Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. to seek Canadian durum as U.S. acres plummet

Jul. 4, 2011 at 5:40 pm CDT

The U.S. wheat industry is bracing for a tight supply of premium pasta wheat this year after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected durum acres this week to be the lowest in 50 years as heavy rains and flooding prevented seeding. Some industry specialists expect the number to get even […]

Mosaic ordered to supply PotashCorp pending trial

Jul. 4, 2011 at 4:01 pm CDT

Potato fungicide cleared for use in apple, carrot crops

Jul. 1, 2011 at 4:59 am CDT

Billiton potash project gets Sask. environmental approval

Jul. 1, 2011 at 12:04 am CDT

Nationwide biodiesel mandate to arrive Friday

Jun. 30, 2011 at 3:12 pm CDT

Government may fund CWB’s move to open market

Jun. 30, 2011 at 10:41 am CDT

The Canadian government would consider giving the Canadian Wheat Board short-term capital to help it adjust to an open market once Ottawa removes its grain monopoly, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Wednesday. Ritz, speaking to reporters in Winnipeg, said funding would depend on the board presenting a suitable business plan. […]

By Rod Nickel

Better varieties expected as flax genome cracked

Jun. 29, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Researchers at the University of Alberta have deciphered the genetic code for flax, using a highly efficient sequencing procedure developed by the Beijing Genomics Institute. Canadian researchers now have the genetic information to accelerate improvements for flax and to identify ways to adapt this ancient plant to modern uses, said […]

Pro-CWB farmers aim to test Ritz’s plans in court

Jun. 29, 2011 at 12:14 pm CDT

The federal government’s plans to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk for Prairie wheat and barley without a farmer vote are the target of a suit filed by a Prairie farmers’ group Monday. The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) has filed in Federal Court in Winnipeg […]

CWB to conduct farmer vote on monopoly

Jun. 28, 2011 at 4:59 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board will hold a farmers’ vote on the future of its marketing monopoly on Prairie wheat and barley, in a last-ditch bid to stop Ottawa from opening up the trade to competition. The CWB said Tuesday that the plebiscite on whether to retain the world’s last major […]