Insights and Stories on Crops

Major fresh vegetable packer to double capacity

Apr. 14, 2011 at 6:20 pm CDT

Canada’s biggest fresh produce processor has picked up public funding toward an $8.3 million expansion with which it plans to double its production capacity and boost its market reach. Pride Pak Canada on Monday confirmed a $2.3 million loan through Ontario’s economic development ministry for the expansion work at its […]

Prairie flooding delays seeding two weeks so far

Apr. 13, 2011 at 5:31 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Barley cash bids edge higher

Apr. 13, 2011 at 5:30 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

EU’s glyphosate tolerances loom over lentil trade

Apr. 12, 2011 at 5:50 pm CDT

Sources scotch rumours of BASF bid for Monsanto

Apr. 12, 2011 at 5:00 pm CDT

Fungicide approved for hothouse bedding plants

Apr. 12, 2011 at 11:00 am CDT

A treatment against powdery mildew in various fruit and vegetable crops can now be used against the same disease on hothouse bedding plants and lettuce. BASF Canada has picked up the expanded registration for its water-dispersible granular fungicide Pristine, which combines active ingredients pyraclostrobin (Group 11) and boscalid (Group 7). […]

Elevators covered, canola basis levels widen

Apr. 8, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Steady deliveries into the canola cash pipeline from western Canadian producers have given elevator companies ample supplies for the current crop year ending July 31, which has caused basis levels to widen, and in turn, lower cash bids. Bill Craddock, a farmer and trader in southern Manitoba, said elevator companies […]

By Brent Harder

Russia must make amends for grain ban: Putin

Apr. 7, 2011 at 8:23 pm CDT

Russia must restore its credibility as a grain supplier after banning exports and sending grain prices soaring, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. “I want to assure you we will do the utmost to remedy the situation on the grain market and to compensate supplies in the coming years and […]

Ontario winter wheat sees acreage increase

Apr. 7, 2011 at 3:30 pm CDT

After the price of wheat shot up in the summer of 2010, many producers in Ontario locked in contracts and as a result, the province has seen an increase in winter wheat acreage this year. Peter Johnson, winter wheat specialist with the provincial ag ministry (OMAFRA) in Guelph, said one […]

By Brent Harder

Rising prices may encourage more oats acres

Apr. 7, 2011 at 12:43 pm CDT

Oats prices at both the Chicago Board of Trade and in Western Canada have rallied over the past week, which could help bring some more acres to the crop this spring. However, competition from other crops and weather issues at seeding time could still sway the market. After weather issues […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin