Insights and Stories on Crops

Maritimes prepare for Open Farm Day

Sep. 21, 2007 at 11:44 am CDT

Thirty-three farms in New Brunswick, 20 on Prince Edward Island and 18 in Newfoundland and Labrador will open their doors to the public as part of those provinces’ Open Farm Day, set for Sept. 23 (Sunday). The event will be held on the same day as Nova Scotia’s Open Farm […]

Man. loans for small-scale energy projects

Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:34 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Retail promotions tout Prairie wheat

Sep. 20, 2007 at 5:05 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Manitoba fertilizer prices higher than U.S.: KAP

Sep. 20, 2007 at 3:48 pm CDT

By FBC staff

WCE close: Canola falls on strong loonie

Sep. 20, 2007 at 2:11 pm CDT

By Don Bousquet

Monitoring continues for Asian soy rust

Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:38 am CDT

(Resource News International) Canada continues to monitor its soybean crops very closely for any signs of the Asian soybean rust disease, but so far no viable spores have been found, said an Ontario provincial crop specialist. “There has not yet been a confirmed case of Asian soybean rust in Ontario,” […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Ont. soy harvest underway, corn on hold

Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:32 am CDT

(Resource News International) — Ontario’s soybean harvest is about to gear up while the grain corn harvest is still a few weeks away, according to a provincial cereals specialist. “In terms of the soybean harvest in Ontario, it is full steam ahead where possible,” said Peter Johnson, a cereal specialist […]

By Dwayne Klassen

WCE close: Canola down on profit-taking

Sep. 19, 2007 at 4:46 pm CDT

(Resource News International) Winnipeg Commodity Exchange grain and oilseed futures closed Wednesday’s session mixed with canola pressured down by profit-taking in response to early declines in Chicago Board of Trade soy complex futures, brokers said. Canola saw heavy trade with intermonth spreading enhancing activity. The total canola volume was estimated […]

By Don Bousquet

Air out canola to ward off spoilage: CCC

Sep. 19, 2007 at 2:11 pm CDT

Canola growers who face variable weather during this year’s harvest will want to condition their canola by moving air through the stored crop to prevent spoilage, the Canola Council of Canada recommends. In a release today, council specialist David Vanthuyne said spoilage could result from moisture migration and seed respiration […]

By FBC staff

Sask. grain cars land modeling deal

Sep. 19, 2007 at 1:16 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government’s made-over fleet of hopper rail cars may soon appear in model train displays across North America after the province signed a deal with a B.C. model train company. A subsidiary of Surrey, B.C.-based Pacific Western Rail Systems has bought exclusive rights to make and sell models of […]

By FBC staff