Insights and Stories on Crops

Manitoba to replace biodiesel tax break with grants

Apr. 9, 2010 at 1:48 pm CDT

The Manitoba government plans to push out its fuel tax exemption on Manitoba biodiesel and replace it with production grants paid directly to the province’s biodiesel makers. “We expect paying a grant to provincial producers, rather than a fuel-tax exemption, will be more effective in making producers competitive and thus […]

Ont. gluten-free miller funded for renos

Apr. 9, 2010 at 10:17 am CDT

Biofuel regulations for gasoline move ahead

Apr. 8, 2010 at 11:49 pm CDT

Canola crush margins hold strong despite loonie

Apr. 8, 2010 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola crush plant eyed for Winnipeg area

Apr. 8, 2010 at 4:42 pm CDT

Peat maker Premier Tech buys Sure-Gro

Apr. 8, 2010 at 4:05 pm CDT

Premier Tech, a Quebec-based company making peat moss-based soil products for the ag and horticulture markets, has bought one of Canada’s biggest lawn and garden input firms. Halifax investment firm Clarke Inc. said Thursday it would sell its Sure-Gro division for $10.4 million cash and $3.1 million in eight-per-cent notes […]

GM varieties on agenda in wheat development deal

Apr. 8, 2010 at 2:55 pm CDT

Canada’s wheat growers are expected to be among the main beneficiaries of a partnership agreement between a major non-profit wheat developer and seed and chemical firm Syngenta. Not all Canadian wheat growers are likely to see it that way immediately, however, as the agreement between Syngenta and the International Maize […]

Sask. mustard miller gets federal loan for upgrade

Apr. 7, 2010 at 5:11 pm CDT

A dry mustard milling firm in southwestern Saskatchewan will get a $655,000 federal government loan for a “new and innovative” milling facility. Mustard Capital Inc. (MCI), based at Gravelbourg, Sask., plans to boost its production through a new facility at nearby Vanguard, creating nine new jobs and taking up over […]

Hemp fibre processor gets public funding

Apr. 7, 2010 at 4:34 pm CDT

A northwestern Manitoba company’s planned facility to process fibre from industrial hemp will get over $5.2 million in federal and provincial support. Plains Industrial Hemp Processing’s project will receive $3,375,000 through the federal Community Adjustment Fund, $1.4 million from the federal Agri-Opportunities program and $500,000 from the province’s Rural Economic […]

Canada’s hemp acres on the rise

Apr. 7, 2010 at 3:28 pm CDT

Corrected, April 7 (Resource News International) — Canadian farmers are expected to grow more hemp this year, as demand for both the seed and fibre is increasing, and the crop can offer good returns to producers, according to an industry official. “This year there is a lot of optimism in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin