Insights and Stories on Crops

Dec. 17, 2010 at 11:59 am CST

Saskatchewan’s Crown auto insurer will ask drivers to voluntarily start using their physical addresses on their licenses, saying a farm’s legal land location will be of more help in an emergency than a P.O. box. The request, coming as the province moves to a new one-piece driver’s license on Jan. […]

Dec. 16, 2010 at 2:32 pm CST

Ontario grain and oilseed growers will still be able to choose to defer payments from grain dealers on their deliveries, according to the province’s ag ministry. The ag ministry’s assurance follows a warning this week from the Ontario Agri Business Association (OABA), in which it stated that the province planned […]

Dec. 16, 2010 at 9:05 am CST

The Alberta government has stepped in to shut down a Calgary-area sulphur fertilizer processing plant, citing a list of environmental violations. Agrimax Ltd., which operates the Fernz SulFer Works plant at Irricana, about 45 km northeast of the city, was slapped Wednesday with an enforcement order that indefinitely suspends its […]

Dec. 15, 2010 at 7:29 pm CST

The relatively common practice of grain and oilseed dealers deferring payments to growers is expected to end next month in Ontario. following a stricter reading of that province’s Grains Act. Ontario’s ag ministry (OMAFRA) and provincial farm program delivery agency Agricorp have warned grain dealers that the province’s 1990 Grains […]

Dec. 15, 2010 at 12:11 pm CST

Canadian fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium has agreed to sell off the bulk of its newly-acquired Australian grain handling and marketing business to the Australian wing of Cargill. Agrium on Wednesday said it would see net proceeds of about A$870 million (C$866.8 million) from Cargill’s cash deal for the […]