Insights and Stories on Crops

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

Hemp fibre processor gets public funding

Apr. 7, 2010 at 4:34 pm CDT

Canada’s hemp acres on the rise

Apr. 7, 2010 at 3:28 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

N.B. underwrites potato chip firm’s expansion plan

Apr. 7, 2010 at 3:20 pm CDT

U.S. regulators allow Viterra’s pasta plant purchase

Apr. 7, 2010 at 2:48 pm CDT

U.S. federal antitrust regulators have cleared Viterra’s plans to buy its way into the U.S. pasta processing business. Regina-based Viterra last month put a US$240 million cash offer on the table with a May 3 deadline for all outstanding shares of Dakota Growers Pasta Co. Based at Carrington, N.D., about […]

Wheat weed killer Simplicity gets expanded label

Apr. 7, 2010 at 1:30 pm CDT

Dow AgroSciences has rolled out an expanded label for its Group 2 herbicide Simplicity, including new registration for both fall and spring application on winter wheat crops. Simplicity, a cross-spectrum pyroxsulam herbicide, was approved for use against grasses and broadleaf weeds in spring wheat and durum crops in the three […]

Pea ending stocks likely large, could grow

Apr. 6, 2010 at 5:44 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Large pea supplies in Western Canada could be even more burdensome in the upcoming 2010-11 crop year, as farmers will still be looking to put a pulse in their rotations despite the lower prices. “It’s looking like we’ll have a million tonnes of peas left over […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

“Isolated” Prairie seeding already underway

Apr. 5, 2010 at 10:58 pm CDT

Obliging temperatures have allowed some farmers in southern regions of the Prairies to get in some fieldwork, including “isolated plantings,” the Canadian Wheat Board reports. “Temperatures ranging from 2° to 12°C above normal have pushed the spring snow melt to completion,” the board said in its weekly bulletin Monday. However, […]

Lentils stuck in stalemate

Apr. 5, 2010 at 10:26 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Lentil buyers and sellers in Western Canada remain at a stalemate, with farmers reluctant to make many sales at current prices and end-users holding out for cheaper new-crop supplies. “Growers are hanging onto what they have left for lentils, particularly red lentils, so it’s been difficult […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin