Insights and Stories on Crops

Jul. 22, 2009 at 4:12 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Edible pea prices in Western Canada have climbed significantly in recent weeks, with much of the strength associated with nervousness over the crop. Some industry sources linked the strength in yellow peas to the fact India has stepped up to the plate and has been a […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Jul. 22, 2009 at 3:04 pm CDT

Canadian National Railway’s (CN) gross from grain and fertilizer traffic in its quarter ending June 30 dropped only slightly compared to the number of grain and fertilizer cars it hauled. CN on Monday posted total second-quarter (Q2) net income of $387 million on $1.78 billion in revenues, down from $459 […]

Jul. 22, 2009 at 10:38 am CDT

BASF Canada has picked up emergency-use registration for farmers to use Headline fungicide against sunflower rust. The temporary registration from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) “comes at a very critical time for sunflower growers,” Darcelle Graham, executive director of the National Sunflower Association of Canada (NSAC), said in […]

Jul. 22, 2009 at 1:09 am CDT

A soil sample that tested inconclusive for clubroot in May from a random field in west-central Saskatchewan is now confirmed positive for the serious canola disease. That’s even though the field in question has not shown any symptoms of the disease, according to Pat Flaten, research manager for the Saskatchewan […]

Jul. 22, 2009 at 12:00 am CDT

Quebec’s farm financial agency reports the mid-season number of crop insurance claims this year to be down from the same time last year as well as the five-year average. La Financiere agricole de Quebec (FAQ) on Tuesday said that as of July 6, it had 1,742 claims, down from 1,993 […]