Insights and Stories on Crops

Jan. 27, 2011 at 1:04 am CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Chickpea prices have been trending higher over the past month, with weather problems in some of top-producing nations a key reason for the strengthening of the market. Omer Al-Katib, director of corporate affairs and investor relations with Alliance Grains in Regina, said in an e-mail […]

By Brent Harder

Jan. 26, 2011 at 10:28 pm CST

Grain traffic and grain revenue barely budged in an otherwise much livelier year for traffic on Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) track. Releasing its 2010 and fourth-quarter (Q4) results Wednesday, Calgary-based CP reported full-year profits of $650.7 million on $4.982 billion in total revenues, up from $550 million on $4.402 billion in […]

Jan. 26, 2011 at 8:16 pm CST

Viterra is in talks with the Montreal Port Authority to become the operator of the St. Lawrence Seaway port’s grain terminal. The Regina firm, Canada’s largest grain handler, emphasized in a release Wednesday that “no transaction has been finalized” with the port authority and discussions are ongoing. Viterra’s proposal calls […]

By Dave Bedard

Jan. 26, 2011 at 6:15 pm CST

A Manitoba grower-owned seed company has picked up an exclusive distribution deal to handle Maizex Seeds’ seed corn for both Manitoba and Saskatchewan. NorthStar Genetics Manitoba currently supplies Roundup Ready soybeans to growers in Manitoba through a network of 30 dealers, plus one each in Saskatchewan and Ontario. “Our strong […]

Jan. 26, 2011 at 5:24 pm CST

Agrifood firm Richardson International plans to put up $15 million for expanded storage and warehousing and $1.5 million for research at its canola oil plant in southern Alberta. The Winnipeg firm on Wednesday said its expansion at Lethbridge would boost the size of its packaging plant by 40 per cent, […]