Insights and Stories on Crops

Ecological goods and services pilot funded in N.S.

Dec. 2, 2007 at 2:14 am CST

The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture will use over half a million dollars in new federal funding to put dollar values on farmers’ environmental management activities in an Ecological Goods and Services (EG&S) pilot project. Guy Lauzon, the federal parliamentary secretary for agriculture, announced the funding at the federation’s annual […]

Ont. soybean growers pull out of merger

Nov. 30, 2007 at 5:47 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE close: Profit-taking undermines canola

Nov. 30, 2007 at 4:51 pm CST

By Dwayne Klassen

India’s pulse demand is Canadian exporters’ gain

Nov. 29, 2007 at 5:03 pm CST

By Alana Vannahme

WCE close: Canola up as dollar plunges

Nov. 29, 2007 at 3:21 pm CST

By Don Bousquet

Ritz focused on barley appeal

Nov. 29, 2007 at 12:50 pm CST

(Resource News International) — While not ruling out other options to remove the Canadian Wheat Board’s single-desk marketing powers for Prairie barley, the federal government for now is focused on a court appeal toward that end. The government is focusing its attention on an appeal of a decision by a […]

By Dwayne Klassen

WCE close: Canola falls on weak CBOT soyoil

Nov. 28, 2007 at 4:28 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mixed with canola lower on the weak tone in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soyoil futures, brokers said. Canola saw an active trade, with intermonth spreading augmenting the trading volume. Commercials were positioning themselves ahead of the index […]

By Don Bousquet

WCE close: Canola up on weak loonie, export talk

Nov. 27, 2007 at 5:03 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Tuesday’s session mixed with grains narrowly mixed and canola firm on continued ideas that exports are being made as the Canadian dollar falls, brokers said. Canola saw a moderate trade with intermonth spreading a minor component of the volume. The […]

By Don Bousquet

Maltsters’ support puts CWB opponents on offensive

Nov. 27, 2007 at 4:18 pm CST

Opponents of the Canadian Wheat Board’s single marketing desk for Prairie barley got support Tuesday from four major malting companies that now urge Ottawa to press ahead with “marketing choice.” The four, under the banner of the Malting Industry Association of Canada, called Tuesday for “the immediate introduction of legislation […]

By FBC staff

Viterra names new VP of HR

Nov. 27, 2007 at 3:36 pm CST

A consultant who helped design the merger process for the operations of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United has been named as the merged company’s new human resources VP. The official title for Steven Berger, who helped develop the integration plan while working for management consulting firm Accenture, will be […]

By FBC staff