Insights and Stories on Crops

Aug. 28, 2008 at 2:16 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Statistics Canada, in its release of crop production survey results last Friday, surprised the industry by increasing its 2007-08 production estimate for canola — not because of extra supply, but rather to avoid a negative ending stocks forecast, according to an official with the government agency. […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Aug. 28, 2008 at 1:39 pm CDT

Fruit growers in the southern Okanagan Valley of British Columbia are expecting over $5 million in insurance payouts after “significant” losses to a harsh growing season, CBC reported Thursday. Officials with the province told CBC that about 100 growers in the Osoyoos area were hit with heavy frost in April, […]

By FBC staff

Aug. 28, 2008 at 12:27 pm CDT

Hail insurers in Saskatchewan report a far higher average payout per claim this year, with six-figure claim payouts “not unusual,” an insurers’ group reports. In its latest Prairie hail report, the Canadian Crop Hail Association reported over 2,000 new hail claims filed in Saskatchewan in the past two weeks, bringing […]

By FBC staff

Aug. 28, 2008 at 11:46 am CDT

(Resource News International) — While a lot of money was required to get this year’s crop into the ground, a representative from Farm Credit Canada said he fears the real effect of higher input costs has yet to be felt. “To my knowledge there has been an increase but the […]

By Alana Vannahme

Aug. 28, 2008 at 11:43 am CDT

The latest Statistics Canada report estimated barley production at 10.88 million metric tonnes, larger than most trade estimates, due to bigger yield and harvested area numbers. The increase in harvested percentage is likely impacted by attractive malt barley returns and struggles in the livestock sector, while the higher predicted yields […]

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