Insights and Stories on Crops

Federal judge unties gag on CWB

Jun. 21, 2008 at 2:24 am CDT

In deciding how or if the Canadian Wheat Board should promote single-desk marketing of Prairie wheat and barley, the buck stops with CWB directors, not with the federal minister responsible, a federal court judge ruled Thursday. Federal Court Justice Roger Hughes of Winnipeg ruled that an October 2006 order-in-council, issued […]

On-farm biodiesel research plant funded

Jun. 21, 2008 at 12:55 am CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. workers reject Viterra offer: GSU

Jun. 20, 2008 at 5:21 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Saskferco for sale

Jun. 20, 2008 at 4:45 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Egypt thwarts Agrium fertilizer venture

Jun. 20, 2008 at 4:29 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Canola supplies seen tight despite record forecasts

Jun. 19, 2008 at 3:28 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Canadian canola supplies could still be tight at the end of the 2008-09 crop year, despite some forecasts calling for a record crop, as demand remains strong. As a result, prices for the commodity should also remain firm. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada currently forecasts a 9.5 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CWB program to offer delivery period options

Jun. 19, 2008 at 12:57 pm CDT

Prairie farmers delivering wheat and durum to the Canadian Wheat Board can choose their delivery period under a new optional delivery system. Sign-up begins Aug. 1 for the CWB’s new GrainFlo program for the 2008-09 crop year, the board announced Thursday. “Farmers want more control over when they deliver their […]

By FBC staff

Divergence of Prairie barley, U.S. corn continues

Jun. 19, 2008 at 12:25 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Barley values in Western Canada have reluctantly followed U.S. corn prices upward, but the divergence between the two has been steadily growing due to demand factors, according to industry participants. “Barley at today’s value is, without a doubt, a good price based on a historic standpoint. […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Growmark fined for worker injury on conveyor

Jun. 18, 2008 at 3:17 pm CDT

Injuries to a worker whose arm was pulled into a moving conveyor belt at a fertilizer storage site will cost ag co-op Growmark $80,000, an Ontario court ruled Tuesday. The fine was levied Tuesday in a provincial court in Brockville, relating to a November 2006 incident at the storage facility […]

By FBC staff

Potash One moves to TSX

Jun. 18, 2008 at 2:29 pm CDT

Potash One, a Vancouver firm with potash permits in southern Saskatchewan, has moved from the TSX Venture Exchange to the TSX, under the symbol KCL. The company, whose 52-week low on the TSXV was 80 cents, began trading on the TSX Wednesday and was trading at $5.54 per share that […]

By FBC staff