Insights and Stories on Crops

Nov. 29, 2008 at 6:43 pm CST

Properties of a “cactus-like” plant from Arizona might have a future in Canada in an oilseed crop for the industrial lubricant market. Randall Weselake, a professor at the University of Alberta’s department of agricultural, food and nutritional science, has lined up $360,000 for a research team to experiment with seeds […]

Nov. 29, 2008 at 3:07 am CST

Biofuel industry players are considering the feasibility of what they say could be a unique “multi-oilseed” biofuel plant in southwestern Ontario. Chatham, Ont.-based Agris Co-operative and Calgary’s Suncor Energy will conduct a feasibility study on alternative fuel sources in the region, with the help of a $50,000 investment from the […]

Nov. 29, 2008 at 2:30 am CST

A Group 1 herbicide billed as a possible weapon against Group 1-resistant grasses hasn’t yet outlived its purpose, according to new tests by its maker. Syngenta Crop Protection Canada picked up registration for the Group 1 pinoxaden herbicide Axial in Western Canada in 2006 for use against wild oats, green […]

Nov. 29, 2008 at 12:54 am CST

Winnipeg commodity exchange ICE Futures Canada will now review claims of errors in options trading on a mistake-by-mistake basis, rather than cancel only those alleged bloopers beyond a hard margin of error. In a memo to participants dated Wednesday, the exchange said it has revised its error trade policy (ETP), […]

Nov. 28, 2008 at 6:02 pm CST

Bette Jean Crews, a Trenton, Ont. crop producer, has been elected unopposed as president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Crews was named to the post for 2009 at the OFA’s annual general meeting in Toronto, replacing Geri Kamenz, a livestock and crop producer from Spencerville who retires after two […]