Insights and Stories on Crops

Crop outlook: Battle for acres seen heating up

Dec. 28, 2007 at 2:59 pm CST

(Resource News International) — A battle for acreage next spring is expected to begin heating up soon as producers in Western Canada begin to plan ahead for next year’s crops. High prices for various grains and oilseeds will make things interesting as producers will be attracted to the crops that […]

Maltsters “not satisfied” with CWB proposals

Dec. 27, 2007 at 9:51 pm CST

By FBC staff

Don Rennie, 85

Dec. 24, 2007 at 4:32 pm CST

By FBC staff

Risks keep CWB daily contracts below U.S. values

Dec. 24, 2007 at 4:01 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Grain Act changes leave questions unanswered

Dec. 21, 2007 at 5:31 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

P.E.I. relaxes winery rules: CBC

Dec. 21, 2007 at 5:22 pm CST

A larger number of fruit growers on Prince Edward Island may now be eligible for a provincial winery license, CBC reported Thursday. CBC quoted Wayne MacDougall, CEO of the P.E.I. Liquor Control Commission, as saying producers of other fruits, or any other crop such as dandelions that can be used […]

By FBC staff

Wheat keeps climbing in December PROs

Dec. 20, 2007 at 9:16 pm CST

Even tighter world wheat supplies have spurred a jump of $41 to $52 per tonne in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest pool return outlooks (PROs) for 2007-08. On top of Statistics Canada’s recent report of reduced Canadian wheat supplies, production shortfalls in the U.S, Europe and Australia and export restrictions […]

By FBC staff

Ont. soybean growers want back at merger table

Dec. 19, 2007 at 7:40 pm CST

Three weeks after walking away from merger talks with Ontario’s wheat and corn growers’ groups, members of Ontario Soybean Growers say they’d rather not call off the engagement yet. About 100 soybean growers at the OSG Committee Members’ meeting Wednesday in London, Ont., brought “multiple” resolutions forward from several districts, […]

By FBC staff

Quebec boosts crop health enforcement powers

Dec. 19, 2007 at 5:09 pm CST

Quebec’s provincial government is moving to grant itself powers to set up “protected crop zones” and inspect, seize or confiscate as needed to enforce them. Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard introduced the new provincial Crop Health Protection Act on Friday, replacing the earlier Plant Protection Act and previous laws on disease […]

By FBC staff

McCain plans potato plant in U.S. northwest

Dec. 19, 2007 at 3:10 pm CST

Frozen food giant McCain Foods plans to build a $150 million processing plant in the U.S. Pacific northwest, but won’t yet say where or how big. The New Brunswick-based company issued a release Wednesday saying its facility would be designed to make French fries and potato specialties mostly for food […]

By FBC staff