Insights and Stories on Crops

Wittal: U.S. frost may hold pricing opportunity

Sep. 18, 2009 at 5:11 pm CDT

Sept. 18 — Financial and energy markets were somewhat quiet today, ending in a mixed closing. The U.S. dollar rose a third of a cent today, to finish the week down one-10th of a cent from last week’s close. The Canadian dollar closed down 0.45 cents at US93.49 cents — […]

Food ingredient maker consolidates into Edmonton

Sep. 18, 2009 at 4:56 pm CDT

New OAC associate dean to cover external affairs

Sep. 18, 2009 at 12:03 pm CDT

WTO proposals target single desk by 2013: CWB

Sep. 18, 2009 at 2:11 am CDT

Ont. produce firm sells former maple syrup plant

Sep. 18, 2009 at 12:26 am CDT

Western competitiveness study rethinks “value-added”

Sep. 17, 2009 at 5:49 pm CDT

Focusing on the talents of its people, and avoiding the temptation to pick winning and losing industries, will go a long way toward assuring Western Canada’s economic competitiveness, a new study suggests. Canada’s western premiers on Tuesday released Playing for Keeps: Boosting Western Canada’s Economic Competitiveness in the Post-Recession World, […]

Light frost seen in central Alta. forecast

Sep. 17, 2009 at 4:51 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Environment Canada’s forecasts point to the potential for a mild frost in central Alberta early next week, which could lead to downgrading of some canola crops. However, many crops are already harvested in the region, and any damage will be dependent on the severity of any […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Wittal: Watch for wider spread on wheat protein

Sep. 17, 2009 at 4:45 pm CDT

Sept. 17 –– Financial and energy markets were mixed today, looking as though they were lost and wondering aimlessly with little or no direction. The U.S. dollar rose slightly today on limited news and trading. The Canadian dollar closed up 0.15 cents, at US93.94 cents. The Dow Jones September quote […]

By Brian Wittal

Weather improves CWB’s sales position

Sep. 17, 2009 at 3:17 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board had been taking a cautious approach to making sales of wheat and barley for 2009-10 due to the lateness of the Prairie harvest, but the weather during the past two weeks has changed things significantly. “The weather over the past two weeks […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Drozd: Livestock producers will soon benefit from lower feed costs

Sep. 16, 2009 at 11:22 pm CDT

Prices over a period of time are typically confined to a trading range. Prices are content to move up and down within this range until there is a shift in equilibrium, at which time the trend will turn decisively in the direction of the breakout from the range. Trendlines During […]

By David Drozd