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Biotech Basics - Achievements in Plant Biotechnology - Roundup Ready® Canola Roundup Ready® canola may allow growers to seed earlier; use higher yielding, later maturing varieties; and potentially enjoy a wider window for herbicide application. Roundup Ready® canola was planted on 58 percent of the total Canadian acreage devoted to herbicide-tolerant canola last year and 38 percent of total canola acreage (herbicide-tolerant and conventional). Currently, the Roundup Ready® trait is not available in hybrid canola, so developing hybrids with the trait is an important RandD goal that, when accomplished, could enable growers to obtain even greater benefits from the product. www.biotechknowledge.com /biotech/bbasics.nsf/achieve_roundup_ready_canola.html?OpenPage   (439 words)

Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The biotechnology company Monsanto developed a glyphosate-resistant gene for the canola plant which has the effect of producing canola that is resistant to their Roundup brand of herbicide. Roundup Ready Canola was introduced in Canada in 1996, and by 1998, it accounted for 25% of the country's canola area. In 1997, Percy Schmeiser, a canola breeder and grower in Bruno, Saskatchewan, discovered that a section of one of his fields contained canola that was resistant to herbicide Roundup. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc._v._Schmeiser   (2717 words)

Roundup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roundup is the brand name of a systemic, broad-spectrum herbicide produced by the U.S. life sciences giant Monsanto. The active ingredient of Roundup is the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate. Soy was the first Roundup Ready crop and was produced at Monsanto's Agracetus Campus located in Middleton, Wisconsin. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roundup   (757 words)

SeedQuest - News section The OGTR concluded that Roundup Ready canola is as safe as ordinary canola for human health and safety and for the environment. Roundup Ready canola offers farmers the yield potential and vigor of the best conventional varieties combined with the simple and reliable weed control that has made herbicide tolerant varieties popular. Roundup Ready canola is a special type of herbicide tolerant canola developed using plant biotechnology. www.seedquest.com /News/releases/2003/december/7353.htm   (621 words)

AMSQ - Roundup Ready Canola, resistant to glyphosate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) The Roundup tolerant gene comes from certain micro organisms which are found in the soil and which have the ability to damage glyphosate. Application is made between the emergence and the 6 leaf-stage of the canola (ideally at the 2-3 leaf stage) when most of the weeds have germinated. It is necessary to clearly identify the fields or parts of fields which are sown with Roundup Ready canola in order to use the appropriate herbicides in each of the fields. www.fpccq.qc.ca /amsq/english/tech7_a.html   (364 words)

Rene Van Acker Monsanto claims that in 1998, Schmeiser planted 1,030 acres with seed from his 1997 canola crop containing a gene or cell that was protected by Monsanto’s 1993 (see February 23, 1993) patent on glyphosate-resistant plants and that he did so without permission from Monsanto. Plaintiff Argument--Schmeiser used Roundup on his 1998 crop - In an effort to prove that Schmeiser’s 1998 crop consisted mostly of Roundup Ready Canola and that Schmeiser sought to take advantage of its resistance to the herbicide, Monsanto cites the testimony of Wesley Niebrugge, a farmer and employee of the Esso bulk dealership in Bruno. Curious about the possibility that his canola plants may have developed a resistance to Roundup, he sprayed a trial strip about 100 feet wide in one of the fields that is next to the road. www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?id=1521846767-3507   (3282 words)

Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser They may have been derived from Roundup Ready seed that blew onto or near Schmeiser’s land, and was then collected from plants that survived after Schmeiser sprayed Roundup herbicide around the power poles and in the ditches along the roadway bordering four of his fields. A canola plant that survives being sprayed with Roundup is Roundup Ready Canola. Schmeiser planted canola seed saved from his 1997 crop in his field number 2 which he knew or ought to have known was Roundup tolerant, and that seed was the primary source for seeding and for the defendants’ crops in all nine fields of canola in 1998. scc.lexum.umontreal.ca /en/2004/2004scc34/2004scc34.html   (10483 words)

