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Nova Scotia Tories’ ag critic returns as party wins election

PCs oust incumbent Liberals, form majority

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 18, 2021

The agriculture critic for Nova Scotia’s opposition Progressive Conservatives is set to return to the legislature, this time as part of a majority government, following Tuesday’s provincial election. As of about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Tim Houston’s PCs were elected or leading in 31 of 55 ridings, followed by Iain Rankin’s incumbent Liberals with 17 and

Crops, Markets, Other

Nutrien confident in potash demand even with BHP project

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams August 17, 2021

Calgary | Reuters — Canada’s largest potash producer Nutrien said Tuesday it is confident in growing global demand for the crop fertilizer, shrugging off BHP Group’s decision to press on with its massive Jansen project in Saskatchewan that will add millions of tonnes a year of potash supply. BHP announced Tuesday it is going ahead

A view of BHP’s potash mine project north of Jansen, Sask. (BHP.com)

Crops, Markets, Other

BHP approves Saskatchewan potash project’s completion

Major miner expects to produce about 4.4 million tonnes of fertilizer per year

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 17, 2021

After over a decade of development and digging, one of the world’s biggest mining and metals companies has granted its Saskatchewan potash mining project the go-ahead to completion and full production. Australian-British mining firm BHP announced Tuesday its board has approved its potash mine about 60 km southeast of Humboldt, near Jansen, Sask., for another

The Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry Campus.

Farmit Manitoba

Pilot mill gets food-grade green light

Developing Future Food: Experts at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals are on the cutting edge of food development

By Geralyn Wichers August 16, 2021

The University of Manitoba’s Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN) has always been about bringing the food industry in Manitoba and Western Canada to the next level. The centre has produced research into how canola and flax oil impact cardiovascular health, or analysis to help develop food products in a bid for later

Markets

U.S. confirms will boost food stamps by record amount

By GFM Network News August 16, 2021

Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) on Monday will announce revised nutrition standards dramatically boosting average food stamp benefits, the agency confirmed Sunday. The New York Times first reported the plan to unveil the largest permanent benefits increase in the history of the government’s primary anti-hunger program, saying the change would result

News

Bunge lifts profit outlook as food and fuel demand for vegetable oil grows

Food and fuel demand for vegetable oil is driving numbers

By Arunima Kumar, Tom Polansek August 11, 2021

U.S. agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd. raised its full-year adjusted profit outlook on July 28 after stronger-than-expected food and renewable fuel demand for its vegetable oils drove a 41 per cent jump in quarterly income. Shares jumped three per cent in morning trading after the company projected full-year 2021 adjusted income of at least $8.50

The strawberry field at Grunthal Berries at the beginning of June 2021.

News

Fruit farmers call for better insurance safety net

Exiting berry farmer says her experience illustrates a lack of support, forethought from provincial government

By Geralyn Wichers August 10, 2021

First there was winterkill, then frost damage and finally lab tests confirmed what Colleen Edmunds of Grunthal Berries feared — the majority of her strawberry field was dead. Edmunds was ready to retire, and this was the final straw. “Why keep doing it?” she said. They finished out the raspberry picking season and pulled the

India to launch $1.48 bln plan to raise oilseed output, cut imports

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj, Rajendra Jadhav August 9, 2021

New Delhi | Reuters – India will launch a 110 billion rupee ($1.48 billion) plan to boost domestic oilseed production to make the country self-sufficient in edible oil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, a move that will cut costly vegetable oil imports. India is the world’s biggest vegetable oil importer and spends an

Comment, Opinion

Comment: The rise of the ‘grow’cer

Retailers are bringing agriculture right to the store floor

By Sylvain Charlebois August 2, 2021

Canadians have started to notice that grocers are starting to sell plants in miniature greenhouses. Gardens on rooftops, vertical farms close to stores — some are even selling gardening equipment to gardeners shopping for food. The farm is essentially merging with the retail food spaces we roam as consumers. Quite interesting. We are slowly witnessing

Exemptions, extensions to be granted for rail crossing upgrades

New amendments would exclude low-risk field-to-field crossings

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 21, 2021

Some farmer-owned field-to-field grade crossings over Canadian rail lines are now expected to be exempted altogether from looming federal requirements for safety upgrades. Proposed amendments to the Grade Crossings Regulations, announced June 18 by Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, this week cleared their 30-day public comment period. The amendments are expected to tweak rules which were

Daily Network News

Chinese pig farmers test fermented feeds as Beijing weans sector off U.S. soy

Deere settles U.S. right-to-repair lawsuit with $99 million fund, repair commitments

Klassen: Negative margins weigh on Western feeder cattle market

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