Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 7, 2011 at 7:00 pm CST

A “major constraint” against exports of Canadian peas and other pulse crops to China has been lifted with the removal of that country’s maximum limit for selenium in imported foods, Canada’s pulse industry agency reports. Pulse Canada on Monday confirmed that China removed its cap on selenium levels effective Feb. […]

Mar. 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm CST

Prices for dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have been holding steady and in most cases trending higher, but with those values strong, demand for the ethanol byproduct has been easing. Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with Rycom Trading in Kelowna, B.C., said lower cattle numbers in the country have […]

By Brent Harder

Mar. 4, 2011 at 7:13 pm CST

A new 2,4-D- and glyphosate-tolerant crop trait system that’s expected to be available in 2013 for U.S. growers is expected to be launched in Canada “in the next few years.” Seed and ag chem firm Dow AgroSciences on Wednesday announced “pending” U.S. regulatory approvals for the components of what it’s […]

Mar. 4, 2011 at 5:44 pm CST

After falling a week or two ago, canola crush margins have seen a rebound, thanks to an increase in ICE Futures Canada canola contracts, along with soybean and soyoil contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Bill Craddock, a trader and producer in southern Manitoba, said where the crush […]

By Brent Harder

Mar. 4, 2011 at 4:13 pm CST

Prairie wheat growers — and barley growers east of Lloydminster — won’t be able to write off quite as much of their checkoff when filing returns for the 2010 tax year. The Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF), which collects checkoffs on Prairie wheat and Saskatchewan and Manitoba barley, on Friday […]