Insights and Stories on Crops

Ont. soybean breeder Gary Ablett, 58

Apr. 5, 2010 at 10:00 pm CDT

A memorial will be held Friday at Ridgetown, Ont. for University of Guelph professor Gary Ablett, whose school remembered him Monday as an “esteemed soybean researcher, engaging professor, and stellar administrator.” Ablett, who had been battling brain cancer for the past six months, died Sunday at age 58, the University […]

Isolated Prairie seeding already underway

Apr. 5, 2010 at 12:00 am CDT

N.B. backs agrifoods in Fundy region

Apr. 2, 2010 at 10:51 pm CDT

Richardson plans upgrades at Sask., Alta. sites

Apr. 2, 2010 at 1:44 pm CDT

P.E.I. opens up ag energy programs

Apr. 1, 2010 at 11:25 pm CDT

Feed barley holds steady at weak level

Apr. 1, 2010 at 6:18 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Cash bids for feed barley in Western Canada have been holding fairly steady at some pretty weak levels and the outlook for values does not bode well. “There is no shortage of supply and that is one of the reasons values remain at some poor price […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Grainews editor joins blogosphere

Apr. 1, 2010 at 5:41 pm CDT

Readers of Grainews and followers of its website can now visit a new entry into the Canadian farming blogosphere. Lyndsey Smith, Grainews‘ new editor, has begun blogging at a new web page available by clicking here and soon directly available through Grainews.ca and that site’s free Daily Email News feature. […]

Drozd: Two-month reversal warns of euro’s impending collapse

Mar. 31, 2010 at 11:03 pm CDT

If you think the failing euro doesn’t affect your bottom line, think again. Since the end of November 2009, the euro has lost about 12.5 per cent of its value relative to the U.S. dollar index and 15 per cent to the Canadian dollar — and this devaluation caused North […]

By David Drozd

CWB calls for raised initials on wheat

Mar. 31, 2010 at 6:25 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board has put in for increases of $5 to $45 per tonne on initial payments for 2009-10 wheat. The CWB said it had submitted its recommendation Monday to the federal government for the increases, the dollar amounts of which vary with grade and protein level. The approvals […]

U.S. intentions unlikely to change plans on Prairies

Mar. 31, 2010 at 4:38 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective plantings report, released Wednesday, is not expected to have any significant impact on planting intentions of western Canadian farmers. USDA’s plantings report revealed U.S. soybean acreage this spring will be record large at 78.098 million acres. In the spring of […]

By Dwayne Klassen