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Manitoba Crop Report

Manitoba Agriculture says crops are generally in average to good condition.
 
Disease pressure for sclerotinia continues to be higher, depending on the risk factors.
 
Hay and forage yields have been variable, while regrowth has been good in much of the province.
 
Grasshoppers are a concern in cereal and soybean fields. Armyworms are noted in fall rye, spring cereals, and perennial ryegrass.
 
High winds and driving rain have lodged some cereal and corn crops in the Altona to Morris area.
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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.