Insights and Stories on Crops

Declining canola crush margins still strong overall

Nov. 19, 2010 at 4:18 pm CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Canola crush margins have bounced around a lot over the past few weeks, but are well off their recent highs as sharp declines in the product values have cut into the margins. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans “go up and down, and we don’t […]

Cargill shuts Edmonton-area crop input outlet

Nov. 19, 2010 at 4:08 pm CST

Canadian yields boost markets for U.S. durum

Nov. 19, 2010 at 5:27 am CST

By Brent Harder

Record canola crush seen spurring byproduct exports

Nov. 18, 2010 at 5:38 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

Roundup-resistant ragweed spread tracked in Ont.

Nov. 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm CST

ADM eyes marketing B.C. firm’s soy protein product

Nov. 17, 2010 at 4:00 pm CST

Plant protein manufacturer Burcon NutraScience has signed on to draft a license agreement for agrifood firm Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) to market its soy protein products. The Vancouver company on Monday said it has signed a non-binding letter of intent laying out its and ADM’s plans for a license agreement, […]

New B-train load limits expand to more Sask. roads

Nov. 17, 2010 at 3:36 pm CST

Saskatchewan has expanded its list of highways on which truckers can run B-train truck tractor and semi-trailer combinations with an extra tonne per load. Grain truckers and others using B-trains will now be able to operate on the expanded list of highways at 63,500 kg, up from 62,500. The move […]

Manitoba sunflower harvest nearly complete

Nov. 17, 2010 at 2:59 pm CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Sunflower producers in Manitoba are approaching the end of harvest operations, just as the snow is beginning to fly. Roger Kissick of Linear Grains at Carman, Man. said the harvest is around 75 per cent complete. “There is still some out there that guys are […]

By Brent Harder

PotashCorp launches share buyback program

Nov. 16, 2010 at 11:11 pm CST

With BHP Billiton’s takeover bid off the table and its shares down about US$19 from their late-August peak, PotashCorp has launched a program to buy back about five per cent of its common stock. The Saskatoon-based fertilizer giant on Tuesday announced a share repurchase program, due to begin Thursday with […]

Edible bean market lags

Nov. 16, 2010 at 9:22 pm CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Prices for edible beans have held steady of late, and that’s not good news for producers across the Prairies. “We are lagging behind other commodities right now,” said Tammy Duncan of Duncan Seeds at Morden, Man. She said this can be attributed to the poor […]

By Brent Harder