Insights and Stories on Crops

WCE grain/oilseed review: New highs for canola

Dec. 7, 2007 at 3:35 pm CST

Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) finished Friday’s session higher with new highs set in a number of contracts. The advances were spurred on by continued talk of fresh export demand and the advances seen in the CBOT soybean complex, market watchers said. Some position evening ahead of […]

WCE close: StatsCan report supports canola

Dec. 6, 2007 at 4:26 pm CST

By Don Bousquet

Japan’s Mitsui buys into Sask. crush plant

Dec. 6, 2007 at 4:13 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE moves to ICE platform Dec. 9

Dec. 6, 2007 at 3:00 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

StatsCan production numbers lower than expected

Dec. 6, 2007 at 12:24 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

Weather outlook: Above-average precip for west

Dec. 5, 2007 at 6:05 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Above-normal precipitation is expected to cover much of Western Canada’s grain and oilseed belt during the winter months, according to the latest long-range weather outlook released by the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) of Environment Canada. In its outlook for the December, January and February period, Environment […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Safety campaign offers equipment maintenance decals

Dec. 5, 2007 at 5:49 pm CST

Farmers can get up to 100 free new decals to keep notes on their farm machinery about regularly scheduled maintenance, through a nationwide farm safety program. The vinyl decals can be written on with a ballpoint pen to record the date, work summary and initials of the person doing the […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola rallies with CBOT soybeans

Dec. 5, 2007 at 4:33 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mainly higher, with canola advancing in step with gains in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures, brokers said. Canola saw an active trade with intermonth spreading accounting for the bulk of the volume as commodity funds […]

By Don Bousquet

Food safety package set for fruit and veg growers

Dec. 5, 2007 at 4:02 pm CST

The Canadian Horticultural Council plans to release an on-farm food safety (OFFS) training resource kit for fresh fruit and vegetable farmers this month. To reassure buyers and maintain a high level of consumer confidence in Canadian produce, the CHC has been working with the industry to develop eight commodity-specific OFFS […]

By chc-release

Husky ethanol plant hits startup phase

Dec. 4, 2007 at 6:02 pm CST

Husky Energy has finished construction and is headed for commissioning on the $200 million expansion of its ethanol plant at Minnedosa, Man. Husky CEO John C.S. Lau and several provincial government officials made the announcement Tuesday in Winnipeg. “We look forward to going to Minnedosa and officially opening the plant […]

By FBC staff