Insights and Stories on Crops

Wittal: Falling loonie slows canola’s slide

Jun. 15, 2009 at 5:50 pm CDT

June 15 — It was a very down day all around. The U.S. dollar rose over a full cent, which sent financial markets into negative territory with triple-digit losses. However, the drop in the Canadian dollar today did help to temper canola losses. The Canadian dollar closed down 1.2 cents […]

Viterra to buy Manitoba canola crusher

Jun. 15, 2009 at 10:22 am CDT

Expect more ag program claims on Prairies: GGC

Jun. 14, 2009 at 1:58 am CDT

Man. study puts dollar values on wetland work

Jun. 12, 2009 at 6:32 pm CDT

Viterra to offer first “high-omega-3” flax

Jun. 12, 2009 at 5:43 pm CDT

Slow deliveries keep canola cash market firm

Jun. 12, 2009 at 4:39 pm CDT

(RNI) — Cash prices for canola in Western Canada continue to firm as slow farmer sales and commercial demand underpin the market. As of June 11, canola prices (delivered to elevator) ranged from a low of $9.75 a bushel to a high of $10.95 a bushel, according to prices collected […]

By Resource News International

Wittal: Growing conditions leave markets uncertain

Jun. 12, 2009 at 4:32 pm CDT

June 12 — The U.S. financial markets have ended the week mixed to down, with no real news to focus the markets either way. The U.S. dollar has jumped 0.7 cents today, which has tempered any optimism in the financial sector to end up the week. Uncertainty in the markets […]

By Brian Wittal

Wheat-straw ethanol makes jump to pump

Jun. 12, 2009 at 3:10 am CDT

Customers buying regular gasoline over the next month at a Shell service station in Ottawa will be the first in the world to tank up with an E10 blend using ethanol made from wheat straw. For a month starting Wednesday (June 10), the regular gasoline on offer at Shell’s station […]

Farming in feds’ plans for carbon offset system

Jun. 12, 2009 at 2:44 am CDT

The federal government plans to move forward in development of an offset system for greenhouse gases, on its way to setting up a Canadian carbon market that will put a value to ag practices such as reduced or zero-tillage. “This system is one of several steps we are taking as […]

CWB forecasts cold, dry conditions eating yields

Jun. 11, 2009 at 6:27 pm CDT

Preliminary crop forecasts released Thursday by the Canadian Wheat Board project a western Canadian wheat, durum and barley crop of 29.7 million tonnes in the 2009 crop year, down almost 20 per cent from last year’s 36.7 million tonnes and significantly below the five-year average of 33.9 million tonnes. The […]

By cwb