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CNS Canada -- Above-normal snowfall in central and northern growing areas of Western Canada should help improve moisture levels ahead of spring seeding, according to CWB's crop and weather specialist. Snowcover was sorely needed because a lack of rain last fall, especially in the north, helped create dry areas that drew moisture from the soil[...]

Winnipeg | CNS Canada -- Because of the large durum crop grown in Canada in 2013-14, the country needs to gain a higher percentage of global durum trade to alleviate some of the pressures of having huge supplies, the Wild Oats Grainworld conference was told here Monday. "And I don't think it's going to be[...]

Aiming to claim market share in the private-label food business, the maker of Shreddies, Grape-Nuts and Cranberry Almond Crunch cereals has bought a major B.C. processor of dried fruits, trail mixes and nut butters. St. Louis, Mo.-based Post Foods announced Monday it will buy Golden Boy Foods of Burnaby, B.C. for C$320 million, in a[...]

The harvest of crops in Alberta has come to an end, and it was “a good year,” according to Harry Brook, crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. There may be some localized crops still standing, but everything else has come off the combine, he added. “I would say there would be only a very,[...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart disease. Partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of the fats, have been shown to raise "bad" cholesterol. Reducing the use of trans fats could prevent 20,000 heart[...]

Wet, rainy weather seen in growing regions across Alberta has stalled the harvest in some areas during the first week of October. Harry Brook, a crop specialist with Alberta's provincial Ag-Info Centre at Stettler, said farmers are now waiting for drier weather to finish up the last bit of the harvest. About 80 to 85[...]

U.S. data showing a surprisingly large late-summer hog herd has done little to quell fears in rural America that a virus deadly to baby piglets could spread. The U.S. livestock industry was anxiously awaiting Friday's release of the Agriculture Department's quarterly hogs and pigs report on the nation's swine inventory over the past three months,[...]

Prairie wheat and canola crops are looking generally good despite being behind in development, but yields could still be impacted by disease and insect problems, crop specialists said. "By and large, the canola crops look really good," said Harry Brook, crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development at Stettler. "A concern for farmers is[...]