Insights and Stories on Crops

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

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Wet outlook expected to slow Prairie harvest

Aug. 13, 2010 at 5:38 pm CDT

By Brent Harder

U.S. lifts restrictions on Sask. canola plant

Aug. 13, 2010 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Brent Harder

Hail claims up in Sask., way up in Manitoba

Aug. 13, 2010 at 2:40 pm CDT

Hops crops to be tested in Que. climate

Aug. 12, 2010 at 5:51 pm CDT

Quebec microbrewers could eventually source hops locally for their beers if a publicly-backed crop research project pans out as hoped. The federal and Quebec governments on Thursday pledged grants of about $150,000 and $93,449 respectively to the Centre de recherche et de developpement technologique agricole de l’Outaouais (CREDETAO) for its […]

Timmy’s to sell its Ont. baker

Aug. 12, 2010 at 3:21 pm CDT

Tim Hortons has signed an all-cash deal to sell its stake in the Ontario bakery business that feeds its restaurants doughnuts and Timbits. The Oakville, Ont.-based restaurant chain on Thursday said it would sell its 50 per cent interest in Maidstone Bakeries of Brantford, Ont. to its joint venture partner, […]

Combines heading into Sask. winter cereals

Aug. 12, 2010 at 1:43 pm CDT

Winter cereal growers in Saskatchewan were just beginning to take crops off their fields last week, according to the provincial ag ministry. In its weekly crop report, the Saskatchewan ag ministry sees less than one per cent of the province’s total crop harvested as of Monday (Aug. 9). Southern regions […]

Moosehead gets N.B. loan for brewery renos

Aug. 12, 2010 at 6:45 am CDT

Improvements meant to cut energy and water consumption, boost efficiency and expand capacity at Saint John’s Moosehead Breweries will get some provincial backing. The New Brunswick government on Monday pledged a $3.5 million forgivable loan to Moosehead toward the brewery’s $35 million capital investment program. The capital outlays are aimed […]

Manitoba soybean crop looking good

Aug. 11, 2010 at 10:48 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Despite extremely wet conditions at the start of the growing season, Manitoba’s soybean crop is looking very strong as producers prepare to begin the harvest. “The crops are looking really good,” said Roxanne Roels, executive director for the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association at Carman. “They can […]

By Brent Harder