Insights and Stories on Crops

Prop bottles led to Stella scare: Labatt

Oct. 3, 2007 at 5:16 pm CDT

A number of Stella Artois bottles filled with concentrated alcohol strictly for display were the cause of a tampering scare in July, the brand’s brewer announced today. Toronto’s Labatt Breweries said its investigation found that the affected bottles were meant for display purposes and were supposed to be mounted inside […]

Ecological pilot targets Missisquoi Bay farmers

Oct. 3, 2007 at 4:59 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola up on CBOT soy rally

Oct. 3, 2007 at 2:24 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Manitoba combines back in fields

Oct. 2, 2007 at 6:07 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Northeastern Sask. behind curve on harvest

Oct. 2, 2007 at 5:39 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. to fund barley growers’ intervention

Oct. 2, 2007 at 5:23 pm CDT

After announcing it would file for intervener status in the federal government’s latest legal battle to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk for barley, Alberta’s provincial government pledged to back another intervention also. The Western Barley Growers Association, based in Airdrie, Alta., will get up to $50,000 from the […]

By FBC staff

N.B. fine-tunes wind map

Oct. 2, 2007 at 5:08 pm CDT

New Brunswick’s provincial government has put up a new, more detailed wind map showing areas best suited to wind energy projects — and zones that are off limits to wind turbines. The province’s new Technical Wind Power Potential map builds on the wind atlas released in March, targeting regions more […]

By FBC staff

Bevo Agro says behind on bond repayment

Oct. 2, 2007 at 3:52 pm CDT

B.C.-based greenhouse supplier Bevo Agro Inc. reported Monday that it’s in no position yet to pay back $5 million it owes on a bond it issued to a Vancouver private equity firm in 2003. The debenture issued to Banyan Capital Partners matured Sept. 24 and the $5 million principal is […]

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola falls as funds take profits

Oct. 2, 2007 at 3:32 pm CDT

(Resource News International) — Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Tuesday’s session lower with canola dropping sharply on profit taking by commodity funds, brokers said. Canola saw a heavy trade with intermonth spreading enhancing the level of activity. The total canola volume was estimated at 20,041 contracts, up […]

By Don Bousquet

Ottawa boosts 2007-08 CWB initials

Oct. 2, 2007 at 2:51 pm CDT

Prairie wheat and barley growers can expect a harvest of adjustment payments in the next three weeks — and the Canadian Wheat Board is already pressing for more. The federal government today announced it has approved increases to the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2007-08 initial payments — increases of around 20 […]

By FBC staff