Insights and Stories on Crops

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 5, 2009 at 4:07 pm CST

Fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium says its latest sweetened offer for U.S. fertilizer rival CF Industries will be its last. Smarting from an unrelated 93 per cent drop in its third-quarter profits (see below), the Calgary company on Thursday announced a new, unsolicited cash-and-stock bid of US$45 plus one […]

Nov. 4, 2009 at 5:54 pm CST

Nov. 4 — I am at a conference the next three days and I am trying to write this from a remote location so it will be short and sweet. Financial markets were steady to up as the U.S. dollar dropped just over six-10ths of a cent today. Energy markets […]

By Brian Wittal

Nov. 4, 2009 at 5:16 pm CST

A Quebec company developing a natural disinfectant made from thyme oil will get over $830,000 in federal loans and funding to commercialize their product, with the goal of making thyme a new cash crop for farmers. Sherbrooke-based Laboratoire M2 launched its product, Thymox, in September 2008 as a biodegradable, non-toxic, […]

Nov. 4, 2009 at 4:54 pm CST

The British Columbia government plans to put up $915,000 for a one-year program to help get B.C. fruits and vegetables into the province’s remote communities. The Produce Availability Initiative, announced Tuesday, comes in response to a pledge from Premier Gordon Campbell at the 2008 Union of B.C. Municipalities’ general meeting […]