GE Food Alert Campaign Center - Headlines Dzisiak was cited as telling a gathering of minimum and zero till farmers in Brandon last week that he killed the volunteer canola, but his flax crop suffered because of the high rate of herbicide and that the stunted flax grew slowly over the next two weeks, allowing wild oats and volunteer wheat to flourish. Jordan was further cited as saying that Roundup Ready canola encourages reduced tillage on the Prairies and that the number of acres planted to the crop in Western Canada continues to increase each year, adding, "Farmers make the choice. Two of those options may be a mix of Roundup and MCPA or Roundup and Buctril M. Gary Martens, a University of Manitoba plant science instructor, was cited as telling producers that canola volunteers are not new to Manitoba and they rank well below green foxtail and wild oats as a problem in the province. www.gefoodalert.org /News/news.cfm?News_ID=3030   (717 words)

Canola: Roundup Ready®Canola Roundup Ready canola enables farmers to safely and effectively manage weeds in their canola crop. With the exception of glyphosate based herbicides (such as Roundup) unwanted plants can be effectively controlled with the same herbicides as conventional canola. In Australia, an extensive trial program has been conducted since 1997 and in 2003 Roundup Ready canola was determined to be as safe as conventional canola for human health, safety and the environment by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (the independent Australian government regulator). www.monsanto.com.au /layout/canola/rr_canola   (170 words)

Monsanto Vs Schmeiser - Percy Schmeiser In the summer of 1998 Schmeisers the canola in Schmeisers fields was found to be Roundup Ready canola. Monsanto claimed that Schmeiser planted Roundup Ready Canola in his fields intentionally, though they later said they could offer no evidence for this, and that it was possible for natural pollination to have caused Roundup Ready Canola to grow in Schmeisers field. Based on Schmeisers account of events surrounding the appearance of Roundup Ready canola in his 1998 crop, the court found that he had either known or ought to have known that he had planted Roundup Ready canola in 1998. mywebpage.netscape.com /Adachi4101/percy-schmeiser-monsanto-vs-schmeiser.html   (1473 words)

Reason magazine Canola, also known as oil rapeseed, is a relative of the mustard family. The court concluded that it didn't matter how the Roundup Ready canola got onto Schmeiser's farm and that the salient point was that he specifically saved seed that he knew was tolerant of Roundup. If farmers could save Roundup Ready seeds and replant them year to year, then Monsanto would not be able to recoup its research investment and invest in developing new biotech crop varieties. reason.com /rb/rb040401.shtml   (1339 words)

Farmer Tells Trial He Didn't Use Roundup Ready Canola- The Arthritis Nightshades Research Foundation He explained that he has developed his own strain of disease-resistant Argentine canola that he feels is superior because, in combination with his methods, he can grow canola on the same field in consecutive years. The court heard that Schmeiser test-sprayed Roundup on one hectare of his land near Bruno, Sask., after discovering some of his canola plants near the power poles did not die following application of the herbicide in 1997. Roundup Ready canola, one of three major herbicide-resistant brands of canola, was first used in Canada in 1996. www.noarthritis.com /newsarticles/monsantocanola.htm   (527 words)

Biotechnology and Development Monitor, No. 48, p. 2-5. Used in combination with Roundup, it is argued, RR Canola can increase farmers' yields and (over time) lower their input costs by eliminating weeds and plants that might inhibit the plants growth. In addition, farmers must not save and replant any of the Roundup Ready seeds, only use Roundup on their canola crop and allow Monsanto virtually unlimited access to their property to verify compliance with the terms of the TUA for a period of three years. Furthermore, he asserted that the Roundup Ready canola on his property was "volunteer" canola that had infested his field after being blown from neighbouring properties or passing trucks. www.biotech-monitor.nl /4802.htm   (2348 words)

