Insights and Stories on Crops

Wheat Growers vice-chief named Grain Growers chief

Dec. 10, 2010 at 4:47 pm CST

The Grain Growers of Canada’s vice-president is getting a promotion. Stephen Vandervalk, who farms at Fort Macleod, Alta., was elected by the Grain Growers’ board of directors to its top post this week during the group’s meeting in Ottawa. Vandervalk joined the GGC board in his role as Alberta vice-president […]

Malteurop’s Winnipeg workers hit the bricks

Dec. 9, 2010 at 4:36 pm CST

Winnipeg malt plant’s workers set strike date

Dec. 8, 2010 at 5:03 pm CST

Drozd: Two-week reversal signifies bottoming action in U.S. dollar index

Dec. 8, 2010 at 3:22 pm CST

By David Drozd

Prairie oat market seen on the rise

Dec. 8, 2010 at 6:00 am CST

By Brent Harder

Further boost sought for CWB initial payments

Dec. 7, 2010 at 3:22 pm CST

Increases effective this week in the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2010-11 initial payments may not be the last for this crop year. The board on Monday announced it has sent a recommendation to the federal government for further increases to the 2010-11 initials for wheat, barley and durum, over and above […]

Prairie farm loan adjustments par for weather: FCC

Dec. 7, 2010 at 2:57 pm CST

The impact of unseeded acres and flooded-out crops in several parts of the Prairies hasn’t weighed much heavier on farmers’ loans, Farm Credit Canada reports. Despite the delayed harvest and lower production, the federal farm financing agency said Tuesday, the number of Nov. 1 loan payments recorded as past due […]

N.S. to limit pesticides on lawns, not vegetables

Dec. 7, 2010 at 6:15 am CST

New regulations restricting the use of pesticides on Nova Scotia’s lawns come April 1 will apply neither to farms, nor to residential vegetable or fruit gardens. The province on Monday released its Exceptions to Prohibitions on Non-essential Pesticides Regulations, which follow legislation passed in May to limit the use of […]

ICE to require one-trade minimum for free online use

Dec. 3, 2010 at 6:06 pm CST

Users of ICE Futures Canada’s WebICE system who don’t trade at least one lot per month in any contract will soon have to pay for access. The Winnipeg ag commodity exchange on Friday announced that as of Jan. 1, 2011, it will levy a US$20 market data exchange fee for […]

Larger canola crop provides cushion, demand still strong

Dec. 3, 2010 at 12:27 pm CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Canada’s 2010/11 canola crop will come in well above trade expectations, according to official production estimates released Friday by Statistics Canada. However, strong demand is expected to keep values well supported. Barley production, meanwhile, was much smaller than traders had expected, while wheat was revised […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin