reducing insecticide sprays.
However, since insects can evolve resistance to toxins, strategies must be implemented to ensure that Bt crops remain effective. A new study published in the December issue of Journal of Economic Entomology entitled “Field-Evolved Insect Resistance to Bt Crops: Definition, Theory, and Data” (http://www.entsoc.org/btcrops.pdf) analyzes insect resistance data from five continents, as reported in 41 studies, and concludes that existing theories and strategies can be used to predict, monitor, and manage insect resistance to Bt crops.
According to lead author Dr. Bruce E. Tabashnik, “Resistance is not something to be afraid of, but something that we expect and can manage if we understand it. Dozens of studies monitoring how pests have responded to Bt crops have created a treasure trove of data showing that resistance has emerged in a few pest populations, but not in most others. By systematically analyzing the extensive data, we can learn what accelerates resistance and what delays it. With this knowledge, we can more effectively predict and thwart pest resistance.”
Among the authors’ conclusions are:
· The refuge strategy (growing non-Bt crops near the Bt crops) can slow the evolution of insect resistance by increasing the chances of resistant insects mating with non-resistant ones, resulting in non-resistant offspring.
· Crops that are “pyramided” to incorporate two or more Bt toxins are more effective at controlling insect resistance when they are used independently from crops that contain only one Bt toxin.
· Resistance monitoring can be especially effective when insects collected from the field include survivors from Bt crops.
· DNA screening can complement traditional methods for monitoring resistance, such as exposing insects to toxins in the lab.
· Despite a few documented cases of field-evolved resistance to the Bt toxins in transgenic crops, most insect pest populations are still susceptible.
With Bt crop acreage increasing worldwide, incorporating enhanced understanding of observed patterns of field-evolved resistance into future resistance management strategies can help to minimize the drawbacks and maximize the benefits of current and future generations of transgenic crops.
LAND USE IN ORGANIC FARMS 'TOO HIGH'
11/30/09
From the New Zealand Herald
Organic farmers will need to shrink their land use if they are to conquer the mass market, says a Swiss expert.
The director of Europe's largest centre for organic farming research, Dr Urs Niggli, said that life-cycle assessments had shown organic agriculture had the edge over conventional farming when it came to making the same amount of food for less energy, water and greenhouse gases.
The drawback was that organic farming used more land - something researchers at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture in Switzerland where he works were looking at.
Dr Niggli said the challenge was to figure out how to get more organic food from each hectare of land without losing the environmental advantages.
"The question of how to intensify agricultural systems without losing their environmental and ecological advantages is a crucial one."
Dr Niggli, who was in New Zealand to speak to farmers at the Organics Aotearoa New Zealand at the University of Waikato last month, said organic methods could benefit New Zealand because a large proportion of the country's greenhouse gas emissions came from farming.
About half New Zealand's total emissions under international limits are from agriculture.
PERFORMANCE HORSE HANDLER CERTIFICATE COURSE
11/30/09
From Bryan Boyle Newsletter
The University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus will be offering a one-year, full-time certificate program at REACH, Regional Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron, in Clinton. This program will commence September 2010.
Do you have a love for horses? Are you interested in the horse racing industry? Do you want to learn about working with competition horses? The Performance Horse Handler Certificate is designed to provide graduates with the technical knowledge and skills to be a well qualified employee in the equine industry. This one year certificate will prepare students to work in thoroughbred, quarter horse or standardbred racing, dressage, show jumping, reining, breeding and other stables, and places of competition where experienced horse handling is required. Students will be exposed to the preparation of horses for racing or competition, learn the principles of horse behaviour and safe horse handling, and carry out duties including handling, feeding, grooming and caring for performance horses in a controlled environment as well as in the field.
For more information visit www.ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
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GUELPH RESEARCH MAY BEEF UP FLU SHOTS FOR CHICKENS
11/30/09
From Grainviews
Research biologists may have found a protein on the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu virus that chickens' immune systems can be better trained to attack.
University of Guelph pathobiology professor Shayan Sharif, whose team recently published a paper on its findings in the peer-reviewed online journal PLoS One, said the team's work may not only protect chickens but control H5N1's transmission from birds to humans.
Vaccines are available to protect domestic poultry from H5N1 virus, but "very little" is known about chickens' immune response to the H5 flu.
To that end, "we have found one of the molecular determinants of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that can induce immune responses in chickens," Sharif said in a release Tuesday.
Sharif's research team has identified a small peptide in the hemagglutinin (HA) antigen, a protein found on the surface of the H5 virus.
The team's work shows that the peptide is recognized by the chicken's T-cells, which attack the virus directly and also trigger production of antibodies against the infection.
The Guelph team's discovery marks the first time scientists have identified a T-cell epitope -- a protein on a virus particle recognized by the immune system -- on a flu virus found in chickens.
"This is an important step toward developing more efficacious vaccines against H5 avian influenza in chickens," said Sharif. "We may be able to use this epitope in future vaccines to not only protect domestic flocks but also to prevent or control the spread of the virus from birds to humans.
"However, this still needs to be confirmed experimentally and that will be the focus of our future research."
The deadly "high-path" strain of H5N1, which has been circulating in Europe and Asia for over a decade, has crossed over with fatal results in 262 people worldwide, out of 442 confirmed human infections since 2003. Its human victims have generally caught it from direct contact with infected birds.
While it doesn't transmit readily between people like its headline-grabbing cousin H1N1, it's long been feared the more lethal H5N1 could mutate into a form more easily transmissible between birds and people, or even between people.
H5 avian flu is commonly found in wild birds such as migratory waterfowl that are usually unaffected, but those birds are known to transmit it to domestic birds including chickens, in which it can cause illnesses ranging from no symptoms at all to a severe epidemic that kills all infected birds.
SYNGENTA INTRODUCES HALEX™ GT – A NEW ONE-PASS HERBICIDE SOLUTION FOR GLYPHOSATE-TOLERANT CORN
11/25/09
From a Release
Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc. is pleased to announce the registration of Halex™ GT – the first one-pass, post-emergence herbicide for glyphosate-tolerant corn.
Halex GT combines some of the best crop protection technology from Syngenta to deliver a one-stop solution for corn growers. Halex GT provides residual control and contains multiple modes of action, which makes it a more agronomically viable and higher-yielding alternative to other post-emergence glyphosate-tolerant herbicide programs.
“We recommend that growers take the Foundation Acre™ approach and apply an early-season application of Primextra II Magnum® - a practice that has been proven to develop stronger root systems and better plant stands, and ultimately higher yields. However, we recognize that the timing required for this practice makes it challenging for some growers,” says Wayne Bennett, Brand Manager with Syngenta Canada. “In these select cases, Halex GT is an excellent alternative. The Halex GT formulation gives growers strong residual control and application timing flexibility. Growers will not have to wait for later-emerging weeds to appear, and their fields will be kept clean from application to crop canopy with only one early post-emergence application.”
Halex GT is powered by three active ingredients (mesotrione, s-metolachlor and glyphosate) in one convenient and easy to use premix. The formulation incorporates some of the best known and well-trusted Syngenta products: Callisto®, which provides unprecedented control of emerged weeds as well as residual broadleaf weed control, Dual II Magnum®, which provides season-long control of broadleaf weeds and grasses, and Touchdown Total®, which controls emerged weeds.
Data shows this combination of active ingredients provides control of emerged weeds and residual activity on broadleaf weeds and grasses in glyphosate-tolerant corn, including nightshade, velvetleaf, lambsquarters, pigweed and foxtail.
“Simply put, growers are extremely busy, and using two post emergent glyphosate applications to control weeds in corn can be time consuming,” adds Bennett. “They need to get the best possible results while being efficient with their time. By combining glyphosate and residual control, Halex GT provides a more convenient, agronomic and higher-yielding alternative to any glyphosate-only post-emergence program used today.”
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