July 08
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 74 new plant varieties
June 08
INIA Chile - Tierra adentro No.
79:
- Arveja
proteaginosa y sus posibilidades en alimentación animal
Producer's Choice,
Grassland Central and Target Seeds are merging to operate as
Producer's Choice
The Pickeseed
Companies Group announces the purchase of Farm Pure Seeds,
Inc.
May 08
Deutsches
Weidelgras KUBUS zugelassen
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
Australian OGTR:
DIR 082/2007 -
Invitation to comment on a consultation Risk Assessment and Risk
Management Plan for the limited and controlled release of
perennial ryegrass and tall fescue genetically modified for
improved forage qualities
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 15 new plant varieties
Sterk groeiende
vraag naar graszaad-coating Headstart
Nepalese farmers
to benefit from Crop & Food Research's oat varieties that
can be grown in the Himalayan regions during winter
Australian ag
biotech company Gramina is developing a grass that will cut
the amount of methane cows burp up and grow in hotter climes
April 08
Gene function
scientists at South Australian Research and Development
Institute (SARDI) take guesswork out of breeding new line of
non-GM pastures
Pioneer Forage
Forum features nutrition, feeding information for dairy
industry - Blogs, podcasts engage dairy industry on Pioneer,
university research
New bahiagrass
may provide faster forage option for growers
Una nueva opción de forraje para los cultivadores
March 08
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 13 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 10 new plant varieties
New bladder
clover, chosen for its hard seededness and high seed
productivity, is full of promise
Appointment of
Frank Barenbrug as Member of the Board of Directors of the Royal
Barenbrug Group
Brasil:
Cultivares de
gramíneas e leguminosas para pastagens no Dia de Campo na TV
Statistics Canada:
Forage seed usage
survey
Enquête sur l'utilisation des graines de semences fourragères
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 14 new plant varieties
February 08
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 55 new plant varieties
Diminua o
vazio farrageiro outonal - Semeie capim italiano ou milheto,
aveia de verão ou capim sudão, teosinto ou dente de burro,
sorgos forrageiros e milho em alta densidade – Geada é o
Limite!
Australian
OGTR: DIR
082/2007 - Limited and controlled release of perennial
ryegrass and tall fescue genetically modified for improved
forage qualities
January 08
Resolution
of the American Forage & Grassland Council on genetically
modified organisms
U.S. growers
should prepare for limited forage seed supplies
Finding better year-round
forage
Desarrollando
forrajes mejorados para todo el año
Rural
American Fund aligns with La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed
December 07
BASF Plant
Science names NutriDense forage specialist for the Upper
Midwest region of the U.S.
November 07
Summer-dormant tall fescue grass shows promise for pasture
improvement
Royal
Barenbrug Group and Oseva Uni enter joint breeding and
marketing agreement in grass and legumes
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 29 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 32 new plant varieties
Cornell
University plant pathologists detect brown root rot, a
potentially serious forage crop disease, in the northeastern
United States
Iowa State
University's Office of Biotechnology provides faculty
start-up awards
October 07
Pioneer
enhances commitment to forage program - Expansions made in
field staff, forage testing capacity
National
feedgrains summit to address the critical situation facing
Australia's feedgrain-dependant industries
Futterpflanzensaatgutmarkt im Umbruch
Genetic
differences in clover make one type toxic
September 07
When it
comes to crimson clover seed, don't plant 'seeds of doubt',
advises Texas Agricultural Experiment Station forage expert
New
research shows NutriDense silage improves feed efficiency
Mid-West Seed
Services Inc. update: Purity analysis on wheatgrass and tall
fescue
Foliar
diseases in brassica crops, United Kingdom
PGG
Wrightson Seeds and the New Zealand Institute for Crop &
Food Research launch forage brassicas joint venture
August 07
Oregon State
University seed lab busy as Oregon farmers harvest 2007
grass seed crop
Teff, an
African grass, may be a summer forage option
June 07
PGG Wrightson to
purchase Australian seed distributor Auswest Seeds
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 29 new plant varieties
Inscribieron
una nueva variedad de agropiro alargado (Thinopyrum
ponticum)
Monsanto and
Land O’ Lakes announce changes for DEKALB brand forage
sorghum and SUDAX products
Pioneer
supports National Pork Board research to maximize feed value
- The Pork Checkoff introduces Nutritional Efficiency
Research Consortium
May 07
Lograron un nuevo
híbrido de sorgo para ensilar
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
Looking for
greener pastures in Australia: A$6 million boost for pasture
