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Corn and Sorghum Harvests Nearly In

For the week ending December 1, Nebraska's corn harvest was 96% complete, near 99% for both last year and the five-year average, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Sorghum harvest was 97% done, near 99% for both last year and the average.
 
Winter wheat condition rated 2% very poor, 4% poor, 26% fair, 49% good, and 19% excellent.
 
Pasture and range conditions rated 1% very poor, 4% poor, 24% fair, 60% good, and 11% excellent.
 
For more information, view the National Crop Progress Report.
 
Source : unl.edu

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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.