Insights and Stories on Crops

CN, CPR way over new grain revenue caps

Dec. 31, 2008 at 2:45 am CST

Canada’s two major railways will have to hand over not only almost $60 million in Prairie grain handling revenue overage for 2007-08, but also nearly $9 million in extra penalties. The Canadian Transportation Agency on Tuesday ruled that Canadian National (CN) ended the 2007-08 crop year $25,961,880 above its revenue […]

Regulators approve CN’s U.S. shortline bid

Dec. 27, 2008 at 1:10 pm CST

Major Sask. ag equipment dealer burns

Dec. 26, 2008 at 1:41 pm CST

Buhler boosts year-end profits

Dec. 24, 2008 at 3:13 pm CST

Union rips major mushroom farm over layoffs

Dec. 24, 2008 at 2:05 pm CST

Safflower-based insulin optioned

Dec. 24, 2008 at 1:41 pm CST

A Calgary biotech company using genetically modified safflower plants to make insulin will get US$2.5 million for the option to buy the rights to its end product. MannKind, a Los Angeles-area pharmaceutical firm developing an “ultra-rapid acting” insulin product, announced Wednesday it will buy the option to license rights to […]

Study favours pulses in diabetics’ diets

Dec. 23, 2008 at 8:20 pm CST

Canada’s pulse crop promotion agency predicts good things from a Toronto study that finds pulses useful in control of diabetes as part of a Mediterranean-type diet. Pulse Canada on Tuesday cited Dr. David Jenkins’ study, published Dec. 17 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA), which also shows […]

Specs, competitors pressure malting barley

Dec. 23, 2008 at 3:19 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Many Prairie producers with selectable barley sitting on their farms may find their chances limited for still having it selected as malting barley. Tougher malt specifications and a struggling Canadian Wheat Board barley export program are limiting those opportunities. And this year, thanks to good quality […]

By Alana Vannahme

P.E.I. government sells FoodTrust

Dec. 23, 2008 at 2:40 pm CST

The owners of Prince Edward Island potato producer Mid Isle Farms and other local investors have bought the province’s potato and blueberry marketing company. The province announced in March that it would sell FoodTrust of P.E.I., a non-profit Crown corporation it set up in 2001. Its main product is a […]

Lousy weather slows grain traffic, slightly

Dec. 23, 2008 at 10:02 am CST

(Resource News International) — Extremely cold temperatures, high winds and huge snow accumulations across Canada have caused only a minor slowdown in the movement of rail cars filled with grain and oilseeds to export positions, industry sources said. Temperatures across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been in the -25° to […]

By Dwayne Klassen