Insights and Stories on Crops

Monsanto’s “refuge in a bag” corn gets CFIA approval

Jun. 10, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Federal food regulators have granted their approval for Canada’s first line of “refuge in a bag” (RIB) corn seed. Monsanto Canada on Friday reported it has picked up Canadian Food Inspection Agency authorization to sell Genuity SmartStax stacked-trait corn seed with its required five per cent refuge in the same […]

Time to sell feed barley, analyst suggests

Jun. 10, 2011 at 5:47 pm CDT

By Brent Harder

Cargill to shut SW Ont. grain elevator

Jun. 10, 2011 at 5:01 pm CDT

Gov’t plans don’t impact CWB credit ratings, yet: Moody’s

Jun. 10, 2011 at 12:57 pm CDT

Lack of wheat drives up prices from ethanol plants

Jun. 9, 2011 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Brent Harder

AAFC dials back estimated crop area due to flooding

Jun. 9, 2011 at 5:02 am CDT

Canada’s agriculture department has lowered its estimates of crop harvested areas, as flooding and excessive rain look to leave much land fallow this year. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its grain and oilseed outlook, which is based on analysis, not a farmer survey, late on Tuesday. Severe wetness in southern […]

U.S. farmers face uncertainty of CWB deregulation

Jun. 8, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

The expected end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single-desk marketing powers for western Canadian wheat, durum, and barley in 2012 will likely lead to some adjustments in the flow of grain between Canada and the United States. Such a move could create some uncertainty for U.S. farmers who could soon […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

FREE to good home: FARM PROGRESS tickets (June 08, 2011)

Jun. 8, 2011 at 5:15 pm CDT

EDITOR’S NOTE: This contest is now closed. Many thanks for your entries. Winners have been or soon will be contacted by email — and tickets have been put in the mail, or will be very shortly. If you’ve not got your tickets yet for the Western Canada Farm Progress Show, […]

Roy Legumex, Walker Seeds merge, prepare IPO

Jun. 8, 2011 at 1:56 pm CDT

Two major family-owned Prairie processors of pulses and other special crops have merged with plans to go public and build a new canola crushing plant in the northwestern U.S. Roy Legumex of St. Jean Baptiste, Man., and Walker Seeds of Tisdale, Sask. on Monday announced their merger under the name […]

Crush margins gain strength with crop concerns

Jun. 8, 2011 at 6:01 am CDT

Canola crush margins have seen some upward movement over the last week, thanks in large part to the seeding concerns across the Canadian prairies. Canola crush margins for July were bringing $86.48 per ton as of June 6, according to ICE Futures Canada. That compares with $77.67 per ton a […]

By Brent Harder