Canola

(março de 99) * Australian trade authorities announced on Jan. 8, the largest shipment of canola (rapeseed) ever exported from Australia. The $16.5 million dollar shipment is bound for oilseed crushing plants in Europe. According to Graham Lawrence, managing director of the New South Wales Grains Board, "Europe has moved to become a major buyer this year because Australia is the only country to guarantee non-genetic modified canola." Canada has lost $300-400 million in canola sales to Europe over the last year because government authorities have followed the US model of co-mingling GE and non-GE grains. This year over 50% of Canada's 13.4 million acres of canola are genetically engineered.

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• Laurical® (Produced by Calgene, Inc.) - A less-expensive source of high-quality raw materials for soaps, detergents and cocoa butter replacement fats. Rapeseed plants with more than 35 percent laurate in oil have been produced.

• Liberty Link™ Canola (Produced by AgrEvo®) - Introduced in 1995, Liberty Link™ Canola allows growers to apply Liberty™ herbicide over the top during the growing season. This results in weed control with no effect on crop performance or yield.

• IMI™ Canola Seed (Produced by American Cyanamid) - Introduced in 1995, imidazolinone- tolerant canola allows growers to apply environmentally friendly imidazolinone herbicides to canola. In Canada, registration of ODYSSEY™ herbicide, a new imidazolinone for use on imidazolinone-tolerant canola, was approved on April 4, 1997. One post-emergence application of ODYSSEY™ herbicide provides both contact and residual control of hard-to-control broadleaf and grassy weeds, resulting in maximum yield potential.

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• Roundup Ready® Canola (Produced by Monsanto) - Roundup Ready canola allows growers to apply Roundup® herbicide over the top of the crop during the growing season, for superior weed control with enhanced crop safety.

B.t. Canola (Produced by Mycogen Corp.) - These crops will express a protein toxin providing protection against various caterpillar and beetle pests.

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