GRAIN | Agricultural research for whom? | Letter from Dr. Rene Van Acker to the Chief Justice of Canada regarding the ... Zakreski to comment on the nature of canola as a volunteer and the possibility of the Roundup Ready transgene appearing adventitiously in farmers fields. The argument for this stand-by utility is weakened if the 1998 crop is not nearly all Roundup Ready canola (it would not be usefully sold or used as Roundup Ready seed for example because a high proportion of the resulting plants in a subsequently seeded crop would be killed if sprayed with Roundup herbicide). It is also important to consider carefully the evidence regarding purity of the 1998 crop with respect to Roundup Ready canola because if our results are taken to be correct (and there was no argument against their validity in the original case or the appeal) then they show that Mr. www.grain.org /research/contamination.cfm?id=172   (661 words)

CWB - Response to the Canola Council request to Monsanto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) It is also important to emphasize that it is reasonable to draw lessons from Roundup Ready canola without necessarily passing judgement on the net benefits of that particular crop. The case of Roundup Ready wheat is quite different from both a market and agronomic perspective, and it would be inappropriate to conclude that, if Roundup Ready canola was a net benefit to farmers, then Roundup Ready wheat must be as well. Furthermore, feedback from the CWB discussion paper, “An Agronomic Assessment of Roundup Ready Wheat” indicates that many agronomy research scientists and field agronomists are, at best, cautiously neutral, while the majority of farmers are skeptical, regarding the potential benefits Roundup Ready wheat for Western Canadian agriculture. www.cwb.ca /en/topics/biotechnology/roundup/letter080103.jsp   (604 words)

Goliath v. Schmeiser PHIL BEREANO & MARTIN PHILLIPSON / GeneWatch v.17, n.4, July - August 2004 1jul04 On March 29, 2001 a trial judge found Schmeiser to have committed multiple infringements of Monsanto’s patent and fined him $20,000, asserting that the levels of Roundup Ready Canola on Schmeiser’s property were such that he “knew or ought to have known” that his crop was planted with Roundup-ready seeds. Schmeiser grew canola on his property on Field Number One, the seed which was the subject matter of Monsanto’s allegations could be traced to this 370 acre field on Mr. The subsequent conduct of farmers upon discovering the existence of Roundup Ready Canola in their fields will be more determinative of their legal liability than the mere factual existence of the crop on their property (Paragraph 95). www.mindfully.org /GE/2004/Goliath-v-Schmeiser1jul04.htm   (1737 words)

Non-GM-Farmers.com - Regulator approves GM canola Roundup Ready® canola has been modified to be tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate, which can then be used to control weeds while the crop is being grown. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready® canola has been previously trialed under limited and controlled conditions in Australia over a number of years and is approved for growing and food use in Japan, Canada and the United States of America. During the evaluation of Roundup Ready® canola, the potential for development of herbicide-resistant weeds if glyphosate is used inappropriately was identified. www.non-gm-farmers.com /news_print.asp?ID=935   (473 words)

Percy Schmeiser's War Against Monsanto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) Schmeiser insisted that any Roundup Ready growing on his land was spread by wind or by grain trucks travelling on roads adjacent to his fields. In defence, Schmeiser presented his own farm-based evidence, that the fields ranged from nearly zero to 68% Roundup Ready, which was confirmed independently by research scientists at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. In a key part of the ruling, the judge agreed a farmer can generally own the seeds or plants grown on his land if they blow in or are carried there by pollen; but this is not true in the case of genetically modified seed. www.rense.com /general40/percy.htm   (1230 words)

Monsanto.com - Roundup Ready Corn is introduced, providing farmers with in-seed herbicide tolerance to Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides. Roundup Ready Canola is introduced, providing farmers with in-seed herbicide tolerance to Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides. Roundup Ready Cotton is introduced, providing farmers with in-seed herbicide tolerance to Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides. www.monsanto.com /monsanto/layout/about_us/timeline   (1135 words)

ngin archive The canola has appeared as a volunteer in his fields for at least three years. Jordan said when Monsanto is called about unexpected herbicide-tolerant canola volunteers, the company will check to determine if the plants are Roundup Ready types and if so will discuss options for control with the producer. Dzisiak killed the volunteer canola, but his flax crop suffered because of the high rate of herbicide, he told a gathering of minimum and zero till farmers in Brandon last week. members.tripod.com /~ngin/071201e.htm   (844 words)

