Insights and Stories on Crops

Ont. soybean growers name executive

Feb. 16, 2008 at 1:36 am CST

Ontario Soybean Growers on Friday announced its new executive and five elected directors for 2008. Leo Guilbeault, a grower from Belle River in Essex county and chair of the Ontario Grains and Oilseeds Safety Net Committee was elected for a second year as chair of the commodity group, which represents […]

Board grains revenue highest in 10 years: CWB

Feb. 15, 2008 at 2:42 pm CST

By FBC staff

Express SG OK before seeding pulses

Feb. 15, 2008 at 1:48 pm CST

By FBC staff

Fruit, veg growers get new pest control

Feb. 14, 2008 at 6:52 pm CST

By FBC staff

Viterra to test Israel designer genes in canola

Feb. 14, 2008 at 5:13 pm CST

By FBC staff

Update: CWB wheat basis contracts reinstated

Feb. 14, 2008 at 4:44 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Recent volatility in U.S. wheat markets only briefly led the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) to suspend its new-crop basis contracts. The contracts are now available once again, according to the CWB. In a brief statement on its web site Tuesday, the CWB said it had “suspended […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

P.E.I., CRA to share info on ground hemlock

Feb. 14, 2008 at 4:12 pm CST

Harvesters of Prince Edward Island’s ground hemlock will find their work under both federal and provincial scrutiny through a new deal between the province and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The provincial environment, energy and forestry department and CRA signed a memo of understanding Thursday on information sharing, a deal the […]

By FBC staff

Prairie barley marketing legislation coming: Ritz

Feb. 14, 2008 at 3:14 am CST

(Resource News International) — Failing a favourable Federal Court ruling later this month, the federal government plans to move soon with legislation to end the barley monopoly powers of the Canadian Wheat Board, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Wednesday. Ritz said the promise to bring forward legislation follows what he […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Agrium reports record 2007

Feb. 14, 2008 at 2:55 am CST

Fertilizer company Agrium posted a record fourth quarter and record overall year in 2007, heading into an “outstanding” outlook for 2008 as tight supply and demand conditions continue for ag nutrients. The Calgary-based firm — now looking to become North America’s largest retailer of crop inputs and services through a […]

By FBC staff

Canada’s GM crop acres up: report

Feb. 14, 2008 at 1:36 am CST

Canadian acreage devoted to genetically modified (GM) crops rose 13 per cent in 2007 over 2006, according to a report from an international biotech agency. Canada’s biotech crop acres rose from 15 million acres in 2006 to 17 million last year — just above the same percentage increase that was […]

By FBC staff