Insights and Stories on Crops

Mustard seed price rises, sharply

Oct. 19, 2007 at 11:30 am CDT

(Resource News International) — The price of Canadian mustard rose significantly over the past few weeks as a result of lower production in both Canada and Europe, according to a federal special crops analyst. According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, mustard ending stocks are estimated at 20,000 tonnes. This was […]

McCain sells packaged juice business

Oct. 18, 2007 at 5:06 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on CBOT soy rally

Oct. 18, 2007 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Lillian wheat caught on quick: CWB survey

Oct. 18, 2007 at 2:44 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Safflower drug back on track

Oct. 18, 2007 at 2:15 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Collection set for Sask. farmers’ old chemicals

Oct. 18, 2007 at 1:17 pm CDT

A three-day drive to collect Saskatchewan farmers’ obsolete pesticides will run Oct. 23 to 25, CropLife Canada announced Wednesday. Farmers and turf growers can dispose of obsolete farm herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and rodenticides free of charge at one of 45 participating retailers during those three days, the chemical industry trade […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola down on large supply, slow demand

Oct. 17, 2007 at 2:49 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mainly lower with canola pressured down by the large canola supply and the sluggish pace of demand, brokers said. Canola saw an active trade with intermonth spreading augmenting activity. Commercials rolling Nov contracts before the contract […]

By Don Bousquet

P.E.I. potato field quarantined: CBC

Oct. 17, 2007 at 1:09 pm CDT

Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff have quarantined a field near Kensington on Prince Edward Island, pending tests for what’s suspected to be potato wart, CBC News reported Tuesday. A single potato was pulled from the field with what appeared to be potato wart, an agency spokesman told CBC, adding that […]

By FBC staff

Imported fertilizer crosses “Arctic Bridge”

Oct. 17, 2007 at 12:31 pm CDT

In what’s being described as a milestone for Manitoba’s Hudson Bay port at Churchill, the Kapitan Sviridov, a Russian vessel, arrived today bearing cheaper fertilizer for Prairie farmers. The arrival of the Murmansk Shipping Co. vessel represents the first shipment under the “Arctic Bridge” concept that’s proposed to link Russian […]

By FBC staff

Corn growers cautious on WTO cotton ruling

Oct. 17, 2007 at 11:43 am CDT

(Resource News International) — A recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling which found the US failed to stop illegal cotton subsidies may only provide indirect support for Canadian corn growers pressing for an end to US corn subsidies. Theresa Bergsma, secretary-manager of the Manitoba Corn Growers’ Association and spokesperson for […]

By Alana Vannahme