Insights and Stories on Crops

Canola basis unlikely to see much improvement

Nov. 5, 2009 at 4:19 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Canola bids in Western Canada saw some improvement over the past week, although basis levels are still not as firm as they were before the news broke in October that China would require shipments to be blackleg-free after Nov. 15. FarmLink Marketing Solutions analyst Darren Frank […]

Agrium makes another “final offer” for CF

Nov. 5, 2009 at 4:07 pm CST

Wittal: Nicer weather pressures canola, U.S. grains

Nov. 4, 2009 at 5:54 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Feds to back Quebec thyme processing

Nov. 4, 2009 at 5:16 pm CST

B.C. produce pledged for province’s remote areas

Nov. 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm CST

NDP says Tories balk at backing CWB at WTO

Nov. 4, 2009 at 4:36 pm CST

The federal NDP’s international trade critic says the Conservatives’ refusal to back a motion of support for supply management and the Canadian Wheat Board shows they can’t be trusted to protect either at the WTO. Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian moved at Tuesday’s meeting of the House of Commons’ standing […]

Man. corn waits as soy harvest underway, slowly

Nov. 4, 2009 at 3:42 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– The harvest of Manitoba’s soybean crop has been progressing, albeit at a slow pace, while the province’s corn harvest was just starting to gear up, according to industry representatives. “I would describe the harvest of soybeans in Manitoba as ‘slowly poking along’ with some producers delaying […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Ont. posts pre-harvest prices for RMP coverage

Nov. 4, 2009 at 2:28 pm CST

Market prices for the 2009 pre-harvest pricing period under the Ontario agriculture ministry’s Risk Management Program (RMP) are now available from Agricorp, the provincial ag funding agency. Payments for this pricing period will be made on corn/seed corn, popping corn, spring grain, canola and Japanese beans, depending on a farmer’s […]

Flax shows modest strength, GM issue weighs

Nov. 3, 2009 at 6:34 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Flaxseed bids in Western Canada have shown some improvement in recent weeks, with harvest delays providing some support. However, the lack of business to Europe could continue to limit the upside, according to market participants. Roughly 50 per cent of the flax is still in the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Wittal: No clear picture yet of U.S. weather impact

Nov. 3, 2009 at 5:55 pm CST

Nov. 3 — Financial markets were mixed while energy markets showed some continued strength rebounding on the overnight trade, and this carried over into today’s trade as well. The U.S. dollar rose four 100ths of a cent today, while the Canadian dollar closed up 0.98 cents today at US93.67 cents. […]

By Brian Wittal