Insights and Stories on Crops

Steady snowmelt to cut Red River levels in Man.

Mar. 18, 2010 at 5:00 pm CDT

Farmers and other rural residents in Manitoba’s Red River Valley can still expect “significant” flooding this spring, but not near the levels seen in 1997 or 2009. Mild weather in much of the province led to a “slow, steady melt” about two weeks earlier than normal, creating average or below-average […]

Feed pea cash bids to improve

Mar. 18, 2010 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Syngenta, Alta. firm to study blight fighter

Mar. 18, 2010 at 4:36 pm CDT

Wheat crop herbicide offers three actives, one jug

Mar. 18, 2010 at 2:22 pm CDT

Ont. apple juice firm fined over worker injury

Mar. 17, 2010 at 11:46 pm CDT

Canola futures bounce off lows, still range-bound

Mar. 17, 2010 at 5:20 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts recently hit fresh contract lows in some months, but have managed to recover from those levels as short-covering and exporter pricing provide support. But an analyst said the market remained relatively range-bound overall and would need some fresh fundamental news or […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pea values keep dropping as India opens bins

Mar. 17, 2010 at 4:25 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Edible pea prices, for both yellows and greens, have been declining quite steadily in the face of poor demand and potentially larger-than-expected carryover into the 2010-11 season. “The price weakness can be attributed mainly to the decision by India to institute a domestic anti-hoarding policy,” said […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Former CFA chief to lead FNA’s think tank

Mar. 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm CDT

One of Canadian agriculture’s better-known spokesmen has been tapped to jump-start a new ag policy and research organization. Saskatoon-based Farmers of North America (FNA) on Wednesday named Bob Friesen as the CEO for its Strategic Agriculture Institute (FNA-STAG). Friesen served as president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) from […]

TSB raps railways’ handling of longer trains

Mar. 16, 2010 at 10:59 pm CDT

Canadian railways’ handling and marshalling of “longer, heavier” trains is among the most critical safety issues in the country’s transportation system. That’s according to the new “Watchlist” released Tuesday by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, laying out what board chair Wendy Tadros called the issues that “pose the greatest […]

P+H to replace southwestern Ont. bean plant

Mar. 16, 2010 at 5:26 pm CDT

Grain handler and agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker is close to putting shovels in the ground to replace its dry bean processing plant in southwestern Ontario. The privately-held Winnipeg company announced in a release Tuesday it will spend an undisclosed sum to build what it calls a “multi-million-dollar food-grade facility” […]

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