Insights and Stories on Crops

Aug. 25, 2010 at 10:59 pm CDT

The “poison pill” policy blocking a hostile takeover of PotashCorp is buying time for it to look at “competing transactions which are presently being considered,” the fertilizer firm says. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp, the biggest potash producer on the planet, is publicly urging its shareholders to reject a $130-pre-share, $38.6 billion hostile […]

Aug. 25, 2010 at 5:29 pm CDT

Potato growers in New Brunswick can expect up to $3 million in public funding to clean up after crops that spoiled in storage last year. The federal and provincial governments on Wednesday pledged cost-shared (60/40) support to be delivered by the provincial agriculture and aquaculture department, via their AgriRecovery framework […]

Aug. 25, 2010 at 3:58 pm CDT

Confirm 240F, a crop insecticide for use against cabbage loopers, codling moth, European corn borer and other pests, now has a new Canadian distributor. The Canadian wing of Arizona ag chem firm Gowan Co. said Monday it has picked up the Canadian crop protection marketing rights for Confirm from the […]

Aug. 25, 2010 at 11:00 am CDT

(Resource News International) –– Canaryseed growers in Saskatchewan are unsure of what they will get for a price for their product, after the Canadian Special Crops Association declared a “force majeure” on exports of canaryseed bound for top importer Mexico. The CSCA said deliveries have been disrupted since late June, after […]

By Brent Harder

Aug. 25, 2010 at 12:00 am CDT

The "poison pill" policy blocking a hostile takeover of PotashCorp is buying time for it to look at "competing transactions which are presently being considered," the fertilizer firm says. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp, the biggest potash producer on the planet, is publicly urging its shareholders to reject a $130-pre-share, $38.6 billion hostile […]