Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 24, 2010 at 5:25 pm CDT

Syngenta Crop Protection Canada has picked up approval for one of its combination fungicides to prevent and treat stem rot in canola due to sclerotinia. The now-registered product, to be available for the 2010 growing season under the name Astound, combines the Group 12 and 9 fungicides fludioxonil and cyprodinil, […]

Mar. 24, 2010 at 4:41 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Cash bids for mustard in Western Canada continue to remain disappointing and are not likely seen advancing anytime soon. “There is really an absence of demand from the European Union and that has hurt the bids,” said Mike Jubinville, a market analyst with ProFarmer Canada in […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm CDT

U.S. jam giant J.M. Smucker plans to shut its main Canadian jam and jelly plant in southern Quebec by the summer of 2013 as it consolidates its fruit spread business in its home town. Smucker said in a release Wednesday it will spend US$150 million to build a new facility […]

Mar. 24, 2010 at 1:47 pm CDT

Glyphosate-resistant giant ragweed is officially in Ontario, weed scientist Peter Sikkema confirmed Tuesday. Researchers grew plants from seeds of giant ragweed found in farmers’ fields in the southwestern part of the province in 2008 and the resulting weeds were resistant to glyphosate, Sikkema said at a farmers’ meeting at Uxbridge, […]

By Maggie Van Camp

Mar. 24, 2010 at 1:26 pm CDT

The on-farm food safety certification program for Canada’s fruit and vegetable growers will offer two new options for farm certification next month, plus a third approved agency to handle certification audits. The Canadian Horticultural Council’s CanadaGAP program, which previously offered growers three certification options (A, B or C), will subdivide […]