Insights and Stories on Crops

Jul. 18, 2008 at 11:35 am CDT

Spraying wheat crops for midge after the crop has flowered is a waste of insecticide and may do more harm than good, even if wheat midge are still in the crop, Manitoba’s agriculture department warns. That’s because when wheat flowers it changes chemically, and a substance called ferulic acid is […]

By manitoba-agriculture

Jul. 17, 2008 at 4:46 pm CDT

PotashCorp plans to spend US$1.6 billion in Saskatchewan to boost two potash mine capacity expansion projects and launch a third, to raise its total annual capacity by 15 per cent by the end of 2012. The Saskatoon company, the world’s largest potash producer by capacity, plans a new “debottlenecking” project […]

By FBC staff

Jul. 17, 2008 at 3:56 pm CDT

November futures had spent the last month trading within a $40 per tonne range before being dragged lower this week, as both canola fundamentals and outside markets influence prices. Concerns about crop conditions, relatively good exports, and domestic crush being on pace to set a new record this crop year […]

By farmlink-marketing-solutions

Jul. 17, 2008 at 1:18 pm CDT

The Ontario government plans to put almost $900,000 into a rural development plan for a county to focus on farming, making and processing bioproducts such as biofuel, chemicals and functional foods. The province’s $896,815 investment, announced Thursday, will go toward an “ag-industrial development framework” for the United Counties of Stormont, […]

By FBC staff

Jul. 17, 2008 at 1:08 pm CDT

Hail insurance providers in Saskatchewan have been “inundated” with claims in the past two weeks, with some companies reporting an “unprecedented” level of activity. In a report released Thursday, the Canadian Crop Hail Association said the number of hail claims filed in Saskatchewan as of July 15 had topped 6,800, […]

By FBC staff