Insights and Stories on Crops

Alta. beet-based cleanser project funded

May. 30, 2008 at 5:23 pm CDT

A processing project to get industrial acid out of Alberta sugar beets has picked up a $1 million investment from Ottawa. The federal government, through its Agri-Opportunities program, said Friday it will put up the repayable funding for Flexible Solutions Ltd. to renovate an existing processing plant at Taber, Alta., […]

Ottawa to fund P.E.I. value chain office

May. 30, 2008 at 5:14 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Market Insight: Lack of CWB pricing info frustrating

May. 30, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

By farmlink-marketing-solutions

JRI crush plant up for “immediate” construction

May. 30, 2008 at 12:53 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ex-Imperial Oil CEO joins Viterra board

May. 29, 2008 at 1:51 pm CDT

By FBC staff

N.S. adopts “Queens Soil” as symbol

May. 29, 2008 at 1:13 pm CDT

One of Nova Scotia’s official symbols will now be its reddish-brown clay loam soil. The province announced Wednesday that Queens Soil, developed from reddish brown clay loam till derived from red shales and mudstones, and significant to the province’s agriculture and forestry sectors, will be its official soil. The decision […]

By FBC staff

Norwegian fertilizer firm buys into Agrico

May. 29, 2008 at 12:54 pm CDT

Fertilizer supply firm Agrico Canada will expand further into Quebec by partnering with a Norwegian company operating there. Oslo-based fertilizer supply company Yara International announced Wednesday that it’s bought a 25 per cent ownership stake in the 77-year-old Mississauga firm for an undisclosed sum. Agrico operates a supply terminal and […]

By FBC staff

UAP’s Thrasher herbicide registered

May. 29, 2008 at 12:31 pm CDT

A combination Group 4 and 6 herbicide has picked up registration for broadleaf weed control in Prairie spring wheat and barley. UAP Canada now holds the registration for Thrasher, which is made for UAP by MANA Canada, the Canadian wing of the Israeli generic crop protection company Makhteshim Agan Industries. […]

By FBC staff

Bacteria-based pulse fungicide approved

May. 29, 2008 at 12:13 pm CDT

California pesticide firm AgraQuest says it’s picked up Canadian approval for use of its “biofungicide” Serenade ASO on pulse crops such as peas, lentils and beans and a “variety” of others. The company, in a recent announcement, said its liquid product is based on a naturally-occurring bacterium, Bacillus subtilis. “It […]

By FBC staff

Commons passes biofuels bill

May. 28, 2008 at 11:49 pm CDT

The House of Commons has passed the government’s bill to legislate the minimum level of farmed fuels coming out at the pump. The bill passed Wednesday will require all gasoline sold in Canada to contain five per cent ethanol by 2010, and all diesel and heating oil to contain two […]

By FBC staff