Insights and Stories on Crops

Saved seed allowed in flax growers’ revised plan

Mar. 5, 2010 at 4:50 pm CST

While it will mean “rigorous” testing for much of the 2010 flax crop, the Flax Council of Canada’s plans to get CDC Triffid genetics out of the seed supply now have a place for farmers’ saved seed. Recent testing by the Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan […]

Weather not yet a factor for Man. soybeans

Mar. 4, 2010 at 3:34 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sask. potash players to get cash back

Mar. 4, 2010 at 6:45 am CST

Feds’ biofuel fund backs Que. ethanol plant

Mar. 3, 2010 at 11:48 am CST

Monsanto to enforce Bt corn refuge rules

Mar. 2, 2010 at 5:33 pm CST

Feds fund canola, flax brain trust

Mar. 2, 2010 at 1:00 pm CST

A new joint research cluster to focus on the nutritional benefits of canola and flax has picked up an “extraordinary” $14.5 million in federal funding. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Tuesday pledged the funding for the Canola Council of Canada and Flax Council of Canada, for what the Canola Council […]

Growers, Weetabix to co-promote Ont. wheat

Mar. 2, 2010 at 12:15 pm CST

A new awareness campaign for Ontario wheat is to see Grain Farmers of Ontario partner with one of the province’s best-known wheat processors. The Canadian arm of U.K. cereal manufacturer Weetabix has already launched a number of related promotions, including an in-store, radio and billboard campaign that ran in the […]

Spring load limits to slow Prairie grain movement

Mar. 2, 2010 at 12:00 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Spring road bans are starting to be put into place across Western Canada as temperatures warm up in the Prairie provinces. The annual restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads in an effort to reduce the damage heavier loads can cause during […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CF back in hunt for Terra Industries

Mar. 2, 2010 at 11:05 am CST

The target of a Canadian hostile takeover bid for U.S. fertilizer market share has again decided to stalk rather than wait and be stalked. Chicago-based CF Industries, which for over a year has fought off hostile bids from Calgary-based fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium, on Tuesday tabled a new […]

Better canaryseed bids unlikely, more acres possible

Mar. 1, 2010 at 5:47 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– Canaryseed prices are unlikely to show any improvement, especially if acres increase as expected and the demand remains lacklustre. Canaryseed bids in Western Canada can currently be found around the 17 cents per pound area, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Kevin Hursh, executive director of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin