Insights and Stories on Crops

Ont. Tories call for tobacco tax cut

Sep. 8, 2009 at 4:16 pm CDT

Ontario’s provincial Tory caucus chairman plans to have a private members’ bill up for debate later this month to cut tobacco taxes by a third. Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett, who’s also the party’s environment critic, said in a release last week that his bill’s fate now rests with Premier Dalton […]

Tobacco transition fund to back development work

Sep. 4, 2009 at 6:21 pm CDT

UBC study finds “modern” ag causing major erosion

Sep. 4, 2009 at 6:01 pm CDT

Wittal: Markets’ next move depends on frost

Sep. 4, 2009 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

Prairie flax bids fall over Europe’s GMO concerns

Sep. 4, 2009 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Survey finds food bills up, farmers’ share down

Sep. 4, 2009 at 3:01 am CDT

Don’t look to your rising grocery bill to gauge how Canadian farmers’ wares are faring in the marketplace, a new study from a Manitoba farmers’ group suggests. Shopping trips for the same basket of foods on May 10, 2008 and June 2, 2009 find the grocery bill for a Winnipeg […]

By Dave Bedard

Tank-mix trumps rotation against resistant weeds

Sep. 4, 2009 at 1:31 am CDT

To keep weed species from developing resistance to your herbicides, you may be further ahead to tank-mix from different herbicide groups, rather than just rotate those chemicals separately. Results of a four-year study on PFRA fields in Saskatchewan have led to that conclusion, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plant […]

Stubble burning restrictions resume in Man.

Sep. 3, 2009 at 10:57 pm CDT

The system of authorizations and permits for burning crop residue in Manitoba is back on again for the fall, the province reminded farmers Thursday. Between now and Nov. 15, farmers need authorization before they can burn crop residue off their fields. Details on where and when burning is authorized, based […]

Wittal: Quality crop may boost fertilizer prices

Sep. 3, 2009 at 8:37 pm CDT

Sept. 3 — Outside and financial markets started the day off in a better mood and for the most part ended the day with positive gains. Grains tried to follow that example but it didn’t take long before selling started to undermine the futures and turn them lower, ending the […]

By Brian Wittal

Wittal: Argentina’s farmers on strike

Sep. 3, 2009 at 3:01 pm CDT

Sept. 3 — I was away at meeting all day yesterday so here is a quick review of what happened in the markets for Wednesday, Sept. 2. Markets continued to struggle Wednesday as there seemed to be limited trading activity, mainly due to the fact that no real news or […]

By Brian Wittal