Canada can’t afford to let itself lag on crop research, authors argue.

Time to increase crop research funding

Canada has to take action to give agricultural productivity growth a booster shot

There’s much talk these days about diversifying Canadian agriculture’s exports away from their reliance on the sector’s two biggest, and currently most unpredictable, customers.


Research based on the financial statements of almost 3,000 Illinois corn and soybean farmers suggests farmers in aggregate are likely to sell four per cent more of their stored grain every time capital costs go up by one per cent.  Photo: File

Sharp drop in canola stocks

StatCan releases grain stocks as of March 31 report

Statistics Canada reported total canola stocks have plummeted over the last year. The federal agency released its grain stocks as of March 31 report on May 8. Also in the StatCan report, all wheat stocks declined moderately and there were other significant changes.