Insights and Stories on Crops

Ontario extends risk management pilot program

Jul. 30, 2010 at 1:37 pm CDT

The Ontario government say it is temporarily extending the Risk Management Program (RMP) pilot program for grain and oilseed producers for the 2010 crop year. The program helps farmers offset losses caused by low grain and oilseed commodity prices. In 2010, prices for grain and oilseed have dropped more than […]

Former Australian Wheat Board swallowed in merger

Jul. 30, 2010 at 11:17 am CDT

By Staff

Hail claims rise: insurers ask for claims by fax or online

Jul. 30, 2010 at 9:26 am CDT

By Canadian Crop Hail Association

First vessel due in Churchill

Jul. 29, 2010 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Staff

Haying progresses, crops behing normal: Saskatchewan crop report

Jul. 29, 2010 at 2:40 pm CDT

By Saskatchewan Agriculture

Candidate declares for CWB director elections

Jul. 29, 2010 at 2:26 pm CDT

Terry Youzwa, a Nipawin, Sask.-area grain, oilseeds and pulse grower, has announced he will run as a candidate for District 7 director in this fall’s Canadian Wheat Board election. Youzwa was a director with Agricore United (formally UGG) from 1990 to 2007 and is a director of the Canola Council […]

By Staff

Feds fund research for best barley in Japanese tipple

Jul. 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm CDT

The federal government has announced funding of more that $1 million to the Alberta Barley Commission to identify barley varieties and develop markets for a Japanese specialty beverage market. A government release said the target market for the varieties is shochu, a popular Japanese drink derived from barley. While shochu […]

By Staff

Lower world wheat production, but ample stocks

Jul. 29, 2010 at 11:21 am CDT

The International Grains Council has cut its estimate of 2010 world wheat production to 651 million tonnes, a drop of 13 million tonnes from its estimate last month, mainly because of reduced crop prospects in Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union and Western Canada. However, the IGC sees carryover stocks […]

By Staff

Insect watch enters critical period: Canola Council

Jul. 28, 2010 at 3:04 pm CDT

The Canola Council of Canada’s latest Canola Watch says the insect watch has entered a critical phase. There has been spraying for lygus, bertha armyworm and diamondback moth larvae in some regions. Highlights: • Blackleg is widespread in southern Manitoba. • Alternaria is showing up in B. juncea canola. • […]

By Staff

CGC announces grading changes to western grains for 2010-11

Jul. 28, 2010 at 2:06 pm CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has announced grain grading changes for the 2010-11 western crop year that will come into effect on August 1, 2010: • Revised fusarium tolerances for the following classes of Western Canadian wheat:Canada Western Red SpringCanada Western Hard White SpringCanada Western Amber DurumCanada Prairie Spring RedCanada […]

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