Insights and Stories on Crops

Back-to-work bill for CN engineers tabled

Nov. 30, 2009 at 7:10 pm CST

Locomotive engineers striking Canadian National Railway (CN) may soon be off the picket line if the federal government can muster support for back-to-work legislation. Federal Labour Minister Rona Ambrose on Monday introduced Bill C-61, the Railway Continuation Act, for first reading in the House of Commons and urged all parties […]

CPR to test biodiesel over Alta. winter

Nov. 29, 2009 at 4:18 am CST

Ont. carrot producers get rural development funds

Nov. 29, 2009 at 3:20 am CST

Edible pea values improve

Nov. 29, 2009 at 2:36 am CST

By Dwayne Klassen

Talks break down between CN, engineers

Nov. 28, 2009 at 3:22 am CST

Wittal: Dubai default could cause grains meltdown

Nov. 27, 2009 at 7:09 pm CST

Nov. 27 — Alarming news out of Dubai that Dubai World could default on some of its estimated US$59 billion debt sent financial markets tumbling, pulling all other markets down as well. As the day went on we did see a retracement in grains, as the U.S. dollar backed down […]

By Brian Wittal

AgriFlexibility backs Sask. wheat ID technology

Nov. 27, 2009 at 5:07 pm CST

A new DNA-based process to identify wheat varieties, designed with hopes that it will take over where the now-scrapped kernel visual distinguishability (KVD) standard left off, has picked up nearly $9 million in public funds. The federal and Saskatchewan governments will provide up to $7.43 million through the cost-shared AgriFlexibility […]

AgriStability payout cuts Bevo Agro’s Q1 loss

Nov. 27, 2009 at 4:40 pm CST

A payout of over $870,000 from the federal/provincial AgriStability program helped B.C. greenhouse supply firm Bevo Agro narrow its first-quarter loss to just over $100,000. Billing itself as “North America’s leading propagator of vegetable plants,” the Langley-based company runs a 34-acre facility to raise and supply vegetable, flower, berry and […]

CN labour fight seen threatening Canada’s exporter status

Nov. 27, 2009 at 3:49 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Canada’s status as a reliable supplier of grains and oilseeds is again being threatened, this time by a labour dispute between Canadian National Railway (CN) and 1,700 locomotive engineers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). The TCRC on Wednesday served CN officials with a […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Canola bids steady to slightly firmer

Nov. 26, 2009 at 7:15 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Cash bids for canola in Western Canada have been holding fairly steady, although there were a few locations in which the need to fill contracts has firmed up prices. The reluctance of producers to deliver canola into the cash pipeline has helped to firm up bids […]

By Dwayne Klassen