Insights and Stories on Crops

Major ginseng grower to sell off equipment

May. 6, 2009 at 3:41 pm CDT

The B.C. farm at the heart of the world’s largest producer and exporter of North American ginseng will wind down over 25 years in business Saturday as its farm equipment goes up on the auction block. Richmond-based Chai-Na-Ta Corp., which in 2003 made the Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s […]

Burdensome oats supply depresses bids

May. 5, 2009 at 10:56 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Wittal: Slow U.S. seeding supports wheat

May. 5, 2009 at 10:34 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

Sask. grants wine franchise in Saskatoon

May. 5, 2009 at 3:42 pm CDT

EU biodiesel sector balks at canola price tag

May. 5, 2009 at 3:32 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

CWB urging CWRS deliveries through May

May. 4, 2009 at 5:40 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — A stronger-than-average Canadian wheat export program in April and May has prompted the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) to urge continued deliveries of No. 1 and 2 Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat throughout May despite spring seeding. “We are looking to get grain in so that […]

By Alana Vannahme

Seasonals lift Prairie barley bids

May. 4, 2009 at 5:35 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Barley bids in Western Canada have begun to improve and there are ideas that values should be able to hold these levels at least for the time being. “Essentially cash values for barley have begun to move up in view of seasonal factors,” said Gord Mitchell […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Clubroot DNA puts Sask. growers on alert

May. 4, 2009 at 5:07 pm CDT

Saskatchewan canola growers will want to be wary this spring of a serious ailment that has yet to affect any canola crops in the province, after a lone soil sample turned up evidence that it may soon arrive. The Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission (SaskCanola) warned Monday that while a 2008 […]

Border agency restarts potato dumping review

May. 4, 2009 at 4:52 pm CDT

A 25-year-old anti-dumping duty on imports of certain packages and types of U.S. potatoes into the British Columbia market will again be reviewed this summer, this time probing potato values during the 2007-08 crop year. The Canada Border Services Agency said Monday it has launched its review of what it […]

Wittal: Rising loonie drags on canola

May. 4, 2009 at 4:17 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. Improved weather over the weekend in the U.S. allowed farmers to get serious about seeding. Getting the […]

By Brian Wittal