Insights and Stories on Crops

WCE close: Canola boosted by falling dollar

Dec. 4, 2007 at 4:36 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Tuesday’s session mostly higher with solid gains in canola in the wake of the steep decline in the Canadian dollar, brokers said. Canola saw an active trade with much of the volume comprised of intermonth spreading, mainly by commercials. There […]

N.S. food “micro-factory” funded

Dec. 4, 2007 at 3:09 pm CST

By FBC staff

Crops’ viability for B.C. Peace to be studied

Dec. 4, 2007 at 1:43 pm CST

By FBC staff

Cargill to expand at Camrose

Dec. 4, 2007 at 1:01 am CST

By FBC staff

Agrium to buy UAP

Dec. 4, 2007 at 12:35 am CST

By FBC staff

Farmed fuels bill and incentives finalized

Dec. 3, 2007 at 7:02 pm CST

The federal government on Monday announced the bill that will give it the power to regulate renewable fuel content in Canadian gasoline and diesel, as well as details on a previously announced incentive program for production of homegrown biofuels. The biofuels bill will make the changes to ensure Ottawa meets […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola down on weak CBOT soyoil

Dec. 3, 2007 at 3:18 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Monday’s session mainly lower with canola down modestly on the weak tone in Chicago Board of Trade soyoil futures, brokers said. Canola saw a moderate trade with intermonth spreading augmenting the activity. Index funds were felt to have completed their […]

By Don Bousquet

N.B. farm register to fund farm groups

Dec. 2, 2007 at 2:24 am CST

New Brunswick’s provincial government has set up a voluntary Register of Farm Businesses, from which fees will be used to fund the operations of the province’s general farm organizations. Under the system launched Friday, farmers who opt to register would pay annual fees of between $150 and $500, based on […]

By FBC staff

Irrigation thirstiest for Alta. water supply: report

Dec. 2, 2007 at 2:21 am CST

While Alberta’s oil industry is expected to post the biggest increase in demand for that province’s water between now and 2010, irrigation is expected to account for the biggest increase in the five following years, according to a new provincial government report. The environment department’s report on current and future […]

By FBC staff

Chem companies’ court battle at dead end

Dec. 2, 2007 at 2:16 am CST

A 10-year legal fight between Saskatoon inoculant maker Philom Bios and chemical firm Dow AgroSciences Canada has ended at the Supreme Court of Canada’s doorstep. Philom Bios reported Friday that the country’s top court has dismissed Dow Agro’s application for leave to appeal an April 2007 ruling by an Alberta […]

By FBC staff