Insights and Stories on Crops

Ont. wheat board rolls out interim payments

Jan. 18, 2008 at 12:31 pm CST

Interim payments of between $10 and $30 per tonne are in the mail this week, the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board announced Friday. The board also released its estimates for total earnings from its 2007 pool program, which it expects will be $10.01 to $14.61 per tonne above the total […]

Ritz calls CWB, critics to meet on barley

Jan. 17, 2008 at 7:27 pm CST

By FBC staff

Sask. to tap communities fund for biofuel work

Jan. 17, 2008 at 4:39 pm CST

By FBC staff

Potato growers funded for food safety

Jan. 17, 2008 at 4:06 pm CST

By FBC staff

CWB targets lower export volume, higher prices

Jan. 16, 2008 at 6:03 pm CST

By FBC staff

N.B. wants consultations before ag summit

Jan. 16, 2008 at 4:19 pm CST

New Brunswick Agriculture Minister Ron Ouellette will hit the road in January and February to consult with the province’s agriculture sector leading up to his planned provincial ag summit in early April. Regional consultations will be held in eight communities between Jan. 21 and Feb. 13, the province announced in […]

By FBC staff

Man. canola growers name new execs

Jan. 16, 2008 at 3:36 pm CST

The Manitoba Canola Growers Association re-elected a group of mostly familiar faces as its new executive at its meeting Tuesday in Brandon. Ernie Sirski was elected president, replacing farmer Brian Chorney of East Selkirk. Sirski, who farms at Dauphin, has previously served in several roles, including president, on the association’s […]

By FBC staff

Weaker prices point to reduced oats acreage

Jan. 16, 2008 at 12:38 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Canadian oats area in the spring of 2008 could be much lower than what was seeded in 2007 as prices for the crop have failed to keep pace with those of alternatives, according to industry sources. “There is a possibility that oats area in Canada could […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Campaign urges herbicide rotations

Jan. 15, 2008 at 6:59 pm CST

Bayer CropScience has launched a new campaign urging farmers to beat herbicide resistance by rotating chemicals and crops. The company’s “Mix It Up” awareness campaign, launched Tuesday, will include advertising, print materials and a web site with advice on how to manage weeds that have developed resistance to the herbicides […]

By FBC staff

Ont. pledges $2.5M for ag research

Jan. 15, 2008 at 2:23 pm CST

The Ontario government plans to use $2.5 million of its $150 million aid package for its livestock and horticulture sectors to fund ag research. The $2.5 million, part of the aid package announced in December, will go to the Agricultural Adaptation Council, a coalition of 71 farm, food and rural […]

By FBC staff