Insights and Stories on Crops

Dryness trims U.S. corn and soy prospects

Jul. 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm CDT

Extreme heat and dryness this week as the crop is reproducing will trim U.S. corn prospects, and even more stress from dry weather will continue through next week, an agricultural meteorologist forecast Tuesday. “I would think the condition decline will be even more extreme this week. There is going to […]

CWB contract announcements

Jul. 18, 2011 at 2:45 pm CDT

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CWB delays year-end news conference

Jul. 18, 2011 at 2:08 pm CDT

By Reuters

PEI spring wheat growers urged to monitor fusarium

Jul. 18, 2011 at 1:32 pm CDT

By Staff

Winter pulses give farmers another option

Jul. 18, 2011 at 12:37 pm CDT

By Lee Hart

Legumex Walker confirms U.S. canola plant

Jul. 18, 2011 at 11:34 am CDT

Legumex Walker Inc. has confirmed that it will proceed with construction of a canola crushing plant in Warden, Washington, its first plant in the U.S. It is expected to be completed by late 2012 and operational in 2013. The plant is being built and operated by Pacific Coast Canola, a […]

By Staff

Five winter wheat classes reclassified Aug. 1

Jul. 18, 2011 at 11:04 am CDT

If you still have stocks of certain winter wheat varieties, you may want to deliver them by the end of this month. The Canadian Grain Commission has reminded grain producers and industry stakeholders that effective August 1, 2013, the following wheat varieties will be moved from the Canada Western Red […]

By Staff

CropWatch: We have your Manitoba reports

Jul. 16, 2011 at 11:20 pm CDT

Manitoba’s agriculture department is still publishing its weekly crop condition, insect and disease updates, but don’t look for them on the department’s website. A publication ban is in place on government websites during the run-up to Manitoba’s provincial election on Oct. 4. However, the department’s latest updates are available in […]

Prairie winter wheat looks good, disease pressure mounts

Jul. 16, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Decent growing weather the past couple of weeks has helped the winter wheat crops in Western Canada catch up in their development, but the harvest will still likely come later than normal. Disease is also causing problems in some areas, said an official with the Canadian Wheat Board. Most of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CWB working on open-market model: MCO

Jul. 15, 2011 at 5:01 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board is already working on a model for converting the single-desk seller of western barley and wheat into an open-market grain company, the Manitoba Co-operator reports. But for this “new entity” to survive the federal government must make major concessions, including assuming CWB employees’ pension liability, CWB […]

By Allan Dawson