Insights and Stories on Crops

Hail claims well below normal

Jul. 22, 2011 at 8:46 am CDT

In its biweekly report, the Canadian Crop Hail Association says that despite some well-publicized storms, the number of hail claims filed by Prairie farmers is well below average for this time of year. As of mid-week, the member companies reported a total of roughly 2,650 claims in Saskatchewan, 930 claims in […]

Saskatchewan crop report – generally good conditions

Jul. 21, 2011 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Saskatchewan Agriculture

Alberta – good news on bugs, bad on disease

Jul. 21, 2011 at 3:10 pm CDT

By Staff

New executive director at WGRF

Jul. 21, 2011 at 11:28 am CDT

By Staff

Analyst sees canola “grinding lower”

Jul. 21, 2011 at 8:04 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Bunge eyes Western Canada after end of CWB monopoly

Jul. 20, 2011 at 3:00 pm CDT

Bunge Ltd. welcomes Ottawa’s decision to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board and is preparing to jump into Prairie grain handling, according to a story in the July 20 Globe and Mail. In an interview while visiting Winnipeg, Bunge chief executive Alberto Weisser told the Globe that “The concept (of a […]

By Staff

CBOT corn limit likely to move to 40 cents a bushel

Jul. 20, 2011 at 1:22 pm CDT

The CME Group made it clear at a meeting on Tuesday that the exchange would go ahead with plans to raise the daily trading limits on corn futures despite strong opposition from many grain-handling companies. The CME’s request to raise the trading limit to 40 cents from the current 30 […]

By Sam Nelson

Pioneer gets approval of single-bag refuge protection

Jul. 20, 2011 at 1:10 pm CDT

Pioneer Hi-Bred says it has received Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approval of its Optimum AcreMax insect protection, which integrates insect control and refuge needs in a single bag. Optimum AcreMax bags contain 95 per cent of a Pioneer hybrid with Herculex 1 insect protection plus YieldGard corn borer protection and […]

By Staff

Plenty of moisture in most of Alberta: crop report

Jul. 20, 2011 at 12:54 pm CDT

Alberta Agriculture’s biweekly crop report (full report alongside) with conditions to July 14 says that virtually all areas of the province received rain during the previous two weeks, and that overall, soil moisture reserves in the province are adequate to excessive. Provincially, about 83 per cent of spring cereals are […]

By Staff

Manitoba weekly pest and disease update

Jul. 19, 2011 at 3:16 pm CDT

Manitoba Agriculture’s insect and disease update has been issued for this week. Topics this week include armyworms in cereals, aphids, thrips, sclerotinia, soybean aphid and green cloverworms. Due to the provincial government publication ban in advance of an election, the reports cannot be posted on the MAFRI website, but are […]

By Staff