Insights and Stories on General

Aug. 2, 2012 at 10:43 am CDT

Shares of Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, rose on Thursday and DuPont shares fell after Monsanto won a $1 billion victory over its archrival in a lawsuit concerning patents in the agricultural seed market. The victory, which dealt with genetically modified seeds that allow crops to tolerate herbicides, should […]

By Carey Gillam

Aug. 1, 2012 at 4:59 pm CDT

The federal government doesn’t expect to announce any ad hoc aid programs for Ontario farmers suffering from drought, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told reporters in Saskatoon July 31. "I think we have fullness in our programming that allows us the latitude to address this," Ritz said. Earlier in the day […]

By Allan Dawson

Aug. 1, 2012 at 4:58 pm CDT

A better chance of rain was expected late this week in portions of the drought-stricken U.S. Midwest, bringing some relief to the struggling corn and soybean crops, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday. "The U.S. weather model has a little wetter forecast than yesterday, but overall it looks like a […]

By Sam Nelson

Aug. 1, 2012 at 11:44 am CDT

Manitoba canola growers are being urged to check their fields for blackleg infections after two severely infected fields were discovered recently in the province even though the varieties were rated as blackleg resistant. "It’s the worst blackleg I have ever seen and I’ve been looking at blackleg in canola since […]

By Allan Dawson

Aug. 1, 2012 at 10:28 am CDT

CWB today announced it has reached an agreement with Richardson International Limited to handle grain from farmers who want to market their grain through CWB pools. There are now more than 170 locations across the West where farmers can deliver grain to CWB.  Richardson joins Viterra, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, Mission […]