Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 11, 2009 at 4:30 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board is seeing record grain movement this winter and should be able to continue that pace through the spring, according to a CWB spokesperson. From October 2008 to February 2009 the CWB cleared a total of 7.7 million tonnes of grain (including wheat, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 11, 2009 at 3:48 pm CDT

A southeastern Alberta co-op of greenhouse tomato, pepper and cucumber growers is the first to pick up certification from a national food safety program for the industry. Red Hat Co-operative, which packs, grades and markets produce on behalf of about 50 greenhouse growers, is the first member of the Canadian […]

Mar. 11, 2009 at 10:17 am CDT

Growers of crops such as grapes, strawberries, highbush blueberries and assorted tree fruits as well as potatoes, onions and asparagus will get a new active ingredient for weed control. Valent Canada has picked up registration for Chateau, a Group 14 flumioxazin herbicide which it says will give growers residual control […]

Mar. 11, 2009 at 3:05 am CDT

All of Monsanto’s Canadian seed dealers will sell Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans by seed count instead of by weight starting this year. Bags of the Roundup-tolerant soybean seed varieties will contain 140,000 seeds per unit, compared to the varying seed count in the “traditional” 22.7-kg (50-pound) bag, Winnipeg-based Monsanto […]

Mar. 11, 2009 at 2:23 am CDT

Ontario farmers who want to make changes in their AgriStability file for a given year now have 18 months to do so, up from three. Effective immediately — and retroactive to the 2007 program year — Ontario’s Agricorp will allow a farmer 18 months to request amendments on his or […]