Insights and Stories on Crops

WCE close: Hedging erases canola gains

Nov. 16, 2007 at 3:09 pm CST

(RNI) — Canola futures at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) finished Friday’s session lower after trading at higher levels for the bulk of the day. Support in canola had stemmed from fresh export demand and the strength displayed by CBOT soybean complex values, market watchers said. Pre-weekend hedge selling, as […]

Case of soy rust confirmed in Ontario

Nov. 16, 2007 at 12:25 pm CST

By FBC staff

Wheat board backs ID systems to replace KVD

Nov. 15, 2007 at 4:52 pm CST

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola boosted by falling dollar

Nov. 15, 2007 at 4:22 pm CST

By Don Bousquet

St. Lawrence plans for record-long year

Nov. 15, 2007 at 3:07 pm CST

By FBC staff

Village Farms cuts back to cut losses

Nov. 14, 2007 at 7:14 pm CST

Lack of sunshine and higher costs led Vancouver hothouse tomato producer Village Farms to a US$3.4 million net loss in its third quarter ending Sept. 30. The company is billed as the biggest producer, marketer and distributor of greenhouse tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers in North America, with major greenhouses […]

By FBC staff

Ag Growth buys U.S. equipment maker

Nov. 14, 2007 at 6:30 pm CST

Winnipeg grain handling equipment firm Ag Growth has signed a deal to buy another handling gear and storage manufacturer, Union Iron, for US$20.2 million. Union Iron, based at Decatur, Ill. (southwest of Chicago) makes equipment for commercial and larger farm operations, including bucket elevators, drag conveyors, screw conveyors, truck probes, […]

By FBC staff

PotashCorp to expand SE Sask. potash mine

Nov. 14, 2007 at 6:02 pm CST

Saskatoon-based PotashCorp, already the world’s biggest potash producer by capacity, plans to boost that capacity by two million tonnes per year with a US$1.8 billion mine and mill expansion at Rocanville in southeastern Saskatchewan. The company said in a release Wednesday that this project will raise PotashCorp’s total annual potash […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on CBOT soy rally

Nov. 14, 2007 at 3:40 pm CST

(RNI) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mixed with canola a bit higher in the wake of sharp gains in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures, as soybean values hit some of their highest prices since the drought year of 1988, brokers said. Canola […]

By Don Bousquet

Viterra enters grain bin business

Nov. 13, 2007 at 6:47 pm CST

Canada’s biggest grain handler has added corrugated grain bins to its retail offerings. Viterra, which formed earlier this year from the merger of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United, announced Tuesday it will launch a new line of bins under the brand name Westor. The bins are engineered by Westeel […]

By FBC staff