Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. corn, soy, wheat fall in quake’s wake

Mar. 11, 2011 at 5:24 pm CST

U.S. grain futures fell after an earthquake in Japan raised fears that the world’s third largest economy would slow commodity purchases, extending a sell-off in which wheat prices notched their biggest weekly loss in more than two years. Grain companies bought the futures at the dips but were still overwhelmed […]

Canola basis levels seen improving by mid-2011

Mar. 11, 2011 at 5:12 pm CST

By Brent Harder

Richardson to buy eastern Sask. grain terminal

Mar. 11, 2011 at 10:51 am CST

Dow AgroSciences signs CFL sponsorship deal

Mar. 11, 2011 at 2:30 am CST

Cold weather limits top-grade canola supplies

Mar. 10, 2011 at 5:24 pm CST

U.S. makes biggest buy of Prairie feed wheat in decade

Mar. 10, 2011 at 5:17 pm CST

Canadian feed wheat is flowing into the southeastern United States in the largest quantities for more than a decade, highlighting tight U.S. corn supplies and a surplus of feed wheat in Canada, several trade sources said on Wednesday. Wilmington Bulk LLC, a consortium of North Carolina poultry and swine producers […]

By Rod Nickel

Aphid-resistant RR soybean awaits approval

Mar. 9, 2011 at 6:59 pm CST

A Roundup Ready soybean variety with an aphid resistance trait would be the first of its kind in Canada if its registration clears as expected. Syngenta Seeds Canada on Wednesday announced it plans to add S25-F2 to its NK glyphosate-tolerant soybean lineup. The variety is “awaiting registration” but has already […]

Sask. to test-drive beaver dam removal plan

Mar. 9, 2011 at 6:22 pm CST

A one-year pilot program to help Saskatchewan’s rural municipalities get rid of problem beavers and beaver dams will get half a million dollars in provincial funding. The program, to be administered by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), is to target areas where beaver damming has swamped rural infrastructure, […]

Viterra sees more canola acres, moisture risk

Mar. 9, 2011 at 5:57 pm CST

Canada’s biggest grain handler expects “strong fundamentals” in its ag input business this year, based partly on more canola acres — but it grants that the Prairie spring thaw may have other plans. Viterra on Wednesday posted improved results for its first fiscal quarter ending Jan. 31, largely on the […]

Sask. at “final stage” in school tax cuts on ag land

Mar. 9, 2011 at 3:55 pm CST

Saskatchewan has reached the “final stage” of its cuts to education property taxes on farmland, the province said Wednesday. Speaking to the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention in Regina Wednesday, provincial Finance Minister Ken Krawetz confirmed a cut in the agricultural mill rate this year from 7.08 to […]

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