Insights and Stories on Crops

Feb. 1, 2010 at 12:01 am CST

A Federal Court judge has dismissed a farmer group’s call for a judicial review of changes in how the voters’ list is drafted for Canadian Wheat Board director elections. Federal Court Judge James Russell on Friday dismissed the application by members of the Friends of the CWB, in which the […]

Jan. 31, 2010 at 2:50 am CST

Grain was the only commodity to show an increase in traffic on Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CPR) track in its books for 2009 compared to the previous year. Calgary-based CPR on Thursday reported full-year net income of $612.4 million on $4.303 billion in revenues in 2009, up from $607.2 million on […]

Jan. 30, 2010 at 11:45 pm CST

The farm agency formerly known as the Alberta Grain Commission is now the Alberta Grains Council. The group, set up by a provincial ministerial order in 1972 and composed of eight farmers appointed by the provincial ag minister, advises the minister and makes policy recommendations regarding “current and emerging issues […]

Jan. 29, 2010 at 6:45 pm CST

Jan. 29 — Outside markets were neutral to down today on limited trading activity and the fact that the weekend is upon us. Most of the trade in grains was due to funds continuing to roll out of January contracts into March or May contracts. Other speculative traders were taking […]

By Brian Wittal

Jan. 28, 2010 at 11:59 pm CST

Large global wheat supplies have pressured wheat and especially durum in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest pool return outlook (PRO). The board on Thursday announced wheat values in its January 2009-10 PRO at up to $5 per tonne below December levels, while durum values were cut by as much as […]