Insights and Stories on Crops

Ont. pledges $714K to “local food” projects

Apr. 15, 2009 at 11:28 pm CDT

A market research project to better serve Toronto’s ethnic food demand and a promotion for two new Ontario apple varieties are among 12 “local food” projects seeing provincial funding. The provincial government on Tuesday pledged a total of about $714,000 to a dozen projects in the third round of funding […]

Drier-than-normal spring forecast for western Prairies

Apr. 15, 2009 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Que. maple syrup production rebounds

Apr. 15, 2009 at 4:57 pm CDT

PAMI to seek Standards Council accreditation

Apr. 15, 2009 at 12:29 am CDT

Prairie seeding delays a growing concern

Apr. 14, 2009 at 11:44 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Cargill to sell Sask. retail outlet

Apr. 14, 2009 at 6:25 pm CDT

The Canadian wing of Cargill will sell its ag input retail site at Cudworth in north-central Saskatchewan to a local fertilizer company it partly owns. Horizon Fertilizers, which operates retail locations at nearby Humboldt, Bruno and Lake Lenore and an anhydrous distribution site at Watson, will buy the site at […]

Cold storage funded for P.E.I. processors

Apr. 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm CDT

Fruit and vegetable processors on Prince Edward Island will be among those to gain from new investments in a cold storage facility being built on the province’s east coast. The federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and provincial government on Tuesday announced investments in the facility at the Souris Food […]

B.C. firm relaunches wireless crop monitors

Apr. 14, 2009 at 2:10 pm CDT

The latest version of a Victoria tech firm’s wireless moisture and temperature monitoring system for irrigated crops will allow users to monitor several growing conditions from one interface. ESI Environmental Sensors Inc. on Tuesday rolled out its new GroPoint Wireless system, which the company said now includes “improved” radios that […]

Novozymes names new Canadian ag chief

Apr. 14, 2009 at 1:54 pm CDT

The crop inoculant business formerly known as Philom Bios has named its new president. Trevor Thiessen, who has worked in the management ranks of what’s now Novozymes BioAg Group since 2002, was announced Tuesday as president of the Saskatoon-based business, which manufactures the JumpStart, TagTeam and N-Prove inoculant brands. Thiessen […]

Canola, pea exports brisk out of Vancouver

Apr. 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm CDT

Canola and pea exports from the Port of Vancouver have been extremely heavy and are expected to continue at a good pace through to the end of April, with sales to a variety of locations behind that movement. “In terms of canola, there are shipments going to multiple destinations including […]

By Dwayne Klassen