Insights and Stories on Crops

Green revolution pioneer Norman Borlaug, 95

Sep. 15, 2009 at 12:00 am CDT

Norman Borlaug, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning plant scientist whose work on food crops linked agricultural productivity to stability in developing countries, died Saturday night at age 95. Texas A+M University, where he had held the title of Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture in the department of soil and crop sciences […]

Wittal: Good harvesting conditions pressure wheat

Sep. 14, 2009 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

More Canadian feed barley seen bound for export

Sep. 14, 2009 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Bezte: Frost Watch for Sept. 14

Sep. 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Flax growers await data on GM flax findings

Sep. 13, 2009 at 12:39 am CDT

Pulse firm’s incorporation, expansion proceed

Sep. 12, 2009 at 1:37 am CDT

A Regina-based pulse crop processor expects to complete its plan by Tuesday (Sept. 15) to convert from an income trust to a publicly-traded corporation and wrap up its expansion into pulse and durum processing in Turkey. Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund, which owns SaskCan Pulse Trading at Regina, SaskCan Horizon […]

Sask. processor fined $32K over worker injuries

Sep. 12, 2009 at 12:57 am CDT

A Saskatoon company using flax and borage to make healthy food ingredients has been fined for worker health and safety violations. Bioriginal Food and Science Corp. has pled guilty in Saskatchewan Provincial Court to six charges under the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and was fined $32,050. The charges […]

N.B. potato processor faces environmental charges

Sep. 12, 2009 at 12:36 am CDT

A potato processor in western New Brunswick is due in provincial court in Woodstock Tuesday to face three charges of environmental violations. New Brunswick’s environment department said in a release Friday that it alleges HSF Foods of Centreville, about 120 km northwest of Fredericton, “failed to comply” on June 4 […]

Prairie feed pea prices seen declining

Sep. 11, 2009 at 11:07 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Feed pea prices in Western Canada have come down over the past month and could remain under pressure, given the larger percentage of the pea crop grading as feed and the lack of fresh demand. While pea yields have been reasonably good this year, the quality […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Wittal: USDA report neutral-to-bullish on wheat, corn

Sep. 11, 2009 at 6:08 pm CDT

Sept. 11 –– Outside markets continued their somewhat lacklustre trading pattern this week, as financial markets ended mixed and energy markets ended down on the day and the week overall. The U.S. dollar closed down a further 0.13 cents today, down 1.5 cents this week. The Canadian dollar closed up […]

By Brian Wittal