Insights and Stories on Crops

Mustard bids could be due for move higher

Jun. 16, 2010 at 3:26 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Mustard prices in Western Canada have held steady for the past month despite the increasing concerns about wet weather in Saskatchewan. With many acres likely to be left unseeded and others facing excessive moisture, bids should have some room to the upside, especially given the rally […]

Man. potatoes feared at risk from sick tomatoes

Jun. 16, 2010 at 7:46 am CDT

China to extend import agreement on Canada’s canola

Jun. 15, 2010 at 5:35 pm CDT

Sask. to seek compensation for rain-soaked farms

Jun. 15, 2010 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Amanda Lefley

Canola crush margins deteriorate, crushers patient

Jun. 15, 2010 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ont. case spurs fertilizer firms’ call for security audit

Jun. 15, 2010 at 11:40 am CDT

Brief and inconsequential though it turned out to be, losing track of a trailerload of ammonium nitrate is as good a reason as any for Canada’s fertilizer industry to review its security measures, an industry group recommends. The Canadian Fertilizer Institute, which represents fertilizer makers, wholesalers and distributors, said in […]

NDP urges closer CFIA inspections of Clamato

Jun. 15, 2010 at 6:30 am CDT

Stepping into both a U.S. labour dispute and Caesar season in Canada, federal New Democrats want the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to “take extra care” in inspecting imports of Mott’s Clamato. Ontario MP Malcolm Allen, the party’s deputy food security and agriculture critic, last week wrote to CFIA president Carole […]

Richardson plans more Sask., Alta. expansions

Jun. 14, 2010 at 10:15 pm CDT

Canada’s second largest grain handler plans to spend $15 million this year boosting capacity in Saskatchewan and building two new fertilizer facilities in Alberta. Richardson International on Monday laid out its plans for capital investments at five sites between now and January 2011, part of its previously announced “multi-year strategic […]

Crop insurance deadlines loom over wet Prairies

Jun. 14, 2010 at 6:28 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Although the past weekend saw relatively low precipitation levels across Canada’s grainbelt, soil moisture in the area ranges from moderate to excessive, which has caused seeding delays and pushed seeding dates close to the upcoming crop insurance deadlines in the three Prairie provinces. Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate […]

By Amanda Lefley

Oats bids climb on weather; correction possible

Jun. 14, 2010 at 6:18 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have climbed sharply higher over the past week due to the weather concerns in Western Canada. The excessive moisture will likely leave a large percentage of the crop unseeded, with yield concerns possible for already planted fields. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin