Insights and Stories on Crops

StatsCan’s stocks report in line with expectations

Feb. 5, 2010 at 1:27 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Statistics Canada’s grain and oilseed stocks in all positions report for the period ended Dec. 31 was generally in line with pre-report expectations and helped confirm the production numbers the agency released in the fall, according to industry participants. The numbers, released Friday, were not expected […]

CN plans new “logistics park” for Calgary

Feb. 4, 2010 at 1:56 pm CST

B.C. apple, cherry development work funded

Feb. 4, 2010 at 1:07 pm CST

Drozd: Canola market breaks down after failing to push through resistance

Feb. 4, 2010 at 12:22 pm CST

By David Drozd

Sask. seeder maker plans more plant expansions

Feb. 3, 2010 at 6:02 pm CST

Ont. orchard transition program gets top-up, extension

Feb. 3, 2010 at 3:47 pm CST

Ontario apple, tender fruit and grape growers wanting to remove unproductive vines or trees have another $2 million in funds to do so and another two months to apply for them. The province on Tuesday announced a $2 million top-up and a new deadline of March 31, 2010 to apply […]

Backing confirmed for PAMI testing upgrades

Feb. 3, 2010 at 11:17 am CST

Upgrades allowing the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) to meet international accreditation standards for its Saskatchewan testing facility have picked up public funding. The Saskatchewan and federal governments on Monday confirmed $82,295, on top of a previous investment of $65,000 last April, to help PAMI win accreditation from the Standards […]

Feed barley bids continue deteriorating

Feb. 3, 2010 at 12:30 am CST

(Resource News International) — A slow deterioration in feed barley bids in Western Canada continues, with little to suggest that an end to the slide is in sight. “All the normal issues remain in play and have been slowly dragging bids downwards,” said Mike Jubinville, a market analyst with ProFarmer […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Grain handle offsets slower year at Van. port

Feb. 3, 2010 at 12:10 am CST

“Significant” growth in grain and specialty crop traffic helped offset an overall tonnage decline of 11 per cent in cargoes handled at Port Metro Vancouver in 2009. Port operators on Monday reported overall volume of 101.9 million tonnes handled in 2009, down 11 per cent from 2008 levels. “At the […]

Farmers’ frustration rising over flax issues

Feb. 2, 2010 at 4:44 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Prairie flax growers on a conference call Monday to discuss the state of the flaxseed industry expressed concern over plans offered to deal with trace amounts of genetically-modified (GM) material found in flaxseed samples across the country. The requirement that producers grow only certified seed in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin