Insights and Stories on Crops

Oct. 20, 2010 at 12:25 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Sunflowers are starting to come off the field in southern Manitoba, with harvest operations estimated at 10 to 50 per cent complete and yields generally on the poor side, depending on the location. Prices for oilseed sunflowers have shown some improvement in recent weeks, but confectionary […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 19, 2010 at 8:11 pm CDT

Work on a “Buy Manitoba” branding campaign aimed at consumers within the province has picked up just shy of three quarters of a million dollars in public funding. The provincial government on Monday pledged $742,100 over two years for the campaign, aimed at raising the profile of Manitoba food products […]

Oct. 19, 2010 at 5:28 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Favourable weather conditions allowed producers in Alberta to make significant harvest progress over the past week or so, according to a provincial crop specialist on Tuesday. Harvest operations in the Peace River region of northern Alberta were virtually complete, while in the central areas of the […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Oct. 18, 2010 at 5:50 pm CDT

No candidate will sail through unopposed in any of the five districts up for contention in this fall’s Canadian Wheat Board director elections. Seeing “strong interest from prospective candidates,” the CWB’s election co-ordinator, Ian Craven of Meyers Norris Penny, on Friday confirmed at least two candidates are up for election […]

Oct. 16, 2010 at 6:09 am CDT

New Brunswick’s new provincial government is moving ahead on plans to restructure the province’s Crown liquor corporation. Premier David Alward on Thursday named Daniel Allain as the new president and CEO of Alcool NB Liquor (ANBL), the corporation responsible for purchase, import, distribution and retail sale for all beverage alcohol […]