Insights and Stories on Crops

Viterra buys southern Man. input retailer

Apr. 21, 2010 at 4:18 pm CDT

Canada’s biggest grain handler has bought its way further into the crop input business in Manitoba’s southern Red River Valley. Viterra announced Wednesday it has bought “certain assets” of Bestland Agro, a “full-service” retailer of crop inputs, supplies and ag services at Brunkild, about 40 km southwest of Winnipeg. Regina-based […]

Canterra plans clubroot-resistant canola for 2011

Apr. 21, 2010 at 1:00 pm CDT

Blueberry growers’ pesticide expands insect kill

Apr. 21, 2010 at 11:00 am CDT

Limited seeding seen underway in southern Alta.

Apr. 20, 2010 at 4:26 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Viterra signs on to crush canola in China

Apr. 20, 2010 at 2:59 pm CDT

Beer still losing sales share to wine: StatsCan

Apr. 20, 2010 at 1:20 pm CDT

Canada’s beer and liquor stores and agencies sold $19.4 billion worth of alcoholic beverages during the year ending March 31, 2009, up three per cent from the previous year, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. The growth in dollar value of sales reflected a combination of factors, the federal statistics agency said, […]

By Statistics Canada

N.B. lifts spring load limits a month early

Apr. 20, 2010 at 12:19 pm CDT

Spring weight restrictions for heavy trucks on New Brunswick’s highways will be lifted as of midnight Sunday. “This is nearly four weeks ahead of schedule; is the earliest removal of the spring weight restriction in New Brunswick’s history; and reflects the mild weather conditions we have experienced,” provincial Transportation Minister […]

Vineland centre to test frost-fighting microwaves

Apr. 19, 2010 at 10:44 pm CDT

Southern Ontario’s Vineland Research and Innovation Centre plans to pilot the use of low-level radio waves to prevent frost and freezing damage in fruit crops. The not-for-profit Niagara-region centre announced Monday it will work with U.S. defense tech firm Raytheon Co., which will install its prototype Tempwave system in the […]

ICE Futures Canada admin offices set to move

Apr. 19, 2010 at 6:20 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The administrative offices of ICE Futures Canada and ICE Clear Canada will soon move from the downtown site of their former trading floor, according to its CEO. Brad Vannan said the move from the building at Winnipeg’s Portage and Main, still named “Commodity Exchange Tower” for […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Large supplies keep mustard under pressure

Apr. 19, 2010 at 4:51 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Prairie farmers still holding onto large old-crop mustard supplies are unlikely to see any price improvements in the immediate future, especially as new-crop acres are looking to be at least as large as in 2009. Current Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada projections would see the country carrying […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin