Insights and Stories on Crops

Feed wheat priced out of ethanol market

Mar. 10, 2008 at 12:49 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Ethanol plants in western Canada have decided to step back from the feed wheat market and are looking instead to alternative feed stocks, according to industry officials. Dennis Floate, senior communications advisor for Husky Energy, said the company has decided to back away from feed wheat […]

AAFC expects small drop in durum acres

Mar. 8, 2008 at 3:24 am CST

By Dwayne Klassen

Saudis’ subsidy boosts CWB Pool B barley

Mar. 8, 2008 at 2:49 am CST

By FBC staff

Quebec to shift priorities after CAAAQ report

Mar. 7, 2008 at 12:13 am CST

By FBC staff

JRI to expand Hamilton terminal

Mar. 6, 2008 at 4:47 pm CST

By FBC staff

Sunflower acres seen steady, prices high

Mar. 6, 2008 at 3:52 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Acreage in Canada for both oilseed and confectionary sunflowers for 2008-09 is forecast to be similar to, or slightly above, the levels seen in 2007-08, according to industry sources. During 2007-08, 200,151 acres were seeded to sunflowers of both varieties, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. […]

By Alana Vannahme

Japan’s low-protein plan may bite into wheat price

Mar. 5, 2008 at 2:00 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Japan’s consideration of lowering its wheat protein requirements is not expected to have much effect on Canadian wheat sales to that country, but the reduced protein content was expected to make competition for that market a bit tougher and in turn lower prices, according to market […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Ont. ag traceback agency chooses “key”

Mar. 4, 2008 at 6:13 pm CST

GS1 Canada, a non-profit agency that maintains global standards for identifying goods and locations, will register Ontario farmers in a project with OnTrace, the provincial food traceability agency, to allow buyers to track food back to its home farm. GS1 will work with OnTrace to give Ontario farmers access to […]

By FBC staff

Arbitration could cost farmers “tens of millions”: CWB

Mar. 4, 2008 at 5:38 pm CST

A proposed federal bill that would compel the Canadian Wheat Board into arbitration over its grain handling agreements could cost farmers “tens of millions” of dollars per year, the CWB said Tuesday. “This legislation would essentially take money from farmers and hand it over to the grain companies,” said CWB […]

By FBC staff

Quebec funds ornamental moss producer

Mar. 4, 2008 at 3:37 pm CST

A Quebec horticulture company plans to use a small provincial boost to bring ornamental moss to the Canadian market. Megantic-Compton MNA Johanne Gonthier on Tuesday announced cash aid of $24,000 to Bryophyta Technologies of Lambton, northeast of Sherbrooke, for market development for moss products to be sold in mat form. […]

By FBC staff