Dwayne Klassen

(Resource News International) — The sustained period of dry weather seen late last week and through the weekend provided producers across Western Canada with an opportunity for significant harvest progress, according to an official with the Canadian Wheat Board. “The good weather conditions allowed producers in Manitoba and Alberta to generally get most of the crops […] Read more

(Resource News International) –– The harvest of Manitoba’s soybean crop has been progressing, albeit at a slow pace, while the province’s corn harvest was just starting to gear up, according to industry representatives. “I would describe the harvest of soybeans in Manitoba as ‘slowly poking along’ with some producers delaying the harvest in hopes of […] Read more

(Resource News International) — There has been no agreement reached between Canada and Chinese government officials regarding China’s intention to implement phytosanitary certificates on all imported canola after Nov. 15, an official with the Canola Council of Canada said Monday. “In a briefing from the Canadian delegation that is in China, we were told that […] Read more

(Resource News International) — Canada and the European Union have endorsed a flax protocol that was developed by the Canadian government in consultation with the Flax Council of Canada, Canadian flax exporters and DG Sanco of the European Commission, according to an official with Flax Council of Canada. The protocol describes the system of sampling, […] Read more

(Resource News International) — Less than 10 per cent of Ontario’s grain corn crop has been harvested so far, with wet conditions continuing to delay the harvest, according to a provincial ag official. The harvest of silage corn, meanwhile, was nearing completion. “The harvest of the grain corn crop in Ontario is way behind, with […] Read more

(Resource News International) –– Producers in Alberta were able to make some minor progress in harvesting canola still left out in the fields, according to a provincial crop specialist. “I would estimate that maybe five per cent more of the canola crop has been combined in the central region of the province, meaning that there […] Read more

(Resource News International) — The Canola Council of Canada is hoping a meeting planned for Friday (Oct. 30) between Canadian and Chinese government officials results in at least a six-month extension before China implements the need for phytosanitary certificates on all imported canola. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) advised the grain trade that it […] Read more

(Resource News International) –– Canada will need to import ethanol in order to meet its 2010 ethanol production target of two billion litres per year, according to an official with an ethanol and biodiesel industry group. Ethanol output in Canada is currently in the 1.731 billion-litre range, and the five per cent national renewable fuels […] Read more

(Resource News International) –– The late harvest of soybeans and wet conditions preventing machinery from getting on fields is expected to reduce the area that will be seeded to winter wheat in Ontario. “If there had been a perfect fall, the area seeded to winter wheat in Ontario during the fall of 2009 would have […] Read more

(Resource News International) — The warm and dry weather experienced during much of September provided the necessary conditions that allowed the soybean crop in Ontario to mature enough to harvest, according to an official with the Ontario provincial government. “The harvest of Ontario`s soybean crop is only about 10 to 20 per cent complete as […] Read more