Insights and Stories on Crops

Sask. backs reconstruction of landmark barn

Aug. 26, 2009 at 1:39 am CDT

The Saskatchewan government has pledged $100,000 toward efforts to rebuild the oldest major farm structure in the province. The province on Tuesday announced $100,000 toward the Bell Barn Society of Indian Head’s $1 million plan to reconstruct the barn and redevelop the site around the Bell Farm Barn. “We have […]

Wittal: Consider your options ahead of frost

Aug. 25, 2009 at 10:26 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

Flaxseed bids eroding below canola

Aug. 25, 2009 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alta. crops need heat for development: AARD

Aug. 25, 2009 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Syngenta tops up ag scholarship funds

Aug. 25, 2009 at 3:20 pm CDT

Atlantic ag ministers spearhead local-food challenge

Aug. 25, 2009 at 12:41 am CDT

Atlantic Canada’s four agriculture ministers have pledged to go on a day-long diet Sept. 4 made up strictly of foods produced in the region. Newfoundland and Labrador’s Kathy Dunderdale, Prince Edward Island’s George Webster, Nova Scotia’s John MacDonell and New Brunswick’s Ronald Ouellette each issued separate statements Monday urging residents […]

Funding delivered for Husky’s Man. ethanol plant

Aug. 24, 2009 at 11:46 pm CDT

A federal biofuels incentive fund that pledged support for Husky Energy’s expanded ethanol plant in western Manitoba has committed to almost $73 million for the facility. Federal Treasury Board president Vic Toews, a Manitoba MP, announced the funding Monday for the Husky plant at Minnedosa, about 50 km north of […]

Wittal: Feed barley values slip

Aug. 24, 2009 at 5:15 pm CDT

Aug. 24 — Financial markets started off with a bang today but fell off of the highs as the day went on, to finish with small gains at the close. Economic news released by Statistics Canada today showed retail sales for June were up one per cent over the previous […]

By Brian Wittal

Man. soybeans in good shape, but late

Aug. 24, 2009 at 4:25 pm CDT

(Resource News International) –– Manitoba’s soybean crops are in good shape, but are behind in their development and will need the killing frost to hold off until the end of September, according to a soybean merchant in the province’s south-central region. “Things look OK,” said Mark Jorgensen of Delmar Commodities, […]