Insights and Stories on Crops

May. 26, 2009 at 6:25 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — With time quickly running out for producers in Western Canada to plant a crop, there are ideas that acres seeded to canola may be a bit more than what Statistics Canada had forecast. Barley area, meanwhile, was expected to be down, while wheat area was seen […]

By Dwayne Klassen

May. 26, 2009 at 6:09 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Barley bids in Western Canada have seen a small improvement over the past couple of weeks, an increase associated with the price climb in other commodities and ideas that 2009 barley acres will be reduced. “Some of the price hike can certainly be traced back to […]

By Dwayne Klassen

May. 26, 2009 at 5:12 pm CDT

Our online grain markets columnist Brian Wittal welcomes feedback and information on market conditions in your area, such as current offering prices, basis levels, trucking premiums and special crops contracts. Contact Brian today. May 26 — Financial markets showed good strength today with solid gains that helped to set the […]

By Brian Wittal

May. 26, 2009 at 4:32 pm CDT

A pair of five-year-old Prairie spring white wheats (CPSRs) will keep their registrations for less than two more years. Snowhite 475 and Snowhite 476, both of which were developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at Swift Current, Sask. and picked up interim registration in 2004, will be deregistered effective April […]

May. 26, 2009 at 3:27 pm CDT

Manitoba soybean growers, in a “normal” year, would consider it best to seed cereals and canola, then take a long weekend off before planting their soybeans — but 2009 is far from “normal,” the province warns. In south-central and southeastern Manitoba, as of May 25, cereal seeding was anywhere from […]