Insights and Stories on Crops

Pea prices sharply higher from year ago

Aug. 4, 2011 at 4:45 am CDT

The run-up in commodity prices over the last year has not left peas by the wayside, as the value of both yellow and green peas has seen a sharp jump over the last 12 months. According to data from Prairie Ag Hotwire, elevator bids for green peas are bringing as […]

RMP paperwork available for Ont. crop growers

Aug. 4, 2011 at 4:08 am CDT

Cargill shuts Peace-area crop input dealership

Aug. 2, 2011 at 4:36 pm CDT

Man. winter wheat harvest underway: Crop report

Aug. 2, 2011 at 3:30 pm CDT

By manitoba-agriculture

Research eyes weather’s effects on new apple types

Aug. 2, 2011 at 2:59 pm CDT

Wheat board asks Ottawa to pay shutdown costs

Jul. 29, 2011 at 3:26 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board has asked the federal government to pay “hundreds of millions of dollars” in penalties for cancelled grain contracts and other expenses that it says would arise if it shuts down next year when its marketing monopoly ends. If Ottawa removes the board’s monopoly to buy and […]

By Rod Nickel

Generally good conditions in Saskatchewan

Jul. 29, 2011 at 3:17 pm CDT

Saskatchewan livestock producers continue to make good haying progress and now have 73 per cent of the hay crop cut. Fifty one per cent of the hay crop has been baled or put into silage according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Haying progress varies across the province, ranging from […]

By Saskatchewan Agriculture

Alberta crops varied, but good overall – analyst

Jul. 29, 2011 at 3:03 pm CDT

Crop conditions are varied across Alberta, although the overall picture is looking good with no real significant areas of concern, according to a provincial specialist. “The crops are variable, some are right on-time and some are late,” said Neil Whatley, crop specialist with the Alberta Ag Info Centre. He said heat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Three steps to effective pre-harvest weed control

Jul. 28, 2011 at 5:00 pm CDT

At this stage in the crop year, many farmers are thinking about making a late-season application of glyphosate to control perennial weeds. A pre-harvest pass can be effective weed control, but if it’s applied at the wrong time or under the wrong conditions, it’s just wasted time and money. Farmers […]

By Scott Garvey

Ugly perennials getting admiring looks

Jul. 28, 2011 at 4:26 pm CDT

In a back corner of the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm here is a nursery of what most farmers would consider butt-ugly plants with spindly stems, tiny seeds, and weedy characteristics. But they might just be the salvation of grain farming if the impact of climate change falls hard on […]

By Laura Rance-Unger