Insights and Stories on Crops

Jul. 28, 2009 at 5:52 pm CDT

Kory Teneycke, the vocal biofuels industry advocate who last year became Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s director of communications, is quitting his government post, according to news reports Tuesday from Parliament Hill. Teneycke, who was a research director for the federal Conservatives before taking the communications job, was executive director of […]

Jul. 28, 2009 at 5:37 pm CDT

Canadian cherry growers are expecting one of their best crops ever but stand to lose money this year as cherries from Washington state flood the Canadian market, the federal New Democrats’ agriculture critic warns. “Cherries from the U.S. are being sold in Canada at prices our farmers cannot compete against,” […]

Jul. 28, 2009 at 5:23 pm CDT

July 28 –– North American equity markets started off slow. and when a U.S. report came out that showed consumer confidence declining month over month. the equities soon fell into negative territory, as no one was in the mood for taking on further risk. The Canadian dollar continued its climb […]

By Brian Wittal

Jul. 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Flaxseed crops in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are in good shape for the time being, and prospects for a large crop should keep prices under pressure, according to market sources. “Right now, if the weather stays positive, the flax crops look fantastic,” said Richard Zacharias, general manager […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 28, 2009 at 1:46 pm CDT

Prairie wheat and barley growers have topped the single-season record for use of producer cars, loading 12,447 cars in the 2008-09 crop year, the Canadian Wheat Board reported Monday. That beats the previous record of 12,124 cars set in 1990-91 and continues a “decade-long trend” in increasing producer car use, […]