Insights and Stories on Crops

Dec. 15, 2009 at 5:52 pm CST

Vancouver-based greenhouse produce company Village Farms has picked up its final order from Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice for its conversion from an income fund to a corporation. The conversion is expected to take effect Dec. 31, the company said in a release Tuesday. The common shares of what will […]

Dec. 15, 2009 at 5:45 pm CST

Dec. 15 — A quick update today, before the markets officially close, as I am heading for the airport and my return trip to Calgary shortly. Outside markets were mostly down today with gold and financial markets leading the way lower. Gold is currently trading 90 cents lower at $1,122.54.  […]

By Brian Wittal

Dec. 15, 2009 at 3:49 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Manitoba’s sunflower crop turned out relatively poor this year, as growing conditions led to low yields and caused disease problems in some areas. As a result, premium prices are available for any good quality sunflower seed, but the tighter supplies will likely cause some processors to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 15, 2009 at 3:43 pm CST

British bakery firm Warburtons Foods has added another Prairie wheat to its identity-preserved (IP) program for Canadian grain. AC Unity VB, one of the first Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) varieties to bear the Sm1 gene for midge tolerance, will be accepted from a “limited number” of acres in 2010, […]

Dec. 14, 2009 at 6:57 pm CST

A central Saskatchewan farmer says he’s filed an official level-of-service complaint against Canadian National Railway (CN) in its plans to delist over four dozen producer car-loading sites. Cam Goff, who farms at Hanley, about 55 km south of Saskatoon, and is also an elected member of the Canadian Wheat Board’s […]