Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 15, 2010 at 6:41 pm CDT

With overland flooding again expected in the southern portion of Manitoba’s Red River Valley, the Canadian Wheat Board plans to make room at area elevators for affected farmers to bring in their accepted grain now. The CWB said Friday it would put a program in place to help farmers who […]

Mar. 15, 2010 at 5:16 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Crush margins for canola in Western Canada have taken a severe downturn with firmness in the Canadian dollar and the sell-off in CBOT soyoil futures linked to the weaker trend. “Based on the way I calculate margins, the crush for the spot month as of Monday […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 15, 2010 at 11:00 am CDT

Prairie barley growers will get a raise on initial payments on malting barley delivered to the Canadian Wheat Board for the 2009-10 crop year. The federal government approved and the CWB announced on Friday that the 2009-10 initial payments for all grades and classes of designated barley will increase by […]

Mar. 14, 2010 at 11:18 pm CDT

A family-run orchard in southeastern Ontario plans to use public funding to add a learning centre and expand its retail and dining fare. The provincial government has pledged $57,000 through its rural economic development program for the expansion plans at Grills Orchards, west of Belleville. According to the province in […]

Mar. 14, 2010 at 11:08 pm CDT

A basic template that farmers can use to prepare safety and health plans for their individual operations is at the core of a new Manitoba ag safety campaign. The province on Friday, just ahead of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week running March 14-20, said it will launch its new Safe Farms […]