Insights and Stories on Crops

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

By Dwayne Klassen

Ont. posts pre-harvest prices for RMP coverage

Nov. 4, 2009 at 2:28 pm CST

Flax shows modest strength, GM issue weighs

Nov. 3, 2009 at 6:34 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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

Nov. 3, 2009 at 5:55 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Sask. inventors win Agritechnica trip

Nov. 3, 2009 at 1:19 am CST

A pair of Saskatchewan inventors has won a trip to the world’s largest indoor farm machinery show. In an inventors’ contest this summer sponsored by Country Guide, Grainews and the German trade show Agritechnica, Ken Hudacek and Duane Bartok of Esterhazy, Sask. were chosen by a panel of judges including […]

No agreement reached in canola talks with China

Nov. 2, 2009 at 11:58 pm CST

(Resource News International) — There has been no agreement reached between Canada and Chinese government officials regarding China’s intention to implement phytosanitary certificates on all imported canola after Nov. 15, an official with the Canola Council of Canada said Monday. “In a briefing from the Canadian delegation that is in […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Wittal: New trading month starts aggressively

Nov. 2, 2009 at 6:29 pm CST

Nov. 2 — Financial and energy markets showed some rebound on the overnight trade and this carried over into today’s trade as well. The U.S. dollar fell only slightly today; the Canadian dollar closed up 0.07 cents today at US92.69 cents. The Dow Jones December quote closed up 65 points […]

By Brian Wittal

Prairie hail claims, payouts drop in 2009

Nov. 2, 2009 at 6:15 pm CST

Prairie hail insurers in 2009 paid out about three-quarters less than in 2008 to settle their farmer customers’ hail claims. That’s the final count from the Canadian Crop Hail Association, which on Friday released its final report, adding up total crop hail claims for 2009 at just over $76 million, […]

Canada, EU endorse GM flaxseed protocol

Nov. 2, 2009 at 5:12 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Canada and the European Union have endorsed a flax protocol that was developed by the Canadian government in consultation with the Flax Council of Canada, Canadian flax exporters and DG Sanco of the European Commission, according to an official with Flax Council of Canada. The protocol […]

By Dwayne Klassen