Insights and Stories on Crops

Mar. 4, 2009 at 2:37 am CST

Syngenta Crop Protection Canada will market two broadleaf herbicides this season as a twin-pack for cereal growers, to use on kochia in particular. The product, to be called Pulsar, will co-pack the Group 4 herbicides dicamba (also used in products such as Banvel and Target) and fluroxypyr (used in Attain, […]

Mar. 4, 2009 at 2:13 am CST

Forage industry stakeholders in Alberta have launched a new group to represent their issues and interests to government and funding agencies. The Alberta Forage Industry Network (AFIN) aims “to bring issues of importance regarding economic and environmental impact of forages to the attention of funding bodies and policy-makers throughout the […]

Mar. 4, 2009 at 1:32 am CST

Spurred by a reduced tariff on imported oak barrels, Canada’s vintners and the federal government will move on a new strategy aimed at boosting export sales of Canadian wines. The federal Foreign Affairs and International Trade department and the wine industry aim to prepare wine producers for the export market, […]

Mar. 3, 2009 at 8:46 pm CST

March 3 — Grain markets started off Tuesday with the idea of a turnaround and hopes of regaining some recent losses, only to be pulled down by sliding financial markets and finishing unchanged or down for the day. Crude oil was up $1.50 to close at US$41.65 per barrel. The […]

By Brian Wittal

Mar. 3, 2009 at 8:32 pm CST

“Selective use” of figures from the Canadian Wheat Board’s recent annual report has misled the public about the board’s financial performance for Prairie farmers, the board’s CEO said Tuesday. While not naming any person or group, Ian White said in a release that “certain individuals and groups have made selective […]