Insights and Stories on Crops

Nov. 13, 2010 at 12:04 am CST

An advisory group picked from the private and public sectors of Canada’s potato industry has been set up to develop a new voluntary, nationwide farm-level biosecurity standard. The group, set up by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency working with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Horticultural Council’s potato committee executive, […]

Nov. 12, 2010 at 6:10 pm CST

Canada’s pulse crop exports are seen among the top beneficiaries as the federal government launches talks for an economic partnership agreement with India. Officials from both countries are expected to meet “in the coming days” to start the negotiating process, the federal government said in a release Friday. “Both sides […]

Nov. 12, 2010 at 4:27 pm CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — A report expecting global demand for beer to increase by nearly five per cent over the next five years is seen as good news for malt barley producers across Prairies. Rod Green, manager of Central Ag Marketing at Airdrie, Alta., said the bulk of the […]

By Brent Harder

Nov. 12, 2010 at 12:10 pm CST

Shortline railways carrying grain freight for Saskatchewan farmers will now get priority use of the province’s fleet of about 900 covered hopper rail cars. “By leasing provincial hopper cars directly to Saskatchewan shortlines, the benefits of provincial ownership of the cars go directly to producers and shortline railways in Saskatchewan,” […]

Nov. 12, 2010 at 11:49 am CST

Ontario crop growers taking part in the province’s Risk Management Program (RMP) can now pencil out different post-harvest scenarios online. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) on Monday launched a new web-based RMP calculator, just as the province’s farm program agency Agricorp released its 2010 pre-harvest payment information for the RMP […]