Insights and Stories on Crops

CWB forecasts below-average wheat crop

Jun. 12, 2008 at 4:14 pm CDT

Recent rain alone won’t offset two to three years of dry conditions across much of the Prairies, which will be partly responsible for a below-average wheat and durum harvest in 2008, the Canadian Wheat Board forecast Thursday. The board’s preliminary crop forecasts project a 2008 Prairie wheat and durum crop […]

Viterra offers shares to staff

Jun. 12, 2008 at 1:09 pm CDT

By FBC staff

High ocean freight rates limit crop exports

Jun. 12, 2008 at 12:47 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

Canada insulated from crop price shock: StatsCan

Jun. 12, 2008 at 12:40 pm CDT

By Statistics Canada

Tank mix OK for Alta. beans, this year

Jun. 12, 2008 at 12:23 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Viterra posts $33M profit in Q2

Jun. 11, 2008 at 3:32 pm CDT

Last year’s merger of grain handlers Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United continues to add extra figures on the bottom line for the merged company, Viterra. The Regina company on Wednesday posted net earnings of $33.6 million on revenue of $1.53 billion for its second quarter (Q2) ending April 30. […]

By FBC staff

Expect even higher earnings: Agrium

Jun. 11, 2008 at 1:42 pm CDT

Fertilizer firm Agrium has boosted its second-quarter guidance in light of “very strong results” from the company’s retail and wholesale operations. The Calgary company, which recently took over North American agretail firm UAP, said Wednesday it now expects to earn $2.80 to $3 in diluted earnings per share in its […]

By FBC staff

Plan fertilizer purchases to cut risk: report

Jun. 10, 2008 at 11:59 pm CDT

Rising and volatile prices for fertilizers, as well as growing global demand for limited nutrient supplies, will only continue to raise risks for Canadian farmers’ input budgets, according to the George Morris Centre. A new study by the Guelph, Ont.-based ag think tank, commissioned by the Canadian Fertilizer Institute and […]

By FBC staff

Sask., Man. seeding practically done

Jun. 10, 2008 at 11:17 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s farmers have seeded 99 per cent of its 2008 crop, while Manitoba is wrapping up reseeding on frost-damaged fields, the two provinces’ ag departments reported Monday. Fields in both provinces stood to gain from rainfall last week, the provinces said in their weekly crop reports. Southwestern Saskatchewan got the […]

By FBC staff

Alberta done seeding: AARD

Jun. 10, 2008 at 4:03 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Seeding in Alberta is complete, with farmers now in need of some warm temperatures to speed up the development of the various crops, according to a provincial crop specialist. “In terms of seeding, operations are complete with the exception of some greenfeed,” said Harry Brook, a […]

By Dwayne Klassen