Insights and Stories on Crops

Testing finds seed potato fields PCN-free

Feb. 7, 2009 at 2:37 am CST

Testing of Canada’s seed potato fields following the 2008 crop turned up no cases of potato cyst nematode, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Friday. PCN poses no human health risk but is recognized internationally as a quarantine plant pest, as it can reduce yields of host crops such as […]

Viterra to expand eastern Alta. elevator

Feb. 7, 2009 at 1:52 am CST

Ont. ag groups call for chemical status quo

Feb. 6, 2009 at 7:36 pm CST

Wittal: Trade’s eyes on Argentina’s skies

Feb. 6, 2009 at 5:40 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Audit finds CFIA plant pest inspections lacking

Feb. 6, 2009 at 3:08 am CST

Wittal: Funds playing the weather game

Feb. 6, 2009 at 2:13 am CST

Feb. 5 — Grain futures made some nice gains today. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly export inspection numbers were at or above expected levels, which helped all grains rally. Corn was up 13 cents a bushel, beans were up 24 to 31 cents per bushel, wheat was up 17 […]

By Brian Wittal

New data lay out pulse crops’ health benefits

Feb. 5, 2009 at 7:34 pm CST

New data compiled by researchers across North America show beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas can help people fight chronic diseases such as heart disease, obesity and diabetes, according to Canada’s pulse crop association. Pulse Canada on Thursday publicized the results from six clinical trials, all released that day in Toronto […]

Husky ethanol earnings down, production double

Feb. 5, 2009 at 7:14 pm CST

Husky Energy’s expansion of its ethanol plant in western Manitoba nearly doubled the company’s ethanol output during 2008, just as values for the finished product dropped substantially. The Calgary oil and gas company on Wednesday posted overall full-year profit of $3.75 billion on $24.7 billion in revenues, up from $3.21 […]

No surprises seen in StatsCan stocks report

Feb. 5, 2009 at 5:53 pm CST

(Resource News International) —Statistics Canada’s grain and oilseed stocks in all positions report for the period ended Dec. 31, 2008 held no surprises for the industry on Thursday. Instead, the high and, in some cases, record total stocks numbers were largely in line with expectations given high seeded acres and […]

By Alana Vannahme

Drozd: Canola’s advance stalls at resistance

Feb. 5, 2009 at 4:13 am CST

Resistance is a term used to describe a price level where the selling of futures contracts is expected to halt the current upward move in price of the market. On the daily charts, these areas will appear as well-defined price ranges within which the market previously traded essentially sideways (A), […]

By David Drozd