News Archives

Oct. 29 2009 -The heads of three Prairie farm organizations are concerned that farmers are facing a list of challenges, including trade barriers and a diminishing number of car loading sites, and the list is getting longer, every day.

Oct. 29, 2009 -The Canola Council of Canada is sharing some tips for late-harvested canola, acknowledging the impacts of a cold, wet harvest and the effect those will have on storage and other issues.

Oct. 30, 2009 -Wet weather and a delayed soybean harvest have provided at least one positive effect on growers: the price of soybeans is trending upwards. According to an Iowa State University economist, soybean prices at mid-week were higher by a dollar a bushel compared to mid-October, settling in around $10/bu.

Oct. 26, 2009 -A new survey commissioned by the National Corn Growers Association shows Americans stand behind their farmers, with 95 percent support and trust for the job they do. The findings mirror what used to be an annual gaging of professions by Leger Marketing, in which farmers garnered the trust of 96 percent of Canadians in 2008, a four percent hike from 2007, and a solid third behind nurses and firefighters.

Oct. 24, 2009 -A layoff announcement issue late last week at Case-New Holland’s Saskatoon plant may be marking a decline in the company’s sales. But while earnings have declined 23 percent compared to the same period last year, the company did post a quarterly operating profit of $72 million (US), according to the Star Phoenix.

Oct. 26, 2009 -A unique partnership was created last week, as the Ontario Soybean Growers committed $500,000 during the next five years, to help Trent University and its new Bio-Materials Research Program.

Oct. 26, 2009 -Good news for the farming community: despite the headlong rush to move into digital media, former journalist and futurist Michael Rogers maintains that while the print medium has taken a hit, and that it is not suffering just a cyclical low, print is not going to disappear anytime soon.

Oct. 15, 2009 -Representatives of key organizations and political figures are using the World Food Prize symposium, taking place in Des Moines, Iowa, to call on governments to invest more money in innovation and improved public and private partnerships in meeting a growing world demand for food.

Oct. 9, 2009 -A collaborative effort between Bayer CropScience and several other interests, including one from China, has yielded a completed sequencing of the canola genome, opening the door to continued research and accelerated breeding work.