Insights and Stories on Crops

Jul. 20, 2009 at 6:09 pm CDT

SmartStax, a new insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant corn seed trait combo developed by Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, has picked up regulatory approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency toward a 2010 launch. The new corn, which the two companies billed as the “most advanced, all-in-one corn trait platform” in the ag […]

Jul. 20, 2009 at 5:02 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Old-crop bids for lentils in Western Canada have been holding at extremely strong levels while weather is likely to be the main factor determining the trend for new-crop values. “Essentially, if we get an early frost in August, lentil prices are likely to go ‘crazy,'” said […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Jul. 20, 2009 at 4:39 pm CDT

Grain processor and ethanol producer Permolex is due in court in Red Deer next month to face charges over disposal of its wastewater. Alberta Environment said in a release Friday that the charges related to an incident that occurred near Red Deer in July last year. The allegations involve “improper […]

Jul. 18, 2009 at 6:02 am CDT

The southern Ontario community of Wallaceburg, across Lake St. Clair from Detroit, hopes landing fertilizer for Farmers of North America (FNA) will be another step toward regaining its official port status. The Saskatoon-based group, which brokers deals for lower-cost imports of ag inputs on members’ behalf in the West, Ontario […]

Jul. 18, 2009 at 4:30 am CDT

A Regina-based pulse crop processor plans to convert from an income trust to a publicly-traded corporation, while also working on a cash-and-stock play into Turkish pulse and durum processing. Alliance Grain Traders Income Fund, which owns SaskCan Pulse Trading at Regina, SaskCan Horizon Trading at Aberdeen, Sask., United Pulse Trading […]