Insights and Stories on Crops

Pea markets up in air on uncertain quality

Sep. 14, 2010 at 2:00 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Export demand is slowly picking up for edible peas, as new-crop supplies start to become available. But with a sizeable portion still to be harvested, the unknowns regarding quality are limiting activity in the market. “There seems to be a little bit of demand coming from […]

Sask. pledges more funds for ag biotech work

Sep. 14, 2010 at 10:25 am CDT

Funding pledged for East-centred crop research

Sep. 13, 2010 at 10:24 pm CDT

Frost in forecasts, canola swathing pondered

Sep. 13, 2010 at 3:45 pm CDT

Independent crop input dealers form support group

Sep. 13, 2010 at 4:00 am CDT

Oat market looking strong

Sep. 10, 2010 at 10:15 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Even though harvest conditions aren’t what oat producers have been asking for, prices should be strong for the supplies that do eventually come off the field in Western Canada. Oat prices have been going up over the last while across the Prairies. Terry Tyson, commodity procurement […]

By Brent Harder

Rain keeps combines parked in Saskatchewan

Sep. 9, 2010 at 9:55 pm CDT

Rain in much of Saskatchewan last week continues to soak fields and frustrate farmers’ efforts to get the crop off, the province reported Thursday. In its crop report for the week ending Monday (Sept. 6), the provincial ag ministry estimated just 13 per cent of the 2010 crop has been […]

Canola basis widening

Sep. 9, 2010 at 6:03 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The canola basis price has been widening of late, with buyers having ample product at the moment. Errol Anderson, president of Pro Market Communications in Calgary, said there are a number of factors contributing to the current trend in market. “The strengthening of the Canadian dollar […]

By Brent Harder

Ont. bean processor plans expansion

Sep. 9, 2010 at 11:48 am CDT

Southern Ontario bean processor Thompsons Ltd. has bought a soon-to-be-vacant manufacturing plant next door to its current site for possession early next year. The company on Tuesday announced a deal to buy Erie Architectural Products’ nine-year-old, 38,000-square foot plant next to its own facility at Blenheim, about 80 km east […]

Weather delays Alberta crop growth, harvest

Sep. 9, 2010 at 10:11 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Cool temperatures and steady precipitation continue to slow the development of grain and oilseed crops across much of Alberta and in turn, harvest operations, according to a crop specialist with the provincial Ag-Info Centre. “The only area in which significant harvest progress was being made was […]

By Dwayne Klassen