Insights and Stories on Crops

Apr. 13, 2010 at 1:34 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Barley bids in Western Canada have shown a little improvement in recent weeks, but ample feed grain supplies will likely keep prices from rallying to the same extent as they would in a normal year, according to a Lethbridge-based feed grains broker. “Demand is picking up […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 12, 2010 at 3:49 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Oats prices in both the Chicago futures and western Canadian cash markets have shown some improvement off nearby lows in recent weeks, but the fundamental outlook remains neutral to bearish, which may limit any further strength. After setting a low of US$2.05 3/4 per bushel in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 12, 2010 at 3:07 pm CDT

Bayer CropScience Canada has picked up registration for a new liquid treatment against early-season seed and seedling diseases in Prairie pulse and soybean crops. And the company says its new product, branded Trilex AL, will be “very compatible” with inoculants used on those crops. Trilex AL, announced in a release […]

Apr. 12, 2010 at 12:30 pm CDT

An Ontario company says it’s $4 million in public funding closer to building a demonstration-scale facility to “efficiently” make cellulosic ethanol from agricultural and wood wastes. Mississauga-based Woodland Biofuels said Friday it will get a $4 million investment from the province’s Innovation Demonstration Fund (IDF) to build its “groundbreaking” demonstration […]

Apr. 9, 2010 at 6:40 pm CDT

Canada’s national pulse growers’ and processors’ body has picked up seven-figure federal funding for crop and nutritional research and market development. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Thursday pledged $7 million for Pulse Canada to spearhead a “research cluster” of over 100 industry, government and university scientists to develop improvements […]