Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 12, 2010 at 12:07 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Open interest in the ICE Futures Canada barley market has declined to the point where the contract is no longer a viable pricing option, despite ICE’s recent efforts to make the contract more appealing to a broader range of participants. While traders were generally disappointed with […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 11, 2010 at 6:52 pm CST

Fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium has called quits on its long-running hostile bid for U.S. fertilizer firm CF Industries. The Calgary company’s decision, announced Thursday, follows over a year of proposals to the Chicago-based company, all of which CF resisted while it sought control of Sioux City rival Terra […]

Mar. 11, 2010 at 5:14 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Cash barley bids in Western Canada remain stable, with end-users only buying on a hand-to-mouth basis and ample competing feed stocks keeping prices well contained. Cash bids in the key Lethbridge, Alta. cattle feeding area can currently be found in the $135 to $139 per tonne […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 11, 2010 at 6:09 am CST

Off-patent farm pesticide maker MANA Canada has picked up registration for its own entry into what it calls “the Roundup Ready marketplace.” Calgary-based MANA, the Canadian arm of Israeli chemical firm Makhteshim Agan, has dubbed its North American-made product Glyphogan Plus. Launched into a market long held by Monsanto’s flagship […]

Mar. 11, 2010 at 12:47 am CST

British Columbia plans to spray down a “growing population” of gypsy moth living in an area where it could otherwise hitch rides across the province. The province’s ministry of forests and range plans up to four aerial applications of Foray 48B, a biological control already approved for use on organic […]