Insights and Stories on Crops

CWB charges fee for pool-year transfers

Mar. 3, 2009 at 3:56 pm CST

Thanks to recent market volatility, the Canadian Wheat Board will now charge a variable-rate per-tonne fee for Prairie wheat and durum growers who want to defer pricing of a given year’s crop into the following crop year. As of Monday afternoon, the fee sat at $4 per tonne for wheat […]

Off-patent weed killer Bengal targets Puma

Mar. 3, 2009 at 1:43 am CST

B.C. firm commercializes fruit dehy process

Mar. 3, 2009 at 1:14 am CST

Wittal: Traders balk as market slide continues

Mar. 2, 2009 at 6:55 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Formulation saves step for Harmony SG users

Mar. 2, 2009 at 6:42 pm CST

Grain handlers to partner on new seed firm

Feb. 28, 2009 at 5:30 am CST

Two Winnipeg-based grain companies and four Saskatchewan inland terminal companies plan to make a joint venture into the seed business. Their new seed business unit, to be called Alliance Seed Corp., is to “work with local seed growers to fulfill their objective of providing top-performing varieties to western Canadian farmers.” […]

Ottawa revives marijuana production penalties

Feb. 28, 2009 at 3:12 am CST

The federal government has brought back its previous plans to impose new mandatory prison sentences for illicit production of one of Canada’s highest-margin crops. Proposed amendments to the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act would impose mandatory jail time for producing and selling illegal drugs including marijuana. The legislation, re-introduced […]

CWB audit years away: Ritz

Feb. 28, 2009 at 2:13 am CST

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz doesn’t expect his call for a full audit of the Canadian Wheat Board to produce immediate results. Ritz on Thursday responded to the CWB’s Feb. 17 invitation for federal ag and finance officials and Auditor General Sheila Fraser to review its risk management practices, by […]

Wittal: Falling dollar halts canola’s slide

Feb. 27, 2009 at 7:38 pm CST

Our daily online grain marketing 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. Feb. 27 — More negative news out of the U.S. and Canada in regards to gross […]