Canadian Law Firm - Blakes Means Business For a number of years, he had grown canola and, as was common practice, saved a portion of his harvest to be used as seed in the following year. canola for unconfined release into the environment without control over its dispersion and, as such, lost any claim to the enforcement of its right to the exclusive use of its patented technology. canola seed but find the plant invading their land would be precluded from saving their own seed for use another year since their crop may be contaminated through no fault of their own. www.blakes.ca /english/publications/focus/article.asp?A_ID=137&DB=BlakesProperty   (1301 words)

SeedQuest - News section canola has been modified to be tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate, which can then be used to control weeds while the crop is being grown. canola has been previously trialed under limited and controlled conditions in Australia over a number of years and is approved for growing and food use in Japan, Canada and the United States of America. canola plants can be effectively removed with a range of approved herbicides and mechanical weed control methods. www.seedquest.com /News/releases/2003/december/7331.htm   (447 words)

Roundup Ready Canola - Achievements in Plant Biotechnology 1999 - Monsanto.co.uk herbicide-tolerant canola was launched in the United States in 1999, while it entered its fourth commercial year in Canada. Roundup Ready canola is an excellent fit with all tillage systems, and it enables farmers to grow canola on land that was previously unsuitable for its production. According to surveys conducted at end of season, 73 percent of Roundup Ready canola growers surveyed were satisfied with the product. www.monsanto.co.uk /achievements/roundup_ready_canola.html   (431 words)

GEO-PIE Project: Percy Schmeiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) In court, Schmeiser claimed that, when spraying Roundup along the edge of a field to control weeds, he had inadvertently discovered Roundup resistant canola plants in one of his 1997 fields (Roundup Ready canola varieties had been first sold to Canadian farmers with much hoopla the preceding year). To examine this further, he then sprayed Roundup on a large portion of the same field and noted that many of the canola plants at the edge of the field survived. His 1998 canola crop was mostly glyphosate resistant, and it came from seed that Mr. www.geo-pie.cornell.edu /issues/schmeiser.html   (928 words)

Supreme Court of Canada to Deliver Judgement in Percy Schmeiser, and Schmeiser Enterprises Ltd. v. Monsanto Canada ... Since 1996, canola seed containing the inserted gene has been produced in Canada under license from the Respondents and marketed to farmers under the trade name "Roundup Ready Canola", reflecting its resistance to the glyphosate based herbicide "Roundup" manufactured by the Respondents. One grew Roundup Ready Canola on a field diagonally adjacent to one of Mr. Experts for the parties conducted a number of tests on the canola plants growing beside the subject field in 1997, some seeds from those plants, canola plants growing in all the Schmeiser fields in 1998, and samples of seed retained by the mill that mixed Schmeiser Enterprises Ltd.'s seed in the spring of 1998. www.mindfully.org /GE/2004/Schmeiser-v-Monsanto14may04.htm   (1152 words)

Non-GM-Farmers.com - China reissues new 3 year safety certificates The Chinese government's approval today of the required safety certificate for the importation of Roundup Ready canola is great news for growers who plant canola improved through biotechnology. The Roundup Ready canola event - GT73 - was approved by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and validated from April 6, 2004 to April 6, 2007. Roundup Ready crops allow growers to use Roundup glyphosate-based agricultural herbicides over the top of growing plants, thereby offering more effective weed control with an herbicide that has a favorable environmental profile. www.non-gm-farmers.com /news_print.asp?ID=1205   (838 words)

Canola The crop is not affected by the pesticide Roundup which is also produced by the same company. The company which is a leader in its field, believes that the technology they are applying to the crop is beneficial for the farmers and ultimately the consumer. "However, evaluation of field data reports from field tests of this canola conducted under APHIS permits since 1996 indicates that there were no deleterious effects on plants, non target organisms, or the environment as a result of the environmental release of event T45 canola" (Federal Register, 10 February, 1998). www.american.edu /ted/canola.htm   (1491 words)

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