Viterra — the combined Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United — today reported net earnings of $96.01 million (57 cents per basic share) during its fourth quarter ended July 31, […] Read more
Merged Viterra posts $96M in Q4 earnings
Prairie canola harvest progress seen variable
The canola harvest across regions of Western Canada continues to be highly variable, according to the Canola Council of Canada’s final crop briefing for the season. The council’s report for […] Read more
Canola Council names new production VP
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 […] Read more
Alberta crop yields about average: AFSC
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 […] Read more
Grain shippers file new case against CN
Six western Canadian grain shippers have launched new level-of-service complaints against Canadian National Railway (CN), which they say has failed to comply with the spirit of a recent Canadian Transportation […] Read more
Manitoba harvest, winter wheat seeding progress
Favourable weather conditions allowed producers across Manitoba to make significant harvest progress, according to the provincial agriculture department’s crop update for the week ended September 4. Spotty thundershowers did slow […] Read more
North West Terminal raises ethanol funding
North West Terminal (NWT) has received the funding required to begin construction of a 25 million-litre-per-year fuel-ethanol facility at Unity, Sask., at the end of this month. The estimated total […] Read more
Tories’ court appeal groundless: CWB
The Canadian Wheat Board is confident that the federal Conservative government’s appeal of the July 31 court decision which upheld the single-desk marketing of Western Canadian barley will fail. “The […] Read more
Prairie canola harvest slows in wet weather: CCC
Cool temperatures along with steady precipitation resulted in the canola harvest being slowed across most regions of Western Canada, according to the Canola Council of Canada’s (CCC) crop briefing for […] Read more