Insights and Stories on Crops

Que. to expand sugar bushes on Crown land

Sep. 3, 2008 at 11:31 pm CDT

Quebec’s natural resources ministry plans to award new rights to produce maple syrup on Crown land in coming months. In a release Wednesday, the province said it made the decision based on a recent boost in production quotas by the Federation des producteurs acericoles du Quebec (FPAQ), already approved by […]

Alta. to redevelop research greenhouses

Sep. 3, 2008 at 10:43 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Viterra elevator staff eye job action: GSU

Sep. 3, 2008 at 2:48 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Alta. harvest operations continue: AARD

Sep. 3, 2008 at 2:39 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Rains stall Man. harvest, Sask. behind average

Sep. 3, 2008 at 2:19 am CDT

By FBC staff

Deere to shut Ontario plant

Sep. 2, 2008 at 5:10 pm CDT

A southern Ontario factory making John Deere’s Gator utility vehicles and farm equipment attachments is expected to close by the end of 2009, with its work shipped to the U.S. and Mexico. Deere and Co. announced Tuesday that it will close its plant at Welland, Ont., southwest of Niagara Falls, […]

By FBC staff

BASF names new Canadian ag chief

Sep. 2, 2008 at 4:43 pm CDT

BASF’s former global fungicide marketing manager is returning to Canada as the head of the German chemical giant’s Canadian ag product lines. Brian Denys has been named business director for BASF Canada Crop Protection, effective Sept. 1, the company said in a release Tuesday. Denys, who grew up on a […]

By FBC staff

Aphid-resistant soybean variety launched

Sep. 2, 2008 at 4:31 pm CDT

Syngenta Seeds Canada plans to have North America’s first aphid-resistant soybean variety available for sale to growers in November, the company said Tuesday. RAG1 soybean seeds offer “season-long protection” from soybean aphids, the company said. The variety has a rare genetic trait that’s “native only to soybean,” was developed in […]

By FBC staff

“Integrity” sought for FCC loans: report

Sep. 2, 2008 at 3:02 pm CDT

Reports of a loan from Farm Credit Canada for a disgraced former Liberal cabinet minister to buy a Quebec vineyard have the Conservative government calling for “personal integrity” as a consideration when Crown agencies review loan applications. Montreal newspaper La Presse reported on Saturday that Alfonso Gagliano, Jean Chretien’s former […]

By FBC staff

Quorum’s sister firm hired for rail review

Aug. 29, 2008 at 12:42 pm CDT

Edmonton consulting company QGI has been picked to handle two major projects as part of the federal government’s rail freight service review. QGI is a sister company of Quorum Corp., the contractor that produces the quarterly Grain Monitor report for the federal government. “QGI’s understanding of the government’s requirements for […]

By FBC staff