Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. trade court orders wheat tariffs refunded

Oct. 30, 2008 at 2:50 pm CDT

Two and a half years’ worth of tariffs collected on Canadian spring wheat exports to the U.S. must be returned by order of a U.S. trade court. The Canadian Wheat Board announced Thursday that the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled in Canada’s favour on duties paid from […]

MANA launches new wide-spectrum insecticide

Oct. 30, 2008 at 1:52 pm CDT

Richardson to add more capacity in 2009

Oct. 30, 2008 at 1:41 pm CDT

Frito-Lay to buy Spitz International

Oct. 30, 2008 at 3:50 am CDT

Sask. expects “above-average” crop

Oct. 30, 2008 at 3:34 am CDT

Planet Organic posts doubled sales, net loss

Oct. 30, 2008 at 2:44 am CDT

Edmonton’s Planet Organic Health Corp., billed as the biggest natural products retailer in the country, more than doubled its sales in fiscal 2008 from the previous year, but posted a net loss due to “one-time” costs. The company owns nine Planet Organic Market (POM) natural food supermarkets in Canada, 11 […]

Viterra posts Vancouver’s fastest unload

Oct. 30, 2008 at 12:05 am CDT

Canada’s biggest grain handler says it’s broken the record for unloading the most railcars at the Port of Vancouver in a 24-hour period. Viterra, owner of the Cascadia port terminal, working with Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), said it unloaded 323 railcars on Oct. 24 and thus broke a 14-year-old record […]

Sask. may shed stake in Ag Dealer

Oct. 28, 2008 at 4:43 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government, in announcing a “Saskatchewan First” policy for future investment by its Crown corporations, is mulling the sale of its stake in Ag Dealer. Ag Dealer, headquartered in Ottawa, is an online and print service for sales of new and used farm equipment and other ag supplies. SaskTel, […]

Late harvest bites into CPR grain handle

Oct. 28, 2008 at 3:23 pm CDT

Late harvests in Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CPR) catchment areas yielded a lower grain handle, but higher revenue per grain carload, in its third fiscal quarter. CPR on Tuesday reported overall net income of $172.7 million on revenues of $1.26 billion in its Q3 ending Sept. 30, down from $218.6 million […]

Court date set for FarmPure Seeds deal

Oct. 27, 2008 at 11:59 pm CDT

Ontario forage seed firm Pickseed’s proposal to buy out the forage seed assets of Regina’s FarmPure Seeds will go to court in mid-November for approval, the latter firm’s trustee said Monday. FarmPure trustee Naida Kornuta of the Saskatoon office of Meyers Norris Penny said she will submit the proposal for […]

By Dave Bedard