Insights and Stories on Crops

Sep. 6, 2007 at 1:07 pm CDT

A coalition of corn producer groups in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba that challenged imports of U.S. grain corn in 2005 has decided not to try for one last appeal of the ruling that those imports don’t injure Canadian corn growers. Canadian Corn Producers, which last year lost its trade challenge […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 6, 2007 at 11:44 am CDT

The University of Guelph’s Centre for Land and Water Stewardship will set up a new training farm for young people and immigrants in the southern Ontario Greenbelt, focusing on ethnic crops such as okra, bitter melon, sweet potatoes and green chilies. The charitable foundation Friends of the Greenbelt today announced […]

By FBC staff

Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:52 am CDT

(Resource News International) An early soybean harvest, record high wheat prices and favourable weather conditions are expected to result in record area being seeded to winter wheat in Ontario this fall, according to the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board’s general manager. “There is no doubt that a number of factors […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:45 am CDT

Chris Anderson has been appointed the Canola Council of Canada’s (CCC) new vice-president of crop production, the council reported in a release. Anderson replaces JoAnne Buth, who was recently promoted to president of the council. In his new position, he will lead the council’s team of agronomy specialists, develop and […]

By Resource News International

Sep. 6, 2007 at 10:41 am CDT

Yield expectations for spring-seeded crops in Alberta continue to sit at long-term average levels, according to a crop report for the week ended August 30, issued today from Alberta Financial Services Corporation (AFSC). The Crown corporation, which administers provincial crop insurance, farm income disaster aid and loans, reported that cooler […]

By Resource News International