Insights and Stories on General

Bayer working to find answers to bee deaths

Aug. 6, 2013 at 1:02 pm CDT

Bayer CropScience says it’s working to address concerns that its neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments are contributing to bee mortality. During a recent grower information day at the company’s research farm here, Bayer representatives Greig Zamecnik and Luc Bourgeois said company researchers and advisers are working on several different levels, including […]

One year later, open wheat market moves along

Aug. 1, 2013 at 5:03 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ontario farmers can view antique tractors and support the Foodgrains Bank

Aug. 1, 2013 at 4:57 pm CDT

By cfgb-release

Most Saskatchewan crops in good condition: report

Aug. 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Alberta farmer fined for Monsanto patent infringement

Aug. 1, 2013 at 11:18 am CDT

Farmers brought down to earth at Crop Diagnostic School

Aug. 1, 2013 at 8:53 am CDT

Farmers, corporate agronomists and crop insurance adjusters attending Saskatchewan Agriculture’s 2013 Crop Diagnostic Schools got a hands-on look at crop issues ranging from nutrient deficiencies to herbicide damage. At the Indian Head Diagnostic School on July 31, Saskatchewan Agriculture research specialists and extension agronomists were on hand to explain in-field […]

By Leeann Minogue

Smithfield Foods releases group sow housing video

Jul. 31, 2013 at 4:29 pm CDT

Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has released a video describing the sow group housing system it will use for all its company-owned barns by 2017. “We think this is both an entertaining and informative look at how we are caring for pregnant sows, with actual footage from our […]

Quality concerns flare up as EU wheat harvest gathers pace

Jul. 31, 2013 at 2:01 pm CDT

Worries about the quality of this year’s western European wheat crop are emerging, as harvest activity moves to a key growing belt in top producer France and gets underway in Germany. Grain experts are painting a mixed picture of projections with French production expected to at least match last year […]

By Nigel Hunt

Maple Leaf Foods posts zero earnings for second quarter

Jul. 31, 2013 at 1:42 pm CDT

Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a disappointing quarterly loss on Wednesday, hurt by weak returns on raising pigs. Shares fell 3.6 per cent or 55 cents to $14.95 in early trading in Toronto. North American hog farmers have been hard-pressed to survive losses in the past year, due […]

By Rod Nickel

Cooler weather benefiting some crops in Alberta

Jul. 31, 2013 at 1:37 pm CDT

Recent cooler temperatures seen across Alberta have been benefiting some crops in the province, a crop specialist said. Neil Whatley of the Alberta Agriculture Info Centre said canola and pea crops were able to avoid flower blasting this July, because temperatures were cooler than normal. Growing conditions have been generally favourable across […]

By Terryn Shiells