Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 10, 2009 at 1:38 am CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board is moving to get farmers’ board grains out of southern Manitoba’s flood-prone Red River Valley ahead of spring thaw. The board announced Monday that it will co-ordinate additional rail cars into the valley to clear space in elevators in the region for affected farmers to deliver […]

Mar. 9, 2009 at 6:34 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. March 9 — The stock markets were down today, which doesn’t set a good tone for the […]

By Brian Wittal

Mar. 9, 2009 at 11:03 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Representatives from both the union for about 450 British Columbia dock and ship workers and their employers confirmed Friday that union members have ratified a new collective agreement after months of mediated negotiations. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWU) Local 514 took a […]

By Alana Vannahme

Mar. 7, 2009 at 2:33 am CST

(Resource News International) — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has revised downward what Canadian farmers will seed to all wheat and durum in the spring of 2009 from its January projection, according to an updated acreage outlook from AAFC’s market analysis branch. AAFC’s record canola area forecast in January was bumped […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 7, 2009 at 2:18 am CST

Ag technology development firm Performance Plants Inc. has picked up a pledge for federal funds to further develop traits making plants’ cellulose easier to convert to biofuel. PPI, a Kingston, Ont. firm, which also runs research facilities at Saskatoon and at Waterloo, N.Y., announced Friday it will receive up to […]