Insights and Stories on Crops

CWB reports good headway on exports

Dec. 19, 2007 at 12:58 pm CST

(Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is making good headway on its export commitments for 2007-08 and should be ahead of schedule next spring provided farmers can be persuaded to make their deliveries earlier, rather than later, said a CWB official. “We have really strong sales on […]

Cargill to shut NW Sask. elevator

Dec. 19, 2007 at 12:16 pm CST

By FBC staff

Freight rates limit wheat sales to Mexico

Dec. 18, 2007 at 3:30 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sask. repeals potash expropriation powers

Dec. 18, 2007 at 3:06 pm CST

By FBC staff

Seed Manitoba goes online

Dec. 17, 2007 at 5:20 pm CST

By FBC staff

CWB sets ’06-07 final payments

Dec. 16, 2007 at 12:32 am CST

The Canadian Wheat Board on Friday announced its final payments for wheat, durum, feed and designated barley for the 2006-07 crop year, ranging from $7.04 per tonne for No. 2 CWRW winter wheat to $26.64 per tonne for all grades of pool B barley. The federal government approved the final […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on spec buying

Dec. 14, 2007 at 4:32 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Friday’s session higher as canola was boosted by speculative buying prompted by bullish technical signals, brokers said. Canola saw a very active trade with most of the volume comprised of intermonth spreading as commercials and commodity funds continued to roll […]

By Don Bousquet

Feds to scrap bond requirement for grain companies

Dec. 14, 2007 at 2:12 am CST

Grain companies will no longer have to post bonds or letters of credit as security to cover unpaid purchases of Prairie farmers’ grain, under federal government proposals to “modernize” the Canadian Grain Commission. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Thursday announced this and other proposed changes, in tandem with the […]

By FBC staff

Sask. organic group’s GMO suit shut down

Dec. 14, 2007 at 1:10 am CST

The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear an appeal from two Saskatchewan farmers looking to mount a class-action suit against Monsanto Canada and Bayer CropScience over genetically modified (GM) canola. The denial of leave to appeal by Canada’s top court effectively shuts down the case in its present form, as […]

By FBC staff

Novozymes seals Philom Bios deal

Dec. 14, 2007 at 12:08 am CST

Danish enzyme firm Novozymes has completed its $25.6 million cash deal to buy a controlling stake in Saskatoon inoculant maker Philom Bios. The deal gives Philom Bios access to Novozymes’ resources and technology, more opportunities for growth and a “larger entryway” into U.S. and international ag markets, Novozymes said in […]

By FBC staff