Insights and Stories on Crops

Expanded Sask. biofuel agency gets start-up funds

Oct. 2, 2007 at 12:46 am CDT

The Saskatchewan and federal governments will invest $276,000 in a new agency to develop the province’s biofuel sector. Expanding its mandate beyond ethanol into other farmed fuels, the Saskatchewan Biofuels Development Corp. includes members of the former Saskatchewan Ethanol Development Council and representatives from the biodiesel sector and Saskatchewan Canola […]

WCE close: Canola down on slow demand

Oct. 1, 2007 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

WCE close: corn sell-off undermines barley

Sep. 28, 2007 at 2:15 pm CDT

By Dwayne Klassen

PEI biofuel and organic industries get federal dollars

Sep. 28, 2007 at 1:33 pm CDT

Record-high PRO for Durum as CWB Raises All 2007-08 PROs

Sep. 28, 2007 at 9:44 am CDT

WCE Grain/oilseed review: canola soars on soyoil gains

Sep. 27, 2007 at 2:07 pm CDT

(Resource News International ) – Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) grain and oilseed futures closed Thursday’s session higher with canola rallying on strength in soyoil prices while barley climbed to record high levels on tight cash market supplies, brokers said. Canola saw a heavy trade with intermonth spreading accounting for much […]

By Don Bousquet

ABIC: Biotech wheat stays on the shelf

Sep. 26, 2007 at 6:25 pm CDT

Calgary — While biotechnology has made huge gains in corn and soybeans, it has yet to penetrate markets for the world’s two leading food grains, wheat and rice. Until farmers and consumers decide to change their minds, that’s how it’s likely to stay, speakers said at the 2007 Agricultural Biotechnology […]

By FBC staff

Report urges cash support for Sask. organic farms

Sep. 26, 2007 at 6:02 pm CDT

A new report to the Saskatchewan government recommends aggressive support for organic farming with a proposed goal on having 10 per cent of the province’s farmers involved in such production by 2015. The report by Lon Borgeson, the province’s regional economic development minister and legislative secretary on organics, recommends cash […]

By FBC staff

Alta. lifts cap on wind power

Sep. 26, 2007 at 5:35 pm CDT

Alberta’s provincial government has removed its limit on the amount of wind power that can be generated provincewide, opening the door to more than double its current wind power capacity by year’s end alone. The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) imposed a temporary cap of 900 megawatts (MW) in 2006 […]

By FBC staff

CN to buy U.S. Steel’s Chicago line

Sep. 26, 2007 at 4:52 pm CDT

Canadian National Railway (CN) expects to improve its traffic flow at Chicago by buying a local short rail line company from U.S. Steel for US$300 million. Pending approval by U.S. transport regulators, a deal for CN to buy the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co. (EJ&E) is expected to close […]

By FBC staff