Insights and Stories on Crops

Syngenta, Arysta swap weed-killer licensing deals

Nov. 17, 2009 at 2:18 am CST

The Canadian arms of Syngenta Crop Protection and Arysta LifeScience have signed licensing deals to make new herbicides using one of each other’s chemistries. Syngenta will use flucarbazone chemistry, the active ingredient in Arysta’s Group 2 herbicide Everest, to produce Sierra and Pace herbicides. Everest is registered in Canada to […]

Editors’ Picks: Agco plans “reduction” of brands

Nov. 17, 2009 at 1:01 am CST

By Dave Bedard

APP application deadlines extended in Man.

Nov. 16, 2009 at 7:08 pm CST

Wittal: U.S. grains ride market momentum

Nov. 16, 2009 at 5:52 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Canola bids steady, basis levels firming

Nov. 16, 2009 at 4:52 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

DuPont “non-crop” herbicides get new marketer

Nov. 16, 2009 at 3:33 am CST

Guelph-based Engage Agro, a well-known distributor and marketer of niche-market pesticides, will distribute DuPont Crop Protection’s line of “vegetation management” herbicides in Canada. Engage and DuPont announced the agreement last week, which the new distributor said will “increase the depth of our offerings” in vegetation management. Vegetation management refers mostly […]

Wittal: U.S. beans support canola futures

Nov. 14, 2009 at 2:44 am CST

Nov. 13 — Markets overall fared a lot better than one would expect for a Friday the 13th. Financial markets regained some of Thursday’s losses and ended up with small gains week over week. The energy sector was down today and for the week, as reduced demand seems to be […]

By Brian Wittal

Agrium makes last pitch to CF shareholders

Nov. 13, 2009 at 1:59 am CST

Reiterating that its US$4.9 billion hostile bid for U.S. fertilizer firm CF Industries is its “best and final” offer, Canada’s Agrium has again appealed directly to the company’s stockholders. This time, the Calgary-based fertilizer and ag retail giant warns, if a “resounding majority” of shares are tendered to its bid […]

Brine flow seen manageable at Mosaic mine

Nov. 12, 2009 at 7:27 pm CST

“Market rumours” about brine flowing into its Esterhazy, Sask. potash mine have led U.S. potash producer Mosaic Co. to describe the inflow as “elevated” but still inside historic range. Mosaic, a Minneapolis-area firm majority-owned by Cargill, said Thursday that brine inflow rates at Esterhazy, about 90 km southeast of Yorkton, […]

Wittal: Lingering harvest supports beans

Nov. 12, 2009 at 5:34 pm CST

Nov. 12 — Financial and energy markets lost momentum and took some big losses on the day, largely due to profit-taking from the speculative side of the markets. Even with the negative tone from those outside markets, U.S. grain markets were led by solid gains in the beans today. The […]

By Brian Wittal