Insights and Stories on Crops

NAFTA dispute over Quebec 2,4-D ban settled

May. 27, 2011 at 5:21 pm CDT

Dow AgroSciences and the federal government have reached a settlement of the U.S. ag chem firm’s challenge of Quebec’s ban of certain uses of the herbicide 2,4-D. The agreement, signed Wednesday, ends Dow’s 2009 challenge of Quebec’s ban under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which contended […]

Lowered new-crop expectations support CWB’s PROs

May. 27, 2011 at 2:14 pm CDT

Rain or shine, the weeds still grow

May. 27, 2011 at 12:23 pm CDT

By nasir-shaikh

Iraq sees higher wheat harvest, to suspend imports

May. 25, 2011 at 5:49 pm CDT

Slow crop start limits frost damage on Prairies

May. 25, 2011 at 5:39 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

N.S. backs upgrades at Lassonde juice plant

May. 25, 2011 at 5:31 am CDT

A Quebec juice company’s plant in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley has picked up provincial funding to upgrade its packaging equipment and expand its product lines. Greatvalley Juices, owned by Quebec’s A. Lassonde Inc., will get a $140,000 incentive over five years from the Nova Scotia government’s Industrial Expansion Fund (IEF) […]

Prairies’ winter wheat crop and acres falter

May. 25, 2011 at 4:59 am CDT

The wet and late spring that hit the eastern part of Canada’s Prairies has hurt the progress of the area’s winter wheat crop. “I have seen very little winter wheat out of the ground. There is nothing I can see around here, or in the more southern parts of the […]

By Brent Harder

Crop variety decision tool now online for Man. growers

May. 25, 2011 at 4:46 am CDT

An online tool aimed at helping crop growers in Manitoba make variety decisions tailored to their own farms is now live. The Manitoba Seed Growers Association, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and Manitoba Co-operator publisher Farm Business Communications last week launched Seed Interactive, a new service based on the […]

N.S. Ag College in merger talks with Dalhousie

May. 21, 2011 at 8:29 pm CDT

The only college in Canada to operate as a division of a provincial ag department is in talks to shed that status and merge itself into Halifax’s Dalhousie University. Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), based in Truro, announced Friday it has formally entered merger talks with Dalhousie, in the wake […]

Canola crushers process record tonnage

May. 20, 2011 at 5:45 pm CDT

Canada’s oilseed crushers processed a record 4.812 million tonnes of canola so far in the current 2010-11 crop year, data from the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) showed Friday. The rapid pace reflects additional capacity from new plants in Saskatchewan opened by Richardson International and Louis Dreyfus Canada, as well […]

By Reuters