Insights and Stories on Crops

Syngenta to extend cereal “yield guarantee”

May. 4, 2009 at 3:30 pm CDT

A pilot “yield guarantee” program for cereal growers who use Syngenta Crop Protection’s Cruiser Maxx seed treatment will run again in 2009. The company announced Friday that it will again offer “limited” participation in what it calls the Cruiser Maxx Cereals Yield Guarantee Program. This year’s program will run between […]

Wittal: wheat rallies; keep an eye on CWB fixed price contracts

May. 1, 2009 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

Canola council advises care with early seeding

May. 1, 2009 at 2:00 pm CDT

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CWB issues contract calls for wheat and advance calls for durum

May. 1, 2009 at 8:52 am CDT

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Wittal: markets start to focus on weather

Apr. 30, 2009 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Brian Wittal

Cool weather delays Saskatchewan seeding

Apr. 30, 2009 at 1:43 pm CDT

Seeding is underway in the southwest but cool weather has delayed seeding in most other areas of Saskatchewan this week, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s crop report for the week ending April 26. Less than one per cent of the crop has been seeded, primarily peas, lentils and canola. Producers have […]

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Cleaning seeding equipment can stave off clubroot

Apr. 30, 2009 at 9:56 am CDT

The Canola Council of Canada is reminding farmers, especially in Alberta, to clean their tillage and seeding equipment before moving from field to field this spring. The precaution is to avoid spread of clubroot, a devastating fungal disease in canola and other members of the brassica family. Some areas of […]

CWB says to think B.E.E.R. on malt contracts

Apr. 30, 2009 at 9:22 am CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board has added a feature on its website encouraging farmers to pay special attention to details of their malting barley contracts with grain companies. While the CWB controls the sale and pricing of domestic and export malting barley, selection of the high-quality grain required for the process […]

Nova Scotia forms Agriculture Land Review Committee

Apr. 30, 2009 at 9:01 am CDT

Nova Scotia’s Agriculture Minister Mark Parent and Richard Hurlburt, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations have announced that government will appoint an Agriculture Land Review Committee to help address issues surrounding the long-term future of the province’s agriculture land base. Committee members, selected by the minister of agriculture, […]

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Wittal: markets recovering from flu

Apr. 29, 2009 at 5:28 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. The markets seem to be taking the flu epidemic in stride and have refocused on the weather […]

By Brian Wittal