Insights and Stories on Crops

Mosaic to set up potash HQ in Regina

Aug. 19, 2010 at 12:19 pm CDT

U.S. fertilizer firm Mosaic plans to set up headquarters for its potash operations in Regina, bringing 120 head office jobs to that city. The Minneapolis-based company said in a release Thursday it will be the anchor tenant in a new office tower to be built at the corner of 12th […]

Manitoba corn crop unharmed by moisture

Aug. 19, 2010 at 11:40 am CDT

By Brent Harder

Highs likely in place for soybeans, corn: analyst

Aug. 19, 2010 at 11:21 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

PotashCorp takeover bid goes officially hostile

Aug. 18, 2010 at 4:54 pm CDT

Que. maple syrup development projects funded

Aug. 18, 2010 at 3:19 pm CDT

PotashCorp rejects major miner’s overture

Aug. 17, 2010 at 5:12 pm CDT

The world’s second-largest mining company’s proposal for a “possible acquisition” of the world’s biggest potash firm hasn’t been met with open arms. Australian mining giant BHP Billiton confirmed Tuesday it “has made an approach” to PotashCorp “regarding a possible acquisition” of the Saskatoon fertilizer producer at US$130 per common share […]

Barley prices seen rising with low acreage

Aug. 17, 2010 at 3:45 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — With a late harvest across Western Canada very probable, cash barley prices have been growing stronger. Toby Torkelson, general manager of RayGlen Commodities in Saskatoon, said barley prices have been moving in the right direction. “We’ve seen cash bids increasing on a fairly linear pattern,” he […]

By Brent Harder

Rogers Sugar Income Fund to go corporate

Aug. 16, 2010 at 5:35 pm CDT

The owner of Canada’s only remaining sugar beet processing plant has announced plans to convert from an income trust to a corporation. Montreal-based Rogers Sugar Income Fund, which processes sugar from beets at Taber, Alta. and operates cane sugar refineries at Vancouver and Montreal, said Monday its board has approved […]

Agrium counter-bids for Australia’s AWB

Aug. 16, 2010 at 4:35 pm CDT

Buzz that a major Canadian agribusiness would make a play for the former Australian Wheat Board wasn’t far off the mark. But where the industry thought Regina grain handler Viterra may try to outbid Australia’s GrainCorp for AWB Ltd., fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium has instead stepped forward. The […]

Wheat quality to depend on harvest weather: CWB

Aug. 16, 2010 at 3:42 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The quality of Canada’s spring wheat crop is expected to be highly dependent on weather conditions during the harvest period over the next month. Bruce Burnett, director of weather and market analysis with the Canadian Wheat Board, says the lateness of this year’s crop will likely […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin