Insights and Stories on Crops

Jun. 11, 2010 at 9:21 am CDT

An eastern Quebec company known for certified organic maple syrup has picked up public funding to tap into syrup from yellow birch trees. Erabliere Escuminac, based in the Escuminac area on Chaleur Bay, will get a loan worth $109,454 through the federal Community Adjustment Fund toward the equipment needed for […]

Jun. 10, 2010 at 12:40 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Cash bids for flaxseed in Western Canada have been holding steady to firm, and were expected to see some additional strength given the uncertainty due to the excessively wet conditions. “There will likely be some flaxseed that may not get into the ground in both Saskatchewan […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Jun. 9, 2010 at 4:11 pm CDT

Just ahead of visits to the region from the leaders of the G-8 and G-20 nations, RCMP in southern Ontario are looking for the buyer of an undocumented trailer load of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The RCMP-led Integrated National Security Enforcement Team in Ontario (O-INSET)  on Wednesday took over the lead […]

Jun. 9, 2010 at 11:17 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Canada’s canola crop will likely end up considerably smaller than early expectations, as adverse weather conditions, particularly in Saskatchewan, should leave large areas unseeded. However, just how much area will be left unseeded remains to be seen. Ron Frost of Agri-Trend Marketing Inc. and Frost Forecasting […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jun. 9, 2010 at 10:59 am CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board’s annual producer survey of Prairie grain growers finds farmers, whether they support or oppose the CWB’s single marketing desk, insisting that the federal government make no move to eliminate the CWB without farmer consent. The survey, conducted in early spring among 900 farmers in the three […]