genetics
April 07
BASF Professional
Turf & Ornamentals appoints Steve Larson national ornamentals
account manager
ISB News Report
- High quality hay market may be most impacted by removal of
RR alfalfa
March 07
The re-invention
of sainfoin: an example of a novel resource for sustainable
agriculture
Fourth generation
Barenbrug appointed President/CEO
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
Bacterial virus
gene confers disease resistance in tall fescue grass
Gen de virus bacteriano le
confiere a las pasturas
resistencia a las enfermedades
fúngicas
Biotal forage
inoculants feature a new formula for improved stability
ISB News Report
- Improvement of sorghum through transgenic technology
- Feeds from genetically engineered plants — Results and future
challenges
February 07
Ampac Seed
Company releases Pro-Max, first true sudangrass with the BMR
trait
Novel feed:
Peas to combat infectious diseases
Western
Australian farmers urged to pasture needs for 2007
Syngenta to
market Discover NG grass herbicide in the U.S. Pacific
Northwest
January 07
Production
de semences fourragères en France: évolution des modalités
de rémunération
Livro aborda
uso alternativo da palhada de sementes de capim
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 29 new plant varieties
December 06
Variable sorghum
test weight has little impact on cattle rate of gain
European Food
Safety Authority launches public consultation on GMO feeding trials
November 06
New Ute Guide helps
choose the best legumes for northern Australia’s cropping and
pastoral zones
Biserrula, a promising pasture legume worth a punt
October 06
AgResearch and
Pennington Seed announce US settlement of tall fescue endophyte
patent lawsuit
Mycogen Seeds sweep corn silage competition at World’s Forage
Analysis Superbowl
Mycogen Seeds alfalfa varieties showcased well at World’s Forage
Analysis Superbowl
Perennial forages
look promising on the Texas South Plains
Ensayan un
inoculante para ensilado de raigrás
September 06
Cooperative
Research Centre for Tropical Plant Protection develops nine new
disease resistant and high yielding varieties of lucerne, stylo,
cowpea and oats for the Australian farm fodder industry
DLF-TRIFOLIUM
consolidates its position as the world's largest grass seed company
Vilmorin renforce
sa position de leader européen en semences de céréales et recentre
son portefeuille d'activités grandes cultures en Europe
Vilmorin strengthens its position as European leader for cereal
seeds and gives impetus to its field seed business portfolio in
Europe
Alexander Harley
Seeds Ltd and Chris Green acquire SW Seed Ltd from Svalöf Weibull
AB, rename it Senova Ltd.
August 06
Fuel from crop
residue: possible solution for the grass seed industry
Produciendo gas de los residuos de cosechas
Plant Disease
magazine,
September 2006 issue
- Effectiveness of fungicides to control stem rust of ryegrass
differ after application
Logran una nueva
variedad de pasto ovillo
Agricore United
announces winner of its 2006 Proven Seed Forage Offer grand prize
Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc. celebrates open house at its LaSalle, Colorado
research center - Center specializes in drought tolerance, forage
product research
Research shows
canola's excellent potential as a grain and graze dual purpose crop
Forage producers
should focus on nutritive value and quality
ISB News Report
- High throughput functional genomics of perennial ryegrass
July 06
Obtuvieron una nueva
variedad de triticale forrajero
Producen forraje de
raigrás anual en Corrientes
Pioneer Forage Forum
offers nutrition expertise to dairy industry
Biological battle on
ryegrass toxicity
June 06
Don't bash bahiagrass
FarmPure expands its
Western Canadian presence through the acquisition of SW Seed Canada
Ltd. by FarmPure Seeds
Biserrula identified as
a promising pasture legume in Western Australia
Le maïs fourrage, avec
une complémentation adaptée, répond aux attentes qualitatives très
diversifiées des filières bovines
Overexpression
AtNHX1 confers salt-tolerance of transgenic tall fescue
-
Chinese scientists develop salt tolerant grass
- Forraje transgénico
que tolera los suelos salinos
War on clover root
weevil well underway in New Zealand
PGG
Wrightson Seeds and Grasslanz Technology form strategic joint
venture in forage innovations
Better brassicas for more milk: New Zealand's dairy
industry to benefit from versatile forage options
Crusader clover takes
the limelight in ministerial visit to Grasslanz Technology
Texas dairies look at
wheat silage as a protein source
May 06
Indian Council of
Agricultural Research identifies promising new fodder varieties
AgResearch wins
prestigious National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) Variety
Cup for its new generation white clover, Crusader
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Denmark - Planting seeds
annual
April 06
Meeting of industry
leaders spawns U.S. National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance
A new annual medic, world
first annual pasture legume, available in 2006
10-year CLIMA breeding
