Insights and Stories on Crops

Sask. launches crop insurance review

Apr. 9, 2008 at 2:49 pm CDT

A review of Saskatchewan’s provincial crop insurance program is officially underway, the provincial government announced Wednesday. “I said during our budget announcement that we need to fix programs so they work for farmers instead of providing band-aid solutions,” provincial Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said in a release. Business consultancy firm […]

B.C., Manitoba approve APF extensions

Apr. 8, 2008 at 4:51 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Damaged CPR line expected open shortly

Apr. 8, 2008 at 2:58 pm CDT

By Alana Vannahme

Rail exec calls for further deregulation

Apr. 8, 2008 at 12:42 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Keep de-registered canolas out of seeder: CCC

Apr. 8, 2008 at 12:31 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Low flow seen on Okanagan, flood risk on Peace

Apr. 7, 2008 at 5:56 pm CDT

Heavy snowfall in the Okanagan and Similkameen river basins in British Columbia has improved the water supply picture in those areas, but not by much, the province reports. In its snowpack and water supply bulletin Monday, the government said snow conditions in those two river basins are still below normal […]

By FBC staff

Rail freight service review process begins

Apr. 7, 2008 at 5:31 pm CDT

Ottawa’s promised rail freight service review got underway Monday with a request for comment from stakeholders on its proposed terms of reference. “There is widespread support for this review because it will identify service problems and their impacts and make recommendations to improve Canada’s rail freight logistics system,” federal Transport […]

By FBC staff

Hybrid canolas need fertilizer, price aside: CCC

Apr. 7, 2008 at 4:02 pm CDT

Canola growers who cut their fertilizer rates with the high price of crop nutrients in mind may end up cutting their profits, the Canola Council of Canada warns. With spring fertilizer prices at or close to record highs for most products, growers may be tempted to reduce fertilizer rates on […]

By Canola Council of Canada

Axial, Frontline co-packed

Apr. 7, 2008 at 3:42 pm CDT

Syngenta Crop Protection has launched a new co-pack of its Axial and Frontline XL herbicides under the brand Axial FX. The 20-acre package, announced Monday, will include a jug each of Axial, a Group 1 grass weed product, the Group 2 and 4 broadleaf herbicide mix Frontline XL, and the […]

By FBC staff

Man. crush plant explosion halts production

Apr. 7, 2008 at 3:30 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — An explosion over the weekend at the Associated Proteins canola crusher at Ste. Agathe, Man., damaged the processing equipment at the plant, which is expected to put crushing operations on hold for at least a month. Associated Proteins CEO Peter Kozicz confirmed Monday there was an […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin