Insights and Stories on Crops

Flaxseed steady, but testing slows movement

Jan. 11, 2010 at 11:42 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Flaxseed bids remain stable in Western Canada, although the extra hoops that must be jumped through to make sales to Europe are keeping business on the slow side. The discovery of trace amounts of genetically modified CDC Triffid flaxseed in some Canadian shipments to Europe this […]

Wittal: Traders get in position ahead of USDA report

Jan. 11, 2010 at 6:44 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

PotashCorp charged over Sask. worker’s death

Jan. 9, 2010 at 4:12 am CST

FNA awaits new approval process for generics

Jan. 9, 2010 at 12:06 am CST

CWB election changes in court Jan. 20

Jan. 9, 2010 at 12:01 am CST

Ont. maple syrup producer fined over samples

Jan. 8, 2010 at 11:10 pm CST

An Ontario maple syrup producer has been slapped with fines by provincial food inspection officials who don’t want a sample coming to hand in an old whiskey bottle. Carl Spencer, a maple syrup producer from Tara, Ont., about 25 km west of Owen Sound, pled guilty in Ontario’s Court of […]

Wittal: Barley values continue dropping

Jan. 8, 2010 at 7:02 pm CST

Jan. 8 — Outside markets were rather quiet but steady to up on the day. The U.S. dollar index fell back 42-100ths of a cent today. Gold closed up $5.10 at $1,138.20, up $43 this week. The Canadian dollar rose 0.23 cents to close at US96.93 cents today, up 1.29 […]

By Brian Wittal

Cheap feed barley showing little upside

Jan. 8, 2010 at 5:10 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Cheap feed barley prices in Western Canada are unlikely to see much improvement, but the domestic market remains at a premium to the Canadian Wheat Board and should continue to provide the best opportunity for producers with barley to sell going forward. Michelle Balderson, a feed […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola sector frustrated on lack of Chinese movement

Jan. 7, 2010 at 7:00 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Canada continues to be shut out of moving canola seed to China, with no progress on lessening the current restrictions or in obtaining import permits, according to the Canola Council of Canada. Canada exported 2.8 million tonnes of canola to China in 2008-09, and the country […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Wittal: Avoid panic-mode selling on days like this

Jan. 7, 2010 at 6:51 pm CST

Jan. 7 — Outside markets were mixed to lower as the U.S. dollar rose almost half a cent today, pressuring energy and grain futures lower. Announcements out of China of an interest rate hike also impacted beans, as buyers’ costs to borrow will go up, which will have a direct […]

By Brian Wittal