Insights and Stories on Crops

Pioneer to sell canola via DuPont dealers

Mar. 4, 2008 at 3:10 pm CST

Independent and co-op retailers who sell DuPont Canada’s ag chemicals in Western Canada can add some exclusive Pioneer Hi-Bred canolas to their product lines starting this fall. Pioneer Hi-Bred, which is owned by DuPont, announced the new agreement with its parent’s Canadian wing Tuesday, saying it has more new canolas […]

Smucker buys Europe’s Best

Mar. 4, 2008 at 2:37 pm CST

By FBC staff

CN to challenge grain revenue cap

Mar. 3, 2008 at 8:31 pm CST

By FBC staff

Tories’ bill bids to re-open CWB Act

Mar. 3, 2008 at 8:18 pm CST

By FBC staff

Barley legislation on tap next week: Ritz

Mar. 1, 2008 at 2:44 am CST

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Que., N.S. orchards get renovation funds

Mar. 1, 2008 at 2:06 am CST

Orchard and vineyard owners in Quebec and Nova Scotia will get federal funding to pull outdated trees and vines in favour of new varieties. The federal government on Friday announced $5.6 million on top of the Quebec government’s $12 million toward an orchards and vineyards transition program in that province. […]

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Ont. wheat growers help lure cake maker

Mar. 1, 2008 at 1:31 am CST

Ontario’s provincial government will put up $2.5 million for a major B.C. frozen dessert maker to build a new plant at London, Ont. with help from the provincial wheat growers’ board. The Original Cakerie, which bills itself as Canada’s largest privately owned dessert company, expects to complete its new plant […]

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Quebec’s food sector growth rate below GDP’s

Mar. 1, 2008 at 12:17 am CST

Growth in Quebec’s food industry isn’t keeping pace with the growth rate in the province’s overall gross domestic product, according to a 2007 food sector profile released Friday by the provincial ag ministry. Gross domestic production in the food sector reached $15.9 billion in 2006, for a growth rate of […]

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Durum up $31/T in CWB PRO

Feb. 28, 2008 at 7:47 pm CST

Milling durum values are up $31 per tonne in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest 2007-08 pool return outlook (PRO) on “increasing uncertainty” of new-crop supplies. Wheat values, meanwhile, rose another $10 to $30 per tonne in the new PRO, released Thursday, as designated barley values remained flat and Pool B […]

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Vegreville biodiesel plant takes step forward

Feb. 28, 2008 at 2:22 pm CST

B.C. biofuel maker BioStreet Canada has made a “huge leap forward” on its planned biodiesel facility at Vegreville, Alta., by choosing its project engineer. “We’re pleased to be moving forward with some momentum now,” said Darrell Michaels, president of the Kelowna company, in a release Wednesday. The company has hired […]

By FBC staff