Insights and Stories on Crops

Later-seeded Alta. crops wait for dry weather

Oct. 16, 2007 at 5:57 pm CDT

Cool, wet weather has combined with late-seeded crops to cause “major” harvest delays in parts of Alberta, particularly the west-central, northwest and Peace River regions, the province reported Tuesday. Alberta Agriculture and Food said in its crop report for the period ending Oct. 11 that the crop overall was estimated […]

WCE close: Canola follows soybeans down

Oct. 16, 2007 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Rain stalls last of Sask. harvest

Oct. 16, 2007 at 12:48 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Weather holds back last of Man. harvest

Oct. 16, 2007 at 12:31 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Syngenta rolls out concentrated glyphosate

Oct. 16, 2007 at 11:59 am CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. puts up $4.5M for biodiesel project

Oct. 16, 2007 at 12:07 am CDT

The Alberta government has put up $4.46 million in grants toward Canadian Bioenergy Corp.’s planned biodiesel plant near Fort Saskatchewan, just northeast of Edmonton. The company will get the grants through the province’s bio-refining commercialization and market development program, and through the bioenergy infrastructure development program, both run through the […]

By FBC staff

Forms mailed for Ontario RMP

Oct. 15, 2007 at 11:12 pm CDT

Ontario grain and oilseed growers who haven’t yet got a personalized application form for the provincial risk management program (RMP) can call Agricorp to get one, the agency said Monday. Over 20,000 application packages have been mailed to eligible Ontario farmers, who must review, revise (if need be), sign and […]

By FBC staff

Malting barley quality lower as stocks tighten

Oct. 15, 2007 at 4:21 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Maltsters will have to adjust accordingly this year as the quality of malting barley suffers due to tight global barley supply, according to Trent Rude, merchandising manager for malting barley, oats and rye for Viterra. The global barley supply tightened this year due to poor production […]

By Alana Vannahme

WCE close: Canola lifted by CBOT soy rally

Oct. 15, 2007 at 2:14 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Monday’s session mixed with canola lifted by the firm tone in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex futures, brokers said. Canola saw an active trade with the majority of the volume comprised of intermonth spreading. Commercials dominated the […]

By Don Bousquet

Grain Growers past president named to CGC post

Oct. 12, 2007 at 10:56 pm CDT

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has named a past president of the Grain Growers of Canada to a three-year term as assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission. At the time of his appointment, announced Friday, Jim Smolik of Dawson Creek, B.C. sat on the GGC’s executive committee as […]

By FBC staff