Insights and Stories on Crops

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 […]

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

Jul. 16, 2009 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada, European nations halt GM canola dispute

Jul. 16, 2009 at 2:12 am CDT

Alta. crops slow developing, more eyed as forage

Jul. 15, 2009 at 2:17 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Que. blueberry processor gets startup loans

Jul. 15, 2009 at 12:25 am CDT

NAFTA food policy led to Mexico visa order: NFU

Jul. 14, 2009 at 11:57 pm CDT

The federal government’s new visa requirement for visitors from Mexico is a “perverse outcome” of food trade spawned by the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to the National Farmers Union. The federal government on Monday announced visa requirements starting Tuesday for travellers coming to Canada from Mexico and the […]

Alta. farm management software expands into U.S.

Jul. 14, 2009 at 6:10 pm CDT

Alberta farm consultancy Agri-Trend will take its Agri-Data Solution farm management technology platform south of the border through a new venture with J.R. Simplot. The two companies on Tuesday announced their joint venture company, U.S. Agri-Data Solutions, to deliver the web-based platform to farmers and processors across the U.S. Agri-Trend, […]

CGC, Ont. HACCP programs for grain compatible

Jul. 14, 2009 at 5:54 pm CDT

Ontario grain handlers can now aim to qualify for certain food safety programs offered by either the Ontario ag ministry or the Canadian Grain Commission, through a single audit. The CGC announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) to […]

P.E.I. raises fines for poor potato disposal: CBC

Jul. 14, 2009 at 5:27 pm CDT

Disposing of cull potatoes in a way that might cause or spread a potato disease outbreak may now cost a Prince Edward Island farmer much more, as of Saturday. CBC on Saturday reported that amended plant health regulations have come into effect which increase the fines for improper disposal of […]

Resistant canola strain fears no weevil

Jul. 14, 2009 at 4:49 pm CDT

A strain of canola bred to resist the cabbage seedpod weevil is expected to be commercially available for Prairie growers’ use by next year. University of Alberta agricultural entomologist Lloyd Dosdall and University of Guelph plant research scientist Laima Kott on Tuesday announced they’ve developed a canola hybrid using natural […]

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