Insights and Stories on Crops

Alta. harvest likely half done by Sunday: AARD

Sep. 16, 2008 at 2:56 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — The return of warm and dry weather conditions has resulted in Alberta producers becoming very active in their harvest operations, according to a crop specialist with the provincial Ag-Info Centre. “The return of hot and dry conditions on the weekend has allowed producers to resume harvest […]

Ont. hothouse growers approve checkoff

Sep. 15, 2008 at 2:34 pm CDT

By FBC staff

B.C. hothouse staff gone, union vote goes on

Sep. 15, 2008 at 1:58 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Jones rink keeps Monsanto brand

Sep. 15, 2008 at 12:39 pm CDT

By FBC staff

GSU to vote on Viterra’s “final” offer

Sep. 15, 2008 at 12:51 am CDT

By FBC staff

Rothmans takeover gets federal approval

Sep. 13, 2008 at 3:28 pm CDT

U.S. tobacco giant Philip Morris International has won the last blessing it needs from Ottawa to take over Canada’s only Canadian-owned, publicly traded tobacco processor. New York-based PMI in late July announced a $2 billion, $30-per-share bid for Rothmans Inc., pending approval from Canada’s Competition Bureau, as well as approval […]

By FBC staff

Alberta Pulse Growers join GGC

Sep. 12, 2008 at 3:24 pm CDT

Alberta Pulse Growers has been accepted as a member of the Grain Growers of Canada, the national group announced Friday. “The 4,500 farmer members of the Alberta Pulse Growers bring expertise to our board on the many issues facing their sector and we are looking forward to their input and […]

By FBC staff

PotashCorp boosts share buyback

Sep. 11, 2008 at 6:21 pm CDT

Calling its stock “significantly undervalued,” Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan plans to raise the ceiling on its recent share repurchase program to 10 per cent of its common shares. The share buyback program, which PotashCorp announced in January, was originally limited to five per cent of common shares, and that repurchase […]

By FBC staff

Prairie hail claims rise: report

Sep. 11, 2008 at 4:25 pm CDT

Saskatchewan is headed for a record season in terms of insurance payments to farmers for hail damage, an insurers’ group reported Thursday. The Canadian Crop Hail Association, which releases a review every second Thursday during the crop season, said “all indicators point to heavy losses” this year in the province, […]

By FBC staff

Malting barley unchanged in mid-Sept. PRO

Sep. 11, 2008 at 3:35 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board’s latest mid-month pool return outlook for 2008-09 malting barley, issued to provide more timely price signals in a volatile market, hasn’t budged from August. The CWB on Thursday posted a new mid-month PRO of $348 per tonne for Select Canada Western (CW) two-row designated barley, and […]

By FBC staff