Insights and Stories on Crops

Dec. 13, 2010 at 7:35 am CST

Prairie wheat and barley growers won’t see much if any shift in the tenor of the single-desk debate in the new year where the Canadian Wheat Board’s board of directors is concerned. Eligible farmers in the CWB’s five odd-numbered voting districts sent three incumbents and two new directors to the […]

Dec. 11, 2010 at 7:26 am CST

Canada’s flax industry group will get an extra $3 million in federal funding for testing to help rid Canada’s flax supply of unwanted Triffid genetics. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Friday pledged the funding from the five-year, $163 million Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) for the Flax Council of Canada […]

Dec. 11, 2010 at 5:00 am CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Open interest in western barley futures has declined to virtually zero, which would normally signal that the end of the contract’s long and distinguished history is close at hand. However, officials from the Winnipeg-based exchange ICE Futures Canada are not ready to give up on […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Dec. 11, 2010 at 4:03 am CST

A Case IH group of dealerships across the Prairies plans to stake out some new territory by buying an Alberta dealership with three locations north and east of Edmonton. Rocky Mountain Dealerships announced Thursday it will buy Agritrac Equipment, which operates at Westlock, Barrhead and Vegreville. “This acquisition is strategically […]

Dec. 10, 2010 at 5:38 pm CST

All seed potatoes destined for planting in New Brunswick will need to be sent for post-harvest lab tests for a common spud virus, starting next year. “This proposal for legislative amendments is probably the single biggest thing that government can do to help the potato sector,” provincial Agriculture Minister Mike […]