program makes grasspea a safe animal feed
March 06
Angel, new annual
strand medic, first annual pasture legume tolerant of sulfonylurea
residues
AgResearch calls
attention to the value of biocontrol by this week focusing on four
pastoral threats
China:
Planting seeds -
Administrative measures for grass seeds
February 06
Agricore United
adds extra value to forage producers
Melancia
forrageira: alimentação alternativa para rebanhos
Mycogen Seeds
products maximize production of dairy cows
University of
Tennessee establishes Grassland Management Center
Seeded pastures
can sustain cattle and native rangelands
Pastos sembrados pueden sostener ganado y praderas nativas
U.S. Federal Register:
Availability of
environmental assessment for a proposed field trial of genetically
engineered tall fescue and genetically engineered Italian ryegrass
January 06
Oregon State
University to study soybean, grass diseases
Deutschland:
Beschreibende Sortenliste Futtergräser, Esparsette, Klee, Luzerne
2005
Investigaciones en
plantas forrajeras
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to twenty-four new plant varieties
Advancements in
interspecific hybridization of bromegrass
Snowy pastures'
hidden treat: forage kochia
Los deleites escondidos en las praderas nevadas
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to sixteen plant varieties
INTA Argentina:
Mejoramiento vegetal - nuevas variedades
Release of
biocontrol agent will help save New Zealand's pastoral sector
hundreds of millions
December 05
Texas-Israel forage
research could boost grazing options
Inscriben la
primera variedad nacional de raigras anual tetraploide
The Noble
Foundation, Grasslanz and Gentos form an alliance to develop summer
dormant tall fescues
Targeting the U.S. southern Great
Plains "forage gap"
Enfrentando la
falta de forraje en los llanos sureños
November 05
Research being
conducted in Australia into an early season biserrula variety
Barenbrug
USA is first U.S.
commercial grass seed company to receive organic
certification
Western Australia
Department of Agriculture researcher Angelo Loi on low rainfall
pasture
New varieties of big bluestem prairie
grass to fatten beef cattle
Nuevos pastos de pradera
para el ganado vacuno
October 05
U.S. Federal Register:
University of
Kentucky; Availability of an environmental assessment and a finding
of no significant impact for field tests of genetically engineered
neotyphodium
Forage components
fit together for balanced dairy nutrition
Environmentally
friendly grass seed production
La producción de hierba y el medio ambiente
September 05
Arming ryegrass
for the fight against crown rust
Pioneer Hi-Bred
International and American Dairy Science Association announce forage
award recipient
Hand-held sensor
to gauge nutrients in livestock forage
Sensor de mano puede medir los nutrientes en el forraje del
ganado
Pioneer Hi-Bred
and CHS announce joint grain supply chain pilot focused on animal
nutrition
Grasslanz reminds
farmers that some ryegrass technology they use is protected by
patents
August 05
New Forage Seed
Development Commission to benefit Saskatchewan industry
Sorghum forage and silage
compared to corn silage
Glyphosate resistance in
ryegrass
still a worry in
Australia
University of
California studies costs of growing wild rice, safflower and oat hay
Glyphosate resistant ryegrass confirmed at four new locations in
Australia
Legumes lift
livestock
Study points the way
to more nutritious animal feed
Keith Wehri promoted
to Vice-President, Director of Operations for Cal/West Seeds
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to sixteen new plant varieties
Delay grazing drought soybeans, say University of Missouri
specialists: even small bean yield worth more than value of forage
Trigo na pastagem
pode aumentar produção de leite
July 05
Barenbrug adds new
Field Representative to US division
New forage species a
hit in Western Canada
FAO book on fodder
oats
Texas crop and weather report -
Focus on hay
June 05
U.S. Federal Register:
Monsanto Co. and Forage
Genetics International; Availability determination of nonregulated
status for alfalfa genetically engineered for tolerance to the
herbicide glyphosate
May 05
University of Idaho
bluegrass study tour reviews research progress
Third edition of
University of Iowa's "Idaho Forage Handbook" should appeal to a
broad agricultural and horse-owning audience
University of Idaho
scientists to review Kentucky bluegrass research at June field tours
USDA/FAS GAIN
Report: Denmark -
Planting seeds annual
Roeland Kapsenberg joins
Cal/West Seeds
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to five new plant varieties
Masstock research proves
nutritional benefits of early cut silage
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
April 05
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to eight new plant varieties
Clover root weevil (Sitona
lepidus)
has been
discovered in southern Wairarapa, New Zealand
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to eight new plant varieties
New sub clover
cultivars - where do they fit?
