Insights and Stories on Crops

Feed barley market quiet, for now

Oct. 7, 2009 at 3:51 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Ample feed barley supplies, together with a lack of strong demand, have kept activity in the feed barley market relatively quiet, according to an Alberta feed grains merchant who expected activity to pick up once more cattle start to come on feed. “There seems to be […]

More Triffid flax found, suspected overseas

Oct. 7, 2009 at 2:10 am CDT

Canaryseed bids weaken despite smaller crop

Oct. 6, 2009 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Wittal: Weigh canola downgrade against weather losses

Oct. 6, 2009 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

Fast track set up for OAC students’ “P.Ag.” titles

Oct. 6, 2009 at 3:36 pm CDT

Australia’s GrainCorp to buy Canada Malting

Oct. 6, 2009 at 1:26 am CDT

Australian bulk grain-handling firm GrainCorp plans to buy Canada Malting and its three sister companies in United Malt Holdings (UMH) for just under C$700 million. The Sydney-based grain handler said Monday it would fund what it calls a “company-transforming acquisition” through a debt facility and a “fully underwritten” equity raising. […]

Wittal: Markets sluggish ahead of more USDA data

Oct. 5, 2009 at 5:16 pm CDT

Oct. 5 — It was a day of choppy, two-sided trading as financial and energy markets started the day in a downward fashion but as the day went on they were able to rebound and close with small gains. Grains followed pretty much the same pattern, with the exception of […]

By Brian Wittal

U.S. patent granted on B.C. firm’s canola protein

Oct. 5, 2009 at 5:02 pm CDT

A Vancouver company isolating proteins from canola for use in food ingredients has picked up a “notice of allowance” from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the main protein in its compound Puratein. The notice covers the dominant species of protein for a “composition of matter” patent, meant to […]

Frost helps Manitoba corn, soybean growers

Oct. 5, 2009 at 4:17 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Recent frosts were not believed to have caused any serious damage to Manitoba’s corn and soybeans, but they were thought to have been a signal to the crops that the drydown process needs to begin, industry officials said. “The frost received overnight on Sept. 28 gave […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Yellow peas wait on direction from india

Oct. 5, 2009 at 4:09 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The edible pea market in Western Canada remains relatively quiet for the time being, despite the influx of fresh new-crop supplies. The lack of activity is largely due to an absence of demand from major customer India. Market participants expect the direction the pea market takes […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin