Insights and Stories on Crops

Oct. 23, 2009 at 6:25 pm CDT

Oct. 23 — Financial markets ended the week on a negative note, as did the energy sector, which prompted the U.S. dollar to rise and the Canadian dollar to fall. The U.S. dollar was up three-10ths of a cent today, down two-10ths for the week. The Canadian dollar closed down […]

By Brian Wittal

Oct. 23, 2009 at 6:05 pm CDT

Milling wheat and feed barley values are unchanged in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest 2009-10 pool return outlook (PRO), while global production numbers pressure durum and malting barley values. The CWB on Thursday posted values $8 per tonne lower for milling-quality grades of Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) compared to […]

Oct. 23, 2009 at 5:14 pm CDT

Monaghan Mushrooms, a major U.K. mushroom producer and marketer, has finalized a deal to buy major production facilities from Ontario mushroom grower Rol-land Farms. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, includes Rol-land’s Essex-Kent Mushroom business, stock and mushroom production and distribution operations at Campbellville, about 25 km east of the […]

Oct. 23, 2009 at 4:49 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The Canadian government says it’s actively working to find a quick resolution to a trade issue with China that could jeopardize canola shipments to the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) received notice from China earlier this week that blackleg was found in two shipments […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 22, 2009 at 6:45 pm CDT

Multinational beverage maker Diageo plans to outsource its ready-to-drink (RTD) vodka beverage bottling to an Ontario firm and close a bottling plant in Quebec, affecting 65 employees. The company announced Thursday it will close its plant at Dorval, Que. in late February 2010 and move that plant’s production to Delta […]