Barenbrug adds new
Production Manager to its US division
March 05
Grass makes
environmentally friendly biofuel
Deliberate release into the E.U.
environment of GMOs for any other purposes than placing on the
market:
- Genetically
modified RoundUp Ready fodder beet (A5/15) in Danish field
trials - DLF-Trifolium Dansk Planteforædling v. Vibeke Meyer -
Denmark
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
New Zealand tall
tescue might replace traditional winter forages in Texas
Syngenta
introduces Quilt fungicide to California: a new level of
protection in small grains and grass seed
Virginia Tech computer
program helps farmers make decisions about pastureland
Look back to find
sound principles for grazing cereals, suggests GRDC's Crop
Doctor
New name in the seed business: SW Seed Canada Ltd.
brings together Newfield Seeds, Promark Seed,
Priority Lab Services, Wheat City Seeds and Riding Valley Agro
Measuring grass
growth from space
Wrightson to
collaborate in trans-Tasman R&D on ryegrass and tall fescue for
temperate
regions
AgResearch and Pennington Seed announce part settlement of tall
fescue endophyte patent lawsuit in the U.S
New bean yellow mosaic
virus tolerant arrowleaf clover could spell good luck for livestock
producers
February 05
Pioneer brings higher
level of dairy/forage expertise to producers -
New training tools help bring greater resource to dairy producers
New Zealand
Grassland Association Inc. - Call for papers
New cultivar of
eastern star clover to be released to Australian growers in 2006
January 05
AgriBioTech
creditors awarded US$14.87 million against former CEO, loan
entity, reports Diamond McCarthy Taylor Finley Bryant & Lee, LLP
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 11 new plant varieties
March is pasture
rejuvenation month across Western Canada
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 10 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 11 new plant varieties
Rising CO2 could
lower forage quality
Concentraciones elevadas de CO2 podrían reducir la calidad
del forraje
Affymetrix
unveils plans to double plant and animal genome microarray
offering, including Medicago truncatula, brassica and
tomato
Minnesota
Agricultural Experiment Station releases 2005 varietal trial
results
ISB News Report
- Long distance pollen-mediated gene flow from creeping bentgrass
- Approval for genetically engineered bentgrass creeps through
agency turfs
UC Davis announces
two new biotechnology publications: 'Crop Biotechnology: Feeds for
Livestock' and 'Roundup Ready Alfalfa: An Emerging Technology'
December 04
AgResearch
announces key positions in internal restructuring
University of
Georgia turf scientists breeding new varieties of centipede grass
using germplasm collected from the grass's homeland, China
New frontiers in
annual ryegrass toxicity research
Nebraska Seed Guide
2005 features comprehensive crop testing results
CSIRO saltbush
study prompts more questions
Parceria Embrapa -
Unipasto resulta em novas cultivares de forrageiras
OSPREY
herbicide now registered in California
November 04
CSIRO research
finds no evidence that GM subterranean clover is greater weed
risk
Western
Australian farmers urged to watch out for annual ryegrass
toxicity
Ryegrass
toxicity fears in South Australia
A new forage
laboratory for America's Mid-South
Un laboratorio nuevo para el Medio-Sur de EE.UU.
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
CLIMA collection mission to Morocco
brings back germplasm which is
likely to benefit Australia’s pasture industry for years to come
Revegetating U.S.
rangeland with seed-source islands
Revegetando las praderas
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency: pedigreed seed for forage, turf, groundcover, and
native prairie species crop inspection procedure
Plantain yields
cause headaches in traditional agricultural systems: green manure
and fodder crops accepted in Tanzanian banana cultivation
New generation
herbicides evaluated in Western Australia for managing herbicide
resistance in annual ryegrass and wild radish in cropping systems
Proven Seed Seed
Performance Promise PLUS, a 100 percent replacement guarantee for
proprietary forages, works for farmers
October 04
Birdsfoot Trefoil breeding
material
Plant Disease
magazine, November 2004 issue
-
Study identifies source of foliar diseases that affect
seed-producing lucerne in France
-
Biological control agents may be effective in suppressing
blossom blight of alfalfa
-
Fungi transmitted through seeds of certain forage grasses
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 12 new plant varieties
Ryegrass
with
enhanced fatty acids
equals healthier meat
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 15 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 14 new plant varieties
USDA's Plant Variety
Protection Office grants protection to 13 new plant varieties
September 04
Rocky times for the
genetic cradle of pasture genetic resources
Long reach of
wind-blown pollen
USDA grants
protection to 12 new plant varieties
Western Australian
pasture legume in international spotlight
USDA grants
protection to seven new plant varieties
Maximum use of
rumen capacity merits further research: sweeter grass does not lead
to more milk
Ideal forage combo
for white-tailed deer found
August 04
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
CLIMA and ICARDA to
cooperate on drought and disease resistant legume crops and pastures
Mycogen
Seeds and Dow AgroSciences announce promotions for key marketing
personnel
Texas A&M University
research targets sustainable forage systems
Teamwork helps develop
grass seed production in the High Plains of the U.S.
