Insights and Stories on Crops

Former B.C. ag minister won’t run again

Jun. 3, 2008 at 11:40 pm CDT

Former British Columbia agriculture minister Corky Evans has announced he won’t run in next year’s provincial election, ending what B.C. media have called a “colourful” career in provincial politics. Evans, currently the NDP opposition’s critic for the agriculture and lands portfolio, is the MLA for Nelson-Creston, a riding he’s represented […]

Canola pod sealant approved

Jun. 3, 2008 at 12:41 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Volatility may curtail multi-year contracts

Jun. 3, 2008 at 12:16 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

Sask., Man. seeding nearly done

Jun. 3, 2008 at 12:32 am CDT

By FBC staff

Crop prices boost Que. farmland values: report

Jun. 2, 2008 at 11:45 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Western premiers eye shared water stewardship

Jun. 2, 2008 at 5:33 pm CDT

British Columbia will set up a secretariat to develop a Western Water Stewardship Council that in turn may lead to a western drought plan. “When you consider that the Rocky Mountains are a source of water for B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan and much of the water that flows east is […]

By FBC staff

Corn shortfall in East to mean higher U.S. imports

Jun. 2, 2008 at 4:52 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — An anticipated drop in eastern Canadian corn production is expected to result in higher U.S. corn imports into Canada during the 2008-09 crop years than had been originally forecast, industry sources said. The market analysis branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in its April supply/demand table, […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Flea beetles are now out there: CCC

Jun. 2, 2008 at 1:33 pm CDT

Now’s the time to scout canola fields for flea beetles, says Derwyn Hammond, the Canola Council of Canada’s Manitoba agronomy specialist. Fields thinned by frost May 27, or struggling because of the cool, dry spring, are especially vulnerable. “In stands that have been thinned out that’s going to focus that […]

By Allan Dawson

CPR to fine grain handlers for sloppy loading

May. 30, 2008 at 10:32 pm CDT

As part of a wildlife protection initiative, Canadian Pacific Railway plans to fine grain handling companies who spill grain on the end sills of rail hopper cars during loading. The railway announced Friday that starting July 7, customers who identify and clean up spilled grain on the end sills of […]

By FBC staff

Montreal Climate Exchange begins trading

May. 30, 2008 at 5:38 pm CDT

The Montreal Climate Exchange on Friday officially launched its new futures contract in Canada carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) units. Co-owned by the Montreal Exchange and the Chicago Climate Exchange, the MCeX thus becomes the first regulated environmental market in Canada, chairman Luc Bertrand said in a release Friday. Fully automated […]

By FBC staff