Read a description of our services or simply send a message to STAT Publishing asking for information about becoming a subscriber. Significant improvements in Spanish crop yields are expected this spring and summer after heavy and sustained rains throughout most of most of the country recharged soil moisture and reservoir levels. . . . Crop production trends in the prairies have moved to diversification and increased production of exotic herbs, spices, essential oil and medicinal plants. Along with these new crops can come diseases that have rarely, if ever,been seen on the prairies before. . . .
Trucking is identified as a concern facing rural food processors.
When it comes to trucking everything goes much smoother when the responsibilities of the processor and those of the company carrying your product are known. . . . The relative strength of Canadian specialty crop grower bids are a direct result of last month's slump in the value of the Canadian dollar, suggests Alberta Agriculture. . . . Specialty crop markets in western Canada were relatively steady at the grower level during the week, with interest from China on peas and the Mediterranean on lentils supporting values. . . . Agriculture Western Australia has advised the State's pulse growers to use high seeding rates as a key strategy to optimise crop yields and profits. . . . With the exception of the turf grasses, other forage seeds remain steady to slightly stronger, notes Alberta Agriculture in its latest review of specialty crop markets in that province. . . .