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Roquette boosts plant beauty products

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 18, 2019

The company behind a Portage la Prairie pea-processing plant is going into the plant-based cosmetics business in a big way. Roquette recently announced a “strengthened” arrangement with Sytheon, a U.S.-based specialty ingredient company for the personal care market in a media release. The two are partnering to produce cosmetic ingredients and cosmetic products derived from

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Green pea premium to erode with acreage increase

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Green peas continue to command a sizeable premium over their yellow counterparts in Western Canada, which should see acreage shift this spring and an eventual rebalancing of the price spread. Green peas usually trade at a premium to yellow peas due to higher quality specs and concerns over bleaching, but the current price

Brown lentils. (Pedrosala/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Ample supply drives down feed pulse prices

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 5, 2019

Prices for feed pulses have dropped over the last month as farmers have turned to the feed market as the only buyer, according to a trader. “Regular processors aren’t buying as many low-grade lentils, so guys are tired of sitting on them. So you’re starting to see them come to the feed market,” said Jay

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

India to reimburse freight for some ag exports

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 5, 2019

New Delhi | Reuters — India will provide federal support for the transportation of some farm products to make Indian goods more competitive in foreign markets, the government said in a statement Tuesday. The scheme will be applicable for a year, to March 2020. The government will reimburse the freight paid by Indian exporters through

Part of Travis Heide’s motivation for converting a large farm to organics is the fact that many people don’t believe it can be done.

Crops

Too big to be true?

Can really large organic farms stay true to the spirit of the sector?

By Gord Gilmour February 26, 2019

Travis Heide knows many look at One Organic Farms in Waldron, Saskatchewan and wonder if it’s really an organic farm. The question isn’t whether it technically qualifies — the farm meets all the required standards and ticks all the right boxes. It’s whether it hews to the spirit of organic farming, long known as a

Chickpeas in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Canada, U.S. to challenge India’s pulse price supports

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 18, 2019

Canada and the U.S. are set to challenge India’s market price supports for certain pulses including chickpeas and lentils. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday announced that “together with Canada” they’ve submitted a “counter notification” on the matter to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Agriculture (COA).

Pulse crops can keep your heart healthy year round.

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Feel the pulse of healthy eating

Pulse foods are budget friendly and good for our heart

By Julie Garden-Robinson February 15, 2019

Can you find your pulse? Try placing your index and third finger on the side of your neck to the side of your windpipe. You also can check your pulse on your wrist. Once you find your pulse, count the number of beats you feel in 15 seconds and multiply by four to determine your

Our History

Wheat variety selections in 1898

Our History: January 1898

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 13, 2019

Manitoba farmers planning their wheat variety selection for 1898 could consult these results from the Indian Head Experimental Farm published in the January issue of The Nor-West Farmer. Two full pages of tables also had results for wheat seeding at different dates, rates and depths; on hoe drills versus press drills, and on the effect

File photo of snowmelt on a gravel road. (PBouman/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Values steady ahead of road bans, seeding

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 12, 2019

For pulses so far midwinter there hasn’t been a great deal of movement pricewise, though two factors are seen on the horizon could generate some change: road restrictions and spring seeding. Large green lentils are around 22 cents/lb. picked up at the farm, said Dale McManus of Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask., about 145 km

Crops, Pulses

AGT privatization gets shareholders’ approval

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 8, 2019

The privatization of Canadian pulse processor AGT Food and Ingredients is set to move another step forward as company officials take their plan to Ontario’s Superior Court on Monday. The Feb. 11 court date in Toronto comes after AGT shareholders voted Tuesday at a special shareholders’ meeting in favour of privatization, according to a company

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Peas

Roquette boosts plant beauty products

Pulse weekly outlook: Green pea premium to erode with acreage increase

Pulse weekly outlook: Ample supply drives down feed pulse prices

India to reimburse freight for some ag exports

Too big to be true?

Canada, U.S. to challenge India’s pulse price supports

Feel the pulse of healthy eating

Wheat variety selections in 1898

Pulse weekly outlook: Values steady ahead of road bans, seeding

AGT privatization gets shareholders’ approval

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