Insights and Stories on Crops

Wittal: Pre-report speculation drags grains down

Sep. 10, 2009 at 5:03 pm CDT

Sept. 10 — It is pretty much a repeat from yesterday as financial and energy markets showed small gains today. Grains were mixed as reports of new sales of wheat and oilseeds helped to boost futures. No one was real excited to do much trading the day before the U.S. […]

Bezte: Frost Watch for Sept. 9

Sep. 9, 2009 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Wittal: Frost forecasts loom large

Sep. 9, 2009 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

Alta. crops still need more heat: AARD

Sep. 9, 2009 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Large grain stocks bearish for barley, oats

Sep. 9, 2009 at 3:36 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

“Eat Atlantic” challenge draws over 4,000 pledges

Sep. 9, 2009 at 3:13 pm CDT

Residents of Prince Edward Island made the most pledges per capita out of the four Atlantic provinces in the region’s recent “Eat Atlantic” challenge. The challenge drew a total of 4,426 pledges in total, with 684 coming from P.E.I., followed by Nova Scotia with 2,098, New Brunswick with 1,344 and […]

ABB shareholders back Viterra’s proposed merger

Sep. 9, 2009 at 1:24 am CDT

Shareholders of Australian grain firm ABB Grain have officially voted in favour of the merger proposal from Canada’s largest grain company. Viterra announced in a release that ABB shareholders met Wednesday in Adelaide and voted 83.57 per cent of shares and 60.45 per cent in number in favour of the […]

Eat Atlantic challenge draws over 4,000 pledges

Sep. 9, 2009 at 12:00 am CDT

Residents of Prince Edward Island made the most pledges per capita out of the four Atlantic provinces in the region’s recent "Eat Atlantic" challenge. The challenge drew a total of 4,426 pledges in total, with 684 coming from P.E.I., followed by Nova Scotia with 2,098, New Brunswick with 1,344 and […]

CN urged not to rip up producer-car sidings

Sep. 8, 2009 at 6:00 pm CDT

Several farmer organizations are urging Canadian National Railway (CN) to reconsider its plans to stop service to 53 producer car loading sites across the Prairies. A 60-day notice period, required under Transport Canada regulations, ended Sunday with no known offers from farmers to lease the rail sidings where the railway […]

By Dave Bedard

Ethanol providing floor for feed wheat

Sep. 8, 2009 at 4:26 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Feed wheat bids in Western Canada have been falling steadily over the past month on ideas that more of the wheat crop will likely grade as feed this year. While bids from ethanol producers are also declining, that market could provide a slight premium for farmers […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin