Insights and Stories on Crops

Feb. 23, 2010 at 5:00 pm CST

Large global wheat stocks and stagnant demand for barley are dragging on the Canadian Wheat Board’s first pool return outlook (PRO) for the 2010-11 crop year. The CWB released the PRO, its first estimate of returns for the 2010-11 crop year, on Monday during its GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg. Hgh-protein […]

Feb. 23, 2010 at 4:05 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Oilseed futures, including canola and soybeans, will likely see short-term weakness, but will be stronger in the longer term, according to technical analyst David Drozd of Ag-Chieve Corp. Presenting at the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual GrainWorld conference in Winnipeg on Monday, and pointing to a number […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 23, 2010 at 1:08 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Western Canadian farmers will plant more peas, lentils and chickpeas in 2010, according to an analyst with Informa Economics Canada. While new-crop lentil bids are well below the levels seen over the past year, the crop still offers some of the best returns per acre which […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm CST

Health Canada’s plans to wind down the sale of weed-and-feed products for lawn and turf uses won’t apply to turf farms. The federal health department’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) announced earlier this month it will “uncouple” fertilizer/pesticide combination products meant for lawn and turf uses, with a “date of […]

Feb. 23, 2010 at 12:01 am CST

Tomatoes coming into Canada from countries known to have pest problems with tomato leafminer will now need more certification on the way here. Starting Wednesday (Feb. 24), any tomato shipment from an affected country will need to carry a phytosanitary certificate declaring the tomatoes originated from a place where tomato […]