Insights and Stories on Crops

Monsanto Canada names new president

Jul. 23, 2008 at 2:22 pm CDT

U.S. seed and chemical giant Monsanto has named one of its U.S. regional directors to lead the company’s Canadian business operations. Lisa Safarian, currently the parent company’s regional business director for its north/central region based in St. Louis, Mo., will move to Winnipeg next month to become president and general […]

Editors’ Picks: Corn land rents for US$450

Jul. 23, 2008 at 12:58 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Market Insight: Markets shed weather premium

Jul. 23, 2008 at 11:27 am CDT

By farmlink-marketing-solutions

Weather aids Alta. crop growth: AARD

Jul. 22, 2008 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Viterra’s head office staff still walk the line

Jul. 22, 2008 at 3:36 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

CPR’s Q2 grain revenue drops

Jul. 22, 2008 at 2:45 pm CDT

Despite raising its freight rates against rising fuel costs, Canadian Pacific Railway posted a sharp drop in profits plus a four per cent smaller grain handle in its second quarter ending June 30. “This was a tough quarter with the unprecedented rise in fuel prices, the North American economic downturn, […]

By FBC staff

Rains help Sask. crops, soak eastern Man.

Jul. 22, 2008 at 12:41 pm CDT

Rainfall so far in July has left up to three quarters of Saskatchewan’s crops in good to excellent condition but much of the eastern half of farming Manitoba remains wet or excessively soaked. Both provinces’ agriculture departments, in their Monday crop reports, said crops generally are behind normal development for […]

By FBC staff

Grain revenue up in CN’s Q2

Jul. 21, 2008 at 11:47 pm CDT

Increased grain revenue helped CN improve its revenue picture and offset rising costs in its second fiscal quarter ending June 30. The railway on Monday posted $459 million in 2008 Q2 net income on $2.098 billion in total revenue, an 11 per cent drop in net income and four per […]

By FBC staff

Sask. oat growers fund U of S research

Jul. 21, 2008 at 11:23 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan Oat Development Commission has signed on for a five-year, $500,000 funding commitment for development of higher-yielding, disease-resistant oat varieties at the University of Saskatchewan. The SODC, which had previously put up a one-time, $25,000 contribution to work at the U of S Crop Development Centre (CDC) on “high […]

By FBC staff

Options sought to replace crop buyers’ bonds

Jul. 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm CDT

Prairie pulse growers’ and general farmers’ groups plan to look for new ways to ensure farmers are paid for grain deliveries once the bonding requirement for grain buyers is no longer mandatory. The provincial pulse growers’ and general farmers’ organizations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as the Canadian […]

By FBC staff