Insights and Stories on Crops

Crush margins for canola to improve

Jan. 20, 2010 at 11:45 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– Crush margins for canola in Western Canada have varied widely over the past month, although the weakening of the Canadian dollar over the past few days has raised hopes of an improvement in those levels. “Based on the way I calculate margins, the crush for the […]

Wittal: U.S. greenback jumps, U.S. grains drop

Jan. 20, 2010 at 11:35 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Wittal: Canadian dollar slips, nudges canola upward

Jan. 19, 2010 at 6:00 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Grain groups call for restored research funding

Jan. 19, 2010 at 3:16 pm CST

Alta. checkoff campaign seen paying dividends

Jan. 19, 2010 at 2:21 am CST

Sask. irrigation expansions get top-up funding

Jan. 18, 2010 at 11:23 pm CST

The Saskatchewan and federal governments have opened up the funding taps again for three projects to expand the province’s irrigated land base by about 15,000 acres. The two governments on Monday announced federal and provincial contributions of $810,000 and $90,000 respectively for projects in the South Saskatchewan River Irrigation District, […]

Agricorp adds TTY customer service

Jan. 18, 2010 at 10:59 pm CST

Ontario’s farm program agency has expanded its service options to include teletypewriter (TTY) service for armer customers with hearing and/or speech impairments. Agricorp announced Monday that its new TTY service can be accessed by calling 1-877-275-1380. “The line is staffed by trained and qualified TTY customer service representatives, and as […]

B.C. fertilizer unaccounted for in RCMP audit

Jan. 18, 2010 at 7:15 pm CST

Two tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer from a West Coast bulk chemical terminal are still considered unaccounted for, although Vancouver and Surrey RCMP aren’t yet suggesting foul play. The RCMP’s report Friday follows a Dec. 31 call from the Canadian offices of Texas-based fuel and chemical transport firm Kinder Morgan, […]

Prairie feed wheat bids seen firming

Jan. 18, 2010 at 6:38 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– Feed wheat cash bids in Western Canada have been holding at fairly steady levels, although there are ideas values will need to strengthen in order to meet domestic requirements. “There has been a fair amount of downward pressure on feed grain values, particularly from the sell-off […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Wittal: Grain’s not budging from local elevators

Jan. 18, 2010 at 6:29 pm CST

Jan. 18 — A very quiet market day, as the U.S. markets are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Canadian dollar climbed 0.42 cents to close at US97.5 cents today. Canola closed down $4-$5.20 per tonne today. Western barley closed down $2, at $150 per tonne. With […]

By Brian Wittal