Insights and Stories on General

CWB announces grain-handling agreement with Richardson

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 […]

Storage and drying: build more, or leave to the pros?

Jul. 31, 2012 at 5:28 pm CDT

By Ralph Pearce

Corn continues rally, wheat pulls back

Jul. 31, 2012 at 4:33 pm CDT

By kt-arasu

Suitors eyeing CWB but too soon for takeover: Ritz

Jul. 31, 2012 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Louis Dreyfus to handle grain for CWB

Jul. 31, 2012 at 11:53 am CDT

Famed wheat breeder Barrie Campbell passes

Jul. 31, 2012 at 10:45 am CDT

Barrie Campbell, whose namesake variety AC Barrie still makes up an important part of Prairie wheat acreage, passed away in Winnipeg July 16 at age 89. When Campbell retired in 1988 after 39 years as a wheat breeder at the Agriculture Canada research station in Winnipeg, his varieties accounted for […]

“Exceptional” crop ratings in Alberta

Jul. 31, 2012 at 9:49 am CDT

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development has released its biweekly crop report for July 24. The provincial summary follows. The full report is available alongside. Alberta has seen the return to more seasonal temperatures over the past several weeks following the hot weather experienced two weeks ago. Sporadic light and heavy […]

By Alberta Agriculture

Spreading the word on Ontario hay listings

Jul. 30, 2012 at 5:10 pm CDT

The Ontario Forage Council launched the Ontario Hay Listing Service in July 2008 and has attracted close to 470,000 hits to date from across Canada, the USA and destinations as far away as the Middle East, China, Jordan and United Kingdom. We have responded to the needs of both hay producers […]

By ontario-forage-council

Crossing Canada with a Massey pulling a farmhouse

Jul. 30, 2012 at 4:54 pm CDT

John Varty and his fiancée Molly Daley are driving across Canada in an effort to speak to farmers about the issues that concern them, and to bring those concerns to urbanites. They’re doing it in an unusual fashion — towing a "farmhouse" behind a Massey Ferguson 1660 — more details […]

By john-varty molly-daley

Corn and soy prices heading for big monthly gain

Jul. 30, 2012 at 3:39 pm CDT

U.S. soybeans rallied nearly 3 per cent on Monday on fears that the crippling U.S. drought would further shrink the crop in the world’s top grains exporter. The rally pushed prices toward their biggest monthly gain in more than four years. Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade rose […]

By kt-arasu