Insights and Stories on Crops

Viterra adds third grass herbicide

Apr. 13, 2009 at 6:30 pm CDT

REVISED, April 14 — Grain company Viterra has added another Group 1 herbicide to its roster of company-branded weed killers. The product, a clethodim herbicide Viterra has dubbed Shadow RTM, was billed as a post-emergent product for use against wild oats, green and yellow foxtail, Persian darnel, barnyardgrass and volunteer […]

Manitoba approves Red River disaster aid

Apr. 13, 2009 at 6:14 pm CDT

East’s corn output down, U.S. imports seen rising

Apr. 13, 2009 at 2:20 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Organic ag major stays at OAC, for now

Apr. 12, 2009 at 11:59 pm CDT

Expanded Alta. ethanol plant gets $23M

Apr. 9, 2009 at 7:40 am CDT

Clubroot-resistant RR canola registered

Apr. 9, 2009 at 7:10 am CDT

Seed company Pioneer Hi-Bred has picked up registration for what it calls the first and only canola hybrid with genetic resistance to clubroot. The new hybrid, 45H29, will be available this spring in a limited release, the company said in a release Wednesday. The Roundup Ready variety gives canola growers […]

Sask. seeks advice from young farmer panel

Apr. 9, 2009 at 6:04 am CDT

Saskatchewan’s ag ministry plans to work with a new agriculture youth advisory committee to draft a strategy on attracting and retaining young people in farming. The province on Wednesday named the new committee’s seven members, all active farmers between ages 18 and 35. The committee’s mandate will be to provide […]

N.S. sweetens orchard renewal program

Apr. 9, 2009 at 5:14 am CDT

A program encouraging Nova Scotia apple producers to replant orchards this year with more profitable varieties will get an extra $200,000 from the province. Nova Scotia’s orchard renewal program aims to help growers replant to varieties with “high rates of return in the marketplace” such as honeycrisp, gala and ambrosia. […]

Toronto’s GO Transit to buy local CN line

Apr. 9, 2009 at 12:38 am CDT

The Toronto-area commuter rail agency GO Transit will pay $160 million to buy Canadian National Railway’s (CN) Weston subdivision for expansion of GO service northwest of Toronto. The line runs from near Strachan Avenue and Wellington Street West in downtown Toronto, northwest through the city to CN’s main east-west freight […]

Middle East seen as growth market for forages

Apr. 8, 2009 at 6:12 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Water scarcity in Middle Eastern countries may open up good export opportunities for Canadian forage exporters in the coming years, industry sources believe. While the U.S. and Pacific Rim countries such as Japan and South Korea have traditionally been key destinations for Canadian forage shipments, Canadian […]

By Alana Vannahme