Insights and Stories on Crops

Viterra, GSU meet with mediator

Jul. 16, 2008 at 12:35 pm CDT

Grain company Viterra and members of the Grain Services Union went back to talks Tuesday with a federally-appointed mediator with an eye toward ending a week-old labour dispute. Almost 200 workers at the Regina head office of Canada’s largest grain handler have been picketing since July 7. GSU members working […]

SeCan GM named CSTA president

Jul. 16, 2008 at 11:59 am CDT

By FBC staff

Quaker Oats triples U of S research funding

Jul. 15, 2008 at 5:25 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Payments, new programs swamp AgriCorp: report

Jul. 15, 2008 at 3:19 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. crops look good, north needs rain

Jul. 15, 2008 at 12:04 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Norwegian fertilizer firm to buy Saskferco

Jul. 14, 2008 at 11:05 pm CDT

Norwegian fertilizer and chemical company Yara International has signed on to buy nitrogen manufacturer Saskferco for $1.6 billion, the Saskatchewan company’s owners announced Monday. Saskferco’s joint owners, Minnesota-based potash and phosphate firm Mosaic and Investment Saskatchewan, a provincial Crown investment company, will sell their stakes pending federal regulatory approval in […]

By FBC staff

Rain improves Sask. crops, soaks Manitoba

Jul. 14, 2008 at 4:53 pm CDT

Crops in Saskatchewan and parts of southwestern Manitoba sorely needed last week’s rain, but most of the rest of Manitoba is soggy and could now use warmer, sunnier weather. Topsoil moisture on Saskatchewan cropland last week stood at 76 per cent adequate, up from 48 per cent the week before, […]

By FBC staff

Funds on tap for N.B. maple sugar stands

Jul. 14, 2008 at 1:46 pm CDT

Details and application forms will be available online Tuesday for New Brunswick maple sugar producers to get funding to help thin their stands for better production. The $300,000 sugar bush silviculture program, first announced in May, will provide up to $5,000 per producer at a rate of $500 per hectare […]

By FBC staff

Mediator involved as Viterra strike continues

Jul. 11, 2008 at 4:35 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Unionized employees at the head office of Canada’s largest grain handler remain on strike in retaliation to the company’s plan to initiate rotating lockouts in order to force a new labour contract, a Grain Services Union official said Friday. “Viterra, so far, has not locked out […]

By Dwayne Klassen

CWB initials raised on 2007-08 wheat

Jul. 10, 2008 at 6:49 pm CDT

Initial payments for 2007-08 Prairie wheat will be raised by $22 per tonne, the Canadian Wheat Board announced Thursday. For example, the increase would boost the initial payment for No. 1 Canada Western Red Spring wheat, 12.5, from $325.10 per tonne to $347.10 per tonne. The May 2007-08 PRO for […]

By FBC staff