Insights and Stories on Crops

May. 14, 2008 at 11:35 pm CDT

Quebec’s government has moved to put a little more arm’s-length between its farmers and its ag finance agency’s board. Acting on the Pronovost report on the future of the province’s farm and agri-food sector, Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard on Wednesday tabled legislation to modernize the governance structure of La Financière […]

By Dave Bedard

May. 14, 2008 at 5:50 pm CDT

A Toronto company proposing a new method for getting oil out of canola seed has reached a long-term canola supply deal with Viterra. Bio-Extraction Inc., also known as BioExx, said it plans to build a processing plant at Saskatoon using a process that it says will recover more quality oil […]

By FBC staff

May. 13, 2008 at 3:22 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Favourable weather conditions have allowed farmers in Alberta to make aggressive seeding progress across the province. “Seeding in the province on average is estimated at 20 to 25 per cent complete,” said Harry Brook, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development’s Ag Info Centre […]

By Dwayne Klassen

May. 13, 2008 at 3:17 pm CDT

Headline Duo, a co-packaging of pyraclostrobin and boscalid fungicides to control resistant strains of ascochyta in chickpea crops, will have a dry formulation for the 2008 season. The product’s manufacturers, BASF Canada, announced Tuesday that Headline Duo’s dry formulation will have an “optimized ratio” of each active ingredient in a […]

By FBC staff

May. 13, 2008 at 3:04 pm CDT

The U.S. corn market is starting the week with a negative tone, due to a slight improvement in the weather outlook. The five- to seven-day forecast shows dry conditions over most of the Corn Belt, which had previously experienced excess moisture delaying planting. Monday’s USDA crop progress report also delivered […]

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