July 04
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 16 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 12 new plant varieties
Nine new pasture legumes
varieties set to benefit Western Australia sheep producers
ViaLactia, Orion
Genomics provide proprietary ryegrass sequence data to Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory to enable annotation of public plant sequences
AgResearch confirms
plans for major boost to pastoral science research
June 04
Tropical soda apple
weed, a threat to pastures, found in Texas
Clover root weevil, a
growing pest in New Zealand pasture, confirmed at two sites in the
Manawatu district
An upswing in grass seed
prices brightens farmers' outlook
University of California
studies cost of producing small grains and winter forage for silage in
the San Joaquin Valley
Lupin growers to benefit
from fast growing feed requirement of Australian aquaculture
Barenbrug
Group celebrates 100th anniversary, becomes Royal
May 04
Martin Crum named
Regional Sales Manager of Producer's Choice Seed Company
USDA grants
protection to 23
new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 31 new plant varieties
New low-coumarin
sweet clover only a few years away
New traits developed
in summer annual forages
Syngenta and Fox Paine to
acquire Advanta BV
Syngenta und Fox Paine
übernehmen Advanta BV
Syngenta et Fox Paine
achètent Advanta BV
April 04
U.S. Plant Variety
Protection Certificate Number 200300172, for the forage soybean
variety designated "Tara", is available for licensing
Patten Seed Company
to produce and market TifBlair centipedegrass seed
Pasture and Forage
Plants for New Zealand - New edition
Barenbrug appoints
Director Research
Barenbrug benoemt
Directeur Research
USDA grants protection to
eight new plant varieties
March 04
2004/05 NIAB recommended
lists of herbage varieties
New variety guide
for pasture
grasses, legumes and herbs used in New South Wales
CLIMA researchers are
tinkering with lupins to ensure they do not appeal to green peach or
cowpea aphids
Hanfeng Evergreen
Inc.
announces additional $2 million credit
facility with Bank of China
Mealbugs – gettting to
the root of a hidden problem in New Zealand pastures
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 20 new plant varieties
Proven Seed gets Prairie
Registration Recommending Committee for Grain support for wheat. oat,
barley, Linola and rye varieties
Scientists study benefits of pasture
plant diversity on dairy production
Científicos estudian
beneficios de una diversidad de plantas de pasto en la producción
lechera
February 04
Persistent pastures
tough out drought
New
perennial cereal rye forage a valuable feed option for Alberta beef
producers
Major research centre for GM pasture plant breeding will work on
high drought tolerance and
allergy-free rye grass
Finding alternatives to burning straw
that remains after harvesting grass seed
El desarrollo de otras
opciones en vez de quemar la paja sobrante
Forage types and
management are key to grazing forages for profit
The Noble Foundation
and Grasslanz form an alliance to develop forage technology
Kansas Crop
Performance Tests evaluate crop varieties, hybrids for Kansas - New
supplemental tests added this year
January 04
CLIMA develops
variety of pasture crop that could naturally control parasitic
worms in grazing sheep and cattle
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
More evidence of
increased aggressiveness of Powdery Mildew on red clover
Millet feeding study:
new varieties of dwarf pearl millet are potential alternative to grain
sorghum in feed
OGTR receives
application for field evaluation of GM white clover resistant Alfalfa
Mosaic Virus
PICKSEED CANADA Inc.
appoints Vice President of wholesale
Cal/West Seeds upgrades
its Artois, California plant
Moves at PICKSEED
CANADA Inc.
MAPLESEED appoints
new brand manager
Australian researchers
produce rye grasses genetically manipulated to remove their allergenic
properties
USDA seeks comments on
deregulation of biotech bentgrass
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