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FarmLink Marketing Expects A Bumper Harvest On The Prairies

Grain Marketing Advisors with FarmLink Marketing Solutions did their annual crop tour at the end of July. 
 
Chief Market Analyst Neil Townsend says based on the crop at that time, farmers are expected to bring in another bumper crop this year.
 
Townsend says as a result some farmers are facing challenges as they try to line up more bin space.
 
For the most part crops are looking good despite some disease issues, however crop development in many areas is still a couple of weeks behind normal.
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Regulations help markets and industry exist on level playing fields, keeping consumers safe and innovation from going too far. However, incredibly strict regulations can stunt innovation and cause entire industries to wither away. Dr. Peter James Facchini brings his perspective on how existing regulations have slowed the advancement of medical developments within Canada. Given the international concern of opium poppy’s illicit potential, Health Canada must abide by this global policy. But with modern technology pushing the development of many pharmaceuticals to being grown via fermentation, is it time to reconsider the rules?

Dr. Peter James Facchini leads research into the metabolic biochemistry in opium poppy at the University of Calgary. For more than 30 years, his work has contributed to the increased availability of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic genes to assist in the creation of morphine for pharmaceutical use. Dr. Facchini completed his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto before completing Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky in 1992 & Université de Montréal in 1995.