Insights and Stories on Crops

Ocean Spray’s N.B. farm eyed as regional hub

Jun. 4, 2009 at 6:58 pm CDT

The world’s largest cranberry handling company plans to develop its new farm site in New Brunswick as a potential “regional hub” for berry production. Massachusetts-based co-operative Ocean Spray picked up provincial environmental approval earlier this week for a new 1,914-acre cranberry bog at Rogersville, about 90 km northwest of Moncton. […]

Commercials cover export sales, boost canola

Jun. 4, 2009 at 6:42 pm CDT

By Resource News International

Light trade, sluggish exports flatten chickpea traffic

Jun. 4, 2009 at 6:06 pm CDT

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Ag Growth’s gone corporate

Jun. 4, 2009 at 4:47 pm CDT

Engage Agro to market “liquid mulch”

Jun. 4, 2009 at 12:53 am CDT

Premium Brands income trust to incorporate

Jun. 3, 2009 at 6:47 pm CDT

Vancouver food manufacturing firm Premium Brands has announced plans for its conversion from an income trust to a corporation. Premium Brands, which owns specialty food businesses in all four western provinces and Washington state including the Grimm’s, Harvest, McSweeney’s, Bread Garden, Hygaard and Hempler’s brands as well as Centennial Foodservice […]

Changes predicted for barley on Winnipeg’s ICE

Jun. 3, 2009 at 6:23 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The thinly-traded western barley futures on the ICE Futures Canada platform may see some changes in the near future in an attempt to bring more trading interest to the commodity. Open interest in the barley futures market has steadily eroded over the past few months. Currently […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

N-fixing rhizobia booster gets licensing deal

Jun. 3, 2009 at 6:02 pm CDT

A fatty acid compound, developed at Montreal’s McGill University to prod rhizobia bacteria into fixing more nitrogen in soils, is now zoned commercial. Rhizobia inoculant and seed coating maker Becker Underwood on Wednesday announced a commercial licensing agreement with McGill that grants the Iowa company exclusive rights to the technology. […]

Wittal: Rising U.S. dollar pressures grain futures

Jun. 3, 2009 at 5:39 pm CDT

June 3 — Financial markets were under pressure in overnight trade and it carried on into the day trade. The U.S. dollar was up almost a full cent and this put pressure on grain futures and led to some large limit-down losses. Profit-taking was very evident as funds decided to […]

By Brian Wittal

Alberta crops need rain, heat

Jun. 3, 2009 at 5:02 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Spring seeding is mostly complete in Alberta, but producers there are now in desperate need of rain and warmer temperatures to help the crops along, according to a provincial crops specialist. “This might not be the year to grow corn, let’s put it that way,” Harry […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin