Insights and Stories on Crops

Dec. 12, 2008 at 10:55 am CST

Farmers in Saskatchewan will be allowed to use strychnine to control gophers again in the first half of 2009. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved the province’s application to extend emergency registration of two per cent liquid strychnine to July 31, 2009. “Gopher damage to crop and […]

Dec. 12, 2008 at 10:26 am CST

The past-president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is taking the reins of the province’s Farm Products Marketing Commission. Geri Kamenz, who grows crops and raises livestock at Spencerville, about 80 km south of Ottawa, was named chairman of the commission Thursday by Agriculture Minister Leona Dombrowsky. “Mr. Kamenz brings […]

Dec. 12, 2008 at 4:04 am CST

The owners of the Loblaw grocery chains are considering their investment options after shedding their U.S. bread and bakery business for about US$2.5 billion. Toronto-based George Weston Ltd. on Wednesday announced it had sold its U.S. fresh bread and baked goods business to Grupo Bimbo, a Mexican firm considered one […]

Dec. 10, 2008 at 6:10 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Frustrated by domestic fertilizer prices, producers and producer groups continue to take it upon themselves to seek out cheaper alternatives, such as from the U.S. and overseas. “There have already been a number of producer groups and some private individuals who have successfully and unsuccessfully sought […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Dec. 10, 2008 at 5:44 pm CST

Vintners and brewers who don’t have shelf space in Saskatchewan’s publicly-operated liquor stores may now be able to go through rural liquor vendors. The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) has changed its policy to allow its 185 rural liquor franchisees to special-order wine, spirits and beer not sold in […]