Insights and Stories on Crops

Site allows Alta. farmers to compare crop varieties

Jul. 4, 2009 at 1:06 am CDT

Crop producers in Alberta and in B.C.’s Peace region have a new website where they can compare and collect data on cereal, flax and pulse varieties best suited to their local growing conditions. The interactive site uses current and historical crop, climate and geographic information from across the province and […]

Canpotex cuts potash prices for Japan: report

Jul. 3, 2009 at 9:13 pm CDT

Viterra would insure Australian grain volumes

Jul. 3, 2009 at 6:11 pm CDT

Prairie hailstorms, damage seen below average

Jul. 3, 2009 at 5:39 pm CDT

Sask. crops behind normal but improving

Jul. 3, 2009 at 5:16 pm CDT

Feed pea bids hold firm on output concerns

Jul. 3, 2009 at 4:37 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Feed pea prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been holding fairly steady while values in Alberta have been creeping upward. The ability of values to hold steady and even move a bit higher is being directly related to the weather. “The dryness in Alberta and the […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Fruit, vegetable production expected down: StatsCan

Jul. 3, 2009 at 4:22 pm CDT

Canada’s fruit and vegetable acres to be harvested this year are expected to be down from 2008 levels, according to Statistics Canada. Canadian farmers reported planting 528,000 acres of fruits and vegetables in the spring of 2009, down three per cent from the spring of 2008, the federal statistics agency […]

By Statistics Canada

Wittal: Returning next week

Jul. 3, 2009 at 4:16 pm CDT

July 3 — Brian Wittal is away on business today and will return next week, but wishes all readers a great weekend. Markets are expected to be quiet in Winnipeg today, given the Independence Day long weekend in the U.S., he noted.

Wittal: U.S. long weekend seen short on market action

Jul. 2, 2009 at 4:55 pm CDT

July 2 — U.S. markets showed some strength yesterday (July 1) so it was expected that Canadian markets would follow suit today. Overnight markets took on a negative tone, however, and that carried over into today’s trade. Financial indicators were down across the board today, which pretty much set the […]

By Brian Wittal

Alta. crops need precipitation soon: AARD

Jul. 2, 2009 at 4:36 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Grain, oilseeds, pasture and hay crops across much of Alberta are in serious need of moisture soon if there is any hope of these crops maturing ahead of an early frost, a provincial crop specialist warns. “There are a few areas within the province that there […]

By Dwayne Klassen