Insights and Stories on Crops

Jul. 9, 2009 at 9:45 am CDT

Cargill plans to centralize its hybrid canola breeding program in a new specialty canola research and production centre in central Saskatchewan. The Winnipeg-based Canadian arm of the U.S. agrifood firm leased land in 2007 at Aberdeen, Sask., about 100 km west of Humboldt, for the new centre. The centre, which […]

Jul. 9, 2009 at 9:42 am CDT

A national survey last month for a California winemaker found about two-thirds of Canadians who buy wine in an average month say they haven’t changed their buying habits. An Angus Reid survey, conducted June 10-11 for Beringer Vineyards, a Napa Valley producer owned by Australia’s Foster’s Group, found 94 per […]

Jul. 9, 2009 at 9:40 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Mustard bids in Western Canada have held reasonably steady over the past month, but could see some weakness over the next few months if crop conditions remain reasonably favourable. “It’s raining as we speak,” said Baine Fritzler, chair of the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission, on Wednesday […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 7, 2009 at 6:20 pm CDT

July 7 — World and U.S. financial markets were on shaky ground today as traders are becoming a little leery. The second-quarter earnings report for the Standard and Poor’s (S+P) 500 companies that’s to be released Wednesday doesn’t sound like it will have any good news in it. Preliminary indications […]

By Brian Wittal

Jul. 7, 2009 at 6:06 pm CDT

Four areas’ “buy local” initiatives, encouraging the public to support local producers and food companies, are among six projects approved in the latest round for the Ontario Market Investment Fund. The provincial fund, which provides $12 million over four years, is meant to promote consumer awareness of Ontario-produced foods and […]