Insights and Stories on Crops

Viterra’s Man. elevator staff reject union

Jun. 9, 2009 at 5:40 pm CDT

Non-union staff at Viterra’s former Agricore United grain elevators in Manitoba have voted to stay that way. Country operations and maintenance workers at the company’s heritage AU facilities voted 149 to 34 between May 4 and June 8 against joining the Grain Services Union (GSU), the union and company reported […]

Barley up and looking to move higher

Jun. 9, 2009 at 2:35 pm CDT

By Resource News International

Feds put up $1M for Man. farmers’ shortline

Jun. 9, 2009 at 4:42 am CDT

N.B. puts up $210K for local food marketing

Jun. 9, 2009 at 3:47 am CDT

S. Ont. rural areas damaged in tractor chase

Jun. 9, 2009 at 3:21 am CDT

Oats bids lag futures, could go lower

Jun. 9, 2009 at 1:49 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Cash oats bids in Western Canada have shown some strength over the past month, but have lagged Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) oats futures considerably. With the futures dropping in recent days, cash values could also be due to turn lower, although to a lesser extent, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Kellogg moves to raise cereal fibre content

Jun. 9, 2009 at 1:06 am CDT

Breakfast cereal maker Kellogg Canada has announced plans to add more fibre to its product line of ready-to-eat cereals. By the end of 2010, the company said in a release last week, almost 74 per cent of Kellogg’s ready-to-eat cereals in Canada will be at least a “source” to “very […]

Wittal: Pressure continues on wheat

Jun. 8, 2009 at 6:12 pm CDT

June 8 — U.S. financial markets were mixed today with limited movement as the U.S. dollar continues to rise. The Canadian dollar closed up 0.04 cents at US89.45 cents today. The Dow Jones June quote closed down 14 points today, at 8,755. Crude oil finished down 72 cents, closing at […]

By Brian Wittal

Editors’ Picks: Public taken off U.K. strawberry fields

Jun. 8, 2009 at 6:00 pm CDT

British fans of U-pick strawberries have found that not all strawberry fields are forever, the Reuters news agency reports. Strawberry producer Boddington Farm, considered one of the largest U-pick fruit farms in Britain, announced it has dropped the U-pick business after health and safety officials ordered extra safety infrastructure such […]

By Laura Rance-Unger

Frost further delays Prairie crops

Jun. 8, 2009 at 10:22 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Some much-needed moisture in parts of the dry growing regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan was received during the weekend in the form of snow, but the accompanying cool temperatures, felt right across the Canadian grainbelt, continued to slow the development of recently seeded grain and oilseed […]

By Dwayne Klassen