Insights and Stories on Crops

Manitoba to legislate compensation for artificial floods

Apr. 24, 2008 at 1:45 pm CDT

A compensation program for farmers in northwestern Manitoba whose land is flooded by operation of the Shellmouth Dam will be legislated under a bill introduced Wednesday. The Shellmouth Dam and Other Water Control Works Management Act lays out the rules under which the dam will operate, and can be expanded […]

N.B. antes up for local food marketing

Apr. 24, 2008 at 12:49 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Fertilizer demand catapults PotashCorp’s Q1

Apr. 24, 2008 at 12:38 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Sask. organic farmers earn international honour

Apr. 23, 2008 at 4:15 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alberta farmers ready for seeding

Apr. 23, 2008 at 12:38 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

Maple products named national “historic event”

Apr. 23, 2008 at 12:40 am CDT

Tapping into a maple tree in Canada has been sweetened by a new designation as a nationally significant historic event. Federal Environment Minister John Baird on Tuesday announced the official designation of maple products as “an event of national historical significance,” which gives the products an added profile through the […]

By FBC staff

CPR’s Q1 profit down, grain handle up

Apr. 22, 2008 at 5:35 pm CDT

A six per cent jump in grain handling revenue helped offset dips in forestry and automotive freight that bit into Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CPR) first-quarter net income. The railway on Tuesday posted overall net income of $90.8 million on $1.12 billion in revenue during its Q1 ending March 31, down […]

By FBC staff

Declaration forms online for wheat growers

Apr. 22, 2008 at 4:05 pm CDT

The new declaration forms that Prairie wheat growers will need to fill out each year starting August 1 are now available online. The Declaration of Eligibility for the Class form is part of the new declaration system to be introduced by the Canadian grain industry on August 1. That’s when […]

By FBC staff

Sask. Food Centre’s new extruder funded

Apr. 22, 2008 at 3:15 pm CDT

Equipment to pull new ingredients out of crops for the food and manufacturing sectors will be set up at the Saskatchewan Food Centre. Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost announced almost $800,000 in funding Tuesday in Saskatoon, where the centre is based at the University of Saskatchewan, for investment in extruder equipment. […]

By FBC staff

Seeding underway in southern Sask., Man.

Apr. 22, 2008 at 1:27 pm CDT

Farmers in drier southern areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have already put some crop in the ground, according to their provincial ag departments. Peas, barley, lentils and wheat were seeded during the past week in the southern regions of Saskatchewan, while most northern and central areas are still two to […]

By FBC staff