Insights and Stories on Crops

Oct. 1, 2009 at 5:22 pm CDT

Oct. 1 — Outside markets were mixed today. Financials continued to slide as reports out of the U.S. and Canada confirm it’s going to take longer than first anticipated to get out of this recessional slump. This prompted reinvestment into the U.S. dollar, which rose half a cent today/ Conversely […]

By Brian Wittal

Oct. 1, 2009 at 5:12 pm CDT

Ontario and Quebec soybean growers can expect to see a “limited supply” of LibertyLink herbicide-tolerant soybean varieties available for planting in 2010. Bayer CropScience, owners of the LibertyLink brand and genetics, on Wednesday advised interested growers in Eastern Canada to contact their seed suppliers for information on specific varieties. “LibertyLink […]

Oct. 1, 2009 at 4:24 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The Flax Council of Canada, flaxseed exporters and the Canadian Grain Commission have been working extremely hard to identify the source of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) found in a shipment of the commodity to Europe, according to a council official. The European Union has a zero-tolerance […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Oct. 1, 2009 at 4:01 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Lentils are moving briskly out of Western Canada, as the large harvest has brought some much-needed supplies back into the market, according to industry sources. “It’s very brisk in lentils right now, especially reds and large green lentils,” said Ivan Sabourin, president of pulse export company […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oct. 1, 2009 at 1:31 am CDT

The federal government’s annual hunt for potato cyst nematode (PCN) is about 40 per cent complete and so far all negative, Alberta included, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. CFIA reported Wednesday that it “continues to make progress with soil sample collection and analysis” toward its goal of about […]