Insights and Stories on Crops

Stake changes hands in southern Man. grain firm

Nov. 3, 2010 at 1:15 pm CDT

A southern Manitoba grain handler will take on some new partners as the company’s president sells his ownership stake. Martin Harder, president of Delmar Commodities at Winkler, Man., announced this week he has sold his shares to two other employee shareholders in the company, and the remainder to the shareholders […]

ICE Canada to offer new options for options

Nov. 3, 2010 at 12:18 am CDT

Prairie mustard bids range steady to disappointing

Nov. 2, 2010 at 10:19 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Alta. farmers close in on completed harvest

Nov. 2, 2010 at 3:45 pm CDT

ICE launches mobile apps for Apple gadgets

Nov. 2, 2010 at 3:26 pm CDT

Weston buys Toronto artisan breadmaker

Nov. 2, 2010 at 7:00 am CDT

Baking giant Weston Foods has sealed a deal to buy a nationwide supplier of artisan and European-style rustic breads. Weston on Monday announced it’s completed its purchase of Toronto’s ACE Bakery for $110 million. “The ACE Bakery brand is known for its quality products and will complement our existing family […]

Regina pulse broker buys British pulse trader

Nov. 1, 2010 at 10:15 pm CDT

One of Europe’s oldest and best-known traders of pulse crops and birdseeds is under new ownership in Saskatchewan. Pulse crop processor and exporter Alliance Grain Traders of Regina announced Monday it has bought A. Poortman (London) Ltd. Group for about 8.3 million pounds (C$13.5 million) plus a commitment of C$2 […]

Ag Growth opens SW Ont. equipment warehouse

Oct. 31, 2010 at 5:00 am CDT

A Prairie-based grain handling equipment maker has opened a southwestern Ontario warehouse to store inventory and handle support operations for its dealers in the province. Ag Growth International opened its warehouse at Exeter, about 45 km north of London, on Oct. 18 and expects that by early next year it […]

Sask. harvest nearly complete

Oct. 29, 2010 at 9:57 pm CDT

Farmers in all regions of Saskatchewan have their latest crop about 99 per cent harvested, the provincial ag ministry said Thursday in its second-last crop report of 2010. The data, covering Oct. 19 up until Monday, wouldn’t yet cover the point this week when farm work ground to a halt […]

U.S. lifts restrictions on Bunge’s canola plant

Oct. 29, 2010 at 4:12 pm CDT

(Reuters) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted restrictions against imports of Canadian canola meal from a Bunge Ltd. plant at Altona, Man., easing a situation that has sharply cut Canadian exports to the U.S. over health concerns. The FDA has removed the plant from its online […]

By Reuters