Insights and Stories on Crops

Yellow peas decline along with India frost fears

Mar. 21, 2011 at 2:56 pm CDT

After reaching levels as high as $8 per bushel earlier this year, yellow pea prices have taken a tumble of late, as speculation of frost damage to India’s crop was not as severe as originally thought. “The frost thoughts in India were absolutely overdone. There was some damage done, but […]

Study seeks southern N.S. sites for ag development

Mar. 21, 2011 at 11:00 am CDT

Feds to legislate service agreement option for rail shippers

Mar. 19, 2011 at 12:22 am CDT

Agri-Trend to support Deere dealers on precision ag

Mar. 18, 2011 at 5:30 pm CDT

Japan millers missed major quake damage: CWB

Mar. 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm CDT

Iraq plans $700M water plan to grow more wheat

Mar. 18, 2011 at 4:30 pm CDT

Major wheat importer Iraq plans to start an eight-year, US$700 million irrigation programme this year, part of a plan to increase wheat production by more than 60 per cent to three million tonnes. Popular anger at rising food prices has been an explosive ingredient in the mix of grievances that […]

By khalid-alansary

Higher oats bids needed to bring in acres

Mar. 17, 2011 at 5:45 pm CDT

Oat bids in Western Canada dropped in sympathy with U.S. futures over the past few weeks, but will need to keep in line with other cropping options in order to make sure enough acres go in the ground this spring. “The fundamental perspective hasn’t changed. (Oats) will need to be […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

“Naked oats” arrive in Campbell’s meal-in-a-can program

Mar. 17, 2011 at 3:42 pm CDT

Campbell’s Canada’s launch of a new canned meal product containing naked oats is pure vindication for farmer from Manitoba’s Interlake who invested years promoting the variety as an important new crop. The Canadian food company on Feb. 28 announced the launch of Nourish, a 425-gram meal-in-a-can product which, in addition […]

By Lorraine Stevenson

Viterra to seek new business planning VP

Mar. 17, 2011 at 11:19 am CDT

Canada’s largest grain handler is in need of a new senior vice-president of business planning and development. The incumbent, former CIBC and TD executive Andrew Muirhead, has “stepped down to pursue other interests,” Regina-based Viterra announced Wednesday. Muirhead joined Viterra as senior vice-president of corporate development in January 2008, working […]

Corn, soy markets seen focusing soon on new-crop issues

Mar. 17, 2011 at 12:11 am CDT

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade dropped sharply over the past week, as the earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis in Japan triggered a speculative sell-off in the agricultural commodity markets. Concerns that Japanese demand for grains and oilseeds will back away in the near term, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin