Insights and Stories on Crops

P.E.I. farmers to contribute on province’s rural plan

Jul. 18, 2009 at 2:08 am CDT

Prince Edward Island’s provincial government plans to invite a number of ag sector stakeholders to a workshop aimed at helping draft the province’s Rural Development Strategy. The province on Thursday wrapped up a round of public consultations on rural issues in Mill River, Montague, Crapaud and Wellington, seeing total attendance […]

P.E.I. farmers pull back potato acres: StatsCan

Jul. 18, 2009 at 1:48 am CDT

Man. excess-moisture claims seen topping $21M

Jul. 17, 2009 at 5:47 pm CDT

Viterra outsourcing IT work: GSU

Jul. 17, 2009 at 2:26 am CDT

SaskCanola funds U.S. work on canola-based products

Jul. 17, 2009 at 12:55 am CDT

Hort growers’ food safety audit fees to rise

Jul. 17, 2009 at 12:19 am CDT

The auditing body for the Canadian Horticultural Council’s CanadaGAP on-farm food safety program plans to increase the fees it charges to growers. QMI-SAI Global announced Wednesday it will increase its base audit rate to $525 from $420, starting Sept. 1. Its fee for audit report reviews in Quebec, where audits […]

Potential feed wheat supplies weigh on market

Jul. 16, 2009 at 5:06 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Current growing conditions in Western Canada may lead to a larger than normal portion of the wheat crop grading as feed, which trade sources predict should keep the bias in the market to the downside. A Winnipeg-based feed grains broker said the jury was still out […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

End of EU dispute seen as gain for Canada’s canola

Jul. 16, 2009 at 5:02 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The formal end of Canada’s trade dispute with the European Union over genetically modified organisms (GMOs), announced Wednesday, is seen as a benefit for the country’s canola sector. “The Canadian government has worked really hard on this and we really appreciate all their efforts,” JoAnne Buth, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada, European nations halt GM canola dispute

Jul. 16, 2009 at 2:12 am CDT

Canadian growers of genetically-modified (GM) canola can expect greater market access in Europe now that Canada and the European Communities (EC) have agreed to end their trade dispute on GM crops, the federal government says. International Trade Minister Stockwell Day on Wednesday announced the EC — the common-market policy bodies […]

Alta. crops slow developing, more eyed as forage

Jul. 15, 2009 at 2:17 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Slow crop development across much of Alberta could result in many grain and oilseed fields going to forage instead of being harvested, according to a provincial crop specialist. Most of Alberta benefited from at least an inch of rain over the past week, said Harry Brook, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin