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What about wheat?
Cereals, News

What about wheat?

Cereals Canada website resource talks up the fine points of Canadian wheat and wheat research

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Wheat has taken its turn as a food ‘villain.’ For instance, in the early 2010s, the book Wheat Belly by cardiologist Dr. William Davis told consumers that wheat, and in fact most grains, was a cause of the flab around their belly, joint pain, eczema, and even depression and anxiety. The book was a bestseller,
Markets, News

Beyond Meat shares fall on lower-than-expected revenue forecasts

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Reuters – Beyond Meat forecast annual revenue below estimates February 24, as the plant-based business pioneer wrestles with labour and supply chain disruptions and faces stiff competition in the United States. The plant-based meat space has become crowded in recent years with more traditional names, including Tyson Foods and Kellogg entering the fray and offering
Frito-Lay products are made in Canada, using Canadian potatoes grown by Canadian farmers.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: War on potato chips just the tip of the iceberg

This is all about the balance of power in the grocery retailing system

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We recently learned that Frito-Lay, a brand owned by giant PepsiCo Canada, opted to stop selling to Loblaws after the retailer refused requests by Frito-Lay to increase their prices. Food manufacturers, when selling products to grocers, have suggested retail prices. With low profit margins, labour shortages, packaging issues and supply chain woes, inflation has been
Aerial view of AGT Foods’ pulse plant at Aberdeen, Sask. (AGTFoods.com)
Crops

AGT building oat milling plant in Saskatchewan

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Regina pulse processor AGT Foods plans to bulk up its portfolio in the plant-based ingredients business with a new oat milling operation in central Saskatchewan. The company on Thursday announced it would start construction “immediately” on the new operation, to be housed in an expansion of its existing processing plant just east of Aberdeen, about
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Beef cattle, Livestock

JBS to help fund home purchases for Brooks staff

Company offering zero-interest loans for down payments

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One of the biggest beef packers operating in Canada is pledging $1.7 million for a one-year pilot program to help employees buy or upgrade homes. JBS Foods Canada, which operates Brazilian meat packer JBS’s plant at Brooks, Alta., on Tuesday announced the launch of what it calls the “Homebuyer Dream Fund,” providing zero-interest loans to
Trucking protests ignored the real issue — a chronic driver shortage.
News

Empty cabs plague Canada’s trucking sector

There’s just not enough drivers out there to meet the growing demand for trucking

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Dramatic protests, originally centred around vaccine mandates for truckers, may have grabbed a lot of recent headlines. But the real problem in trucking has been overlooked. There simply aren’t enough drivers out there, and there haven’t been for years. The trucking sector was already raising the alarm over trucker shortages prior to the pandemic. The
A still from a New York Times video that suggests modern agriculture is doing irreparable harm to our planet.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Smarm, snarl, and snark

Style can’t replace facts, honesty, and ideas in an off-the-mark New York Times video

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As deep winter reasserted itself over most of the continent’s farms and ranches, the New York Times brought some real heat to the Big-Ag-Fights-Climate-Change debate. In a 14-minute, fast-paced video titled “Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet,” the film’s subtitle not only names the killers, it convicts them, too: “American agriculture is
EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

EU predicts pain for farmers, consumers from Ukraine crisis

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Brussels | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and EU sanctions on Moscow will prove painful for farmers, consumers, fertilizer makers and exporters of farm products, the European Commission warned on Monday. Michael Scannell, deputy director-general of the Commission’s agriculture division, said grain buyers should brace for higher prices given that Russia and Ukraine made
A lot of trust left to build for organic growers, says marketing expert
Markets, News

A lot of trust left to build for organic growers, says marketing expert

Total openness about food’s ‘life story,’ company purpose becoming the expectation

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A little more than half of Canadians say they trust the organic label — which should worry the sector since trust is critical currency with consumers. It’s what justifies the higher price of organic food, said marketing expert Jo-Ann McArthur. That’s based on Canada Organic data, which says 54 per cent of Canadians say they

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