Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 25, 2011 at 2:00 pm CDT

With canola values on the rise over the past week, crush margins have taken a hit, falling to their lowest point in the current calendar year. Bill Craddock, a southern Manitoba trader and producer, said this has been a bad week for those in the crushing sector. “There has been […]

By Brent Harder

Mar. 25, 2011 at 11:00 am CDT

Manitoba cropland too wet to seed last spring, which didn’t get worked last year because it remained too wet, qualifies for Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) in 2011. Incorrect information appeared in a front page story on crop insurance in the March 17, 2011 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator. EMI coverage […]

Mar. 24, 2011 at 7:40 pm CDT

Geopolitical concerns, trumped by disaster on top of disasters in Japan, against a backdrop of near-“burdensome” supply, have piled on wheat in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest 2011-12 and 2010-11 pool return outlooks (PROs). Wheat values in the CWB’s March PRO for the 2011-12 crop year are down $23 to […]

Mar. 24, 2011 at 4:40 pm CDT

A controversial rezoning that would have allowed residential and commercial development on farmland in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley has been shot down by the province. Agriculture Minister John MacDonell, in his other role as minister of municipal relations and government services, announced his decision Wednesday after putting Kings County’s February […]

Mar. 24, 2011 at 4:30 pm CDT

A five-year, $26 million provincial incentive program for renewable diesel production in Saskatchewan will kick in next month, with a mandatory minimum renewable fuel requirement for diesel to follow 15 months later. The program, announced Wednesday as part of Saskatchewan’s 2011-12 provincial budget, will provide a grant of 13 cents […]