Insights and Stories on Crops

Jun. 11, 2009 at 3:35 pm CDT

Farmers who delivered to a delicensed southern Manitoba grain firm and haven’t already been paid will now get about 66 cents on the dollar for their grain. The Canadian Grain Commission announced Wednesday that 17 farmers who delivered to West-Can Agra at Plum Coulee, about 15 km east of Winkler, […]

Jun. 11, 2009 at 2:32 pm CDT

The Manitoba government will allow the province’s farmers’ markets to open two days per week during the market season, up from 14 days over the entire season. “The popularity of farmers’ markets across the province continues to grow and the new guidelines introduced today will give Manitobans even more opportunities […]

Jun. 11, 2009 at 1:59 pm CDT

(RNI) — Old-crop lentils prices in Western Canada are easing despite tight supplies of both the green and red variety. As of June 10, old-crop No.1 Crimson lentil prices (delivered to elevator) were sitting at 42.5 cents a pound, while No.1 Lairds were priced at 40.5 cents a pound, according […]

By Resource News International

Jun. 11, 2009 at 10:48 am CDT

The Prairie-wide network of WeatherBug weather stations has now expanded to monitor whether the weather is suitable for loading grain vessels at ports. The WeatherBug system in Western Canada was developed and launched in August 2007 by WeatherBug Professional, the Canadian Wheat Board and Canada’s second-largest grain handler, Richardson International […]

Jun. 11, 2009 at 2:45 am CDT

Ontario’s oat growers will need to be “on the alert” this spring for crown rust, as fungal infection rates are high this spring in the other plant species that hosts the rust spores. Crown rust depends on European buckthorn as the alternate host, and buckthorn infection rates are high this […]