Alfalfa Coexistence Planning The next steps
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Alfalfa Coexistence Planning The next steps
Alfalfa Coexistence Planning The next steps CSTA Forage and Turf Committee July 13 13, 2015 Windsor, Ontario Patty Townsend, CEO GrowingfortheWorld/Une Croissance Axée sur leMonde Coexistence Plan for Alfalfa Hay in Eastern Canada Completed in 2013 • Began with value chain symposium y in Kitchener in 2012 • Best Management practises developed by panel of experts/specialists t / i li t • Academics • Forage F specialists i li t • Alfalfa producers • Users of alfalfa hay • Weed specialist GrowingfortheWorld/Une Croissance Axée sur leMonde CSTA Strategic Plan 2014-19 “A coexistence plan for alfalfa hay and seed across Canada by December 2017” 2017 • Commercializing Company indicates no intention to commercialize for seed • Strategy is to develop a coexistence plan for hay in Western Canada • Separate plan recognizes very different production, use and d markets k t GrowingfortheWorld/Une Croissance Axée sur leMonde TABLE OF CONTENTS Three Production Systems Can Coexist For Hay Production in Western Canada 1 Background 1. 2. Principles of Coexistence 3. Alfalfa Hay Production Systems in Western Canada 4. The Biology of Alfalfa – Potential for Gene/Pollen Transfer 5. Routes to Unintended Low Level Presence of GM Alfalfa 6. Mitigating the Risk of Low Level Presence with Best Management Practises 7. Best Management Practises for Production of Genetically Modified Alfalfa A - Record Keeping B - Preventing Adventitious Presence (AP) at Planting C - Reducing the Risk of AP from Gene Flow D - Preventing of Mixing During Harvest E - Preventing Mixing during Handling and Storage F - Stand Take Out G - Preventing Volunteers from a Prior GM Crop H - Preventing Weed Shifts and Weed Resistance in Glyphosate Tolerant Alfalfa 8. Best Management Practises for Alfalfa Hay and Hay Products Destined for Non-GM Markets A - Record Keeping B - Preventing Adventitious Presence (AP) at Planting C - Preventing AP at Harvest 9 Best 9. B t Management M t Practises P ti Checklist Ch kli t 10. Appendix A: Manitoba Appendix B: Saskatchewan Appendix C: Alberta Appendix D: British Columbia References GrowingfortheWorld/Une Croissance Axée sur leMonde Value Chain Group Established Current Participants p Seed Sector Developer/Commercializing Company for GM alfalfa Forage Genetics International Monsanto Canada Technology Licensees Dupont Pioneer Seed Trade BrettYoung Gold Medal Seeds Imperial Seed Provincial Forage Specialists Saskatchewan Provincial Specialist, Forage Crops Manitoba Forage and Extension Specialist Academics/Researchers Rene VanAcker, University of Guelph Surya Acharya, AAFC Lethbridge Provincial Organizations Alberta Alfalfa Seed Commission Saskatchewan Leafcutter Association Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association National Organizations Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association Canadian Seed Growers Association C Canadian di H Honey C Councilil Forage Seed Canada • Still seeking alfalfa hay producers and users and organic sector representation GrowingfortheWorld/Une Croissance Axée sur leMonde Proposed Process and Time Frame July, 2015 Document distributed to value chain group for discussion and comment • Consideration of categories for BMPs August, 2015 Conference Call/Webinar of group for input Identify smaller group of experts to work on BMPs September October Group of experts conference calls etc. to develop BMPs November Document with proposed BMPs back to value chain gro group p December Final consultation with value chain group (webinar, call, face-to-face) February Launch of plan GrowingfortheWorld/Une Croissance Axée sur leMonde