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The Roquette plant in Portage was already well under construction by the time the strategy was announced.
News, Pulses

Province’s protein strategy means playing the long game

Deep industry-academic-producer group connections are priceless, but need sustained effort to bear fruit

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This spring, the province proclaimed itself halfway to achieving some key Protein Advantage Strategy goals — namely in investments and job creation — yet the Manitoba Protein Consortium and its sub-groups appear to still be in the planning stages. How does one square the two? While flashy figures of jobs created and investments made are
Internally displaced Ethiopians queue to receive food aid in the Higlo camp for people displaced by drought, at the town of Gode in Ethiopia’s Somali region on April 26, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)
Crops, Weather

Nearly a million people face starvation in hunger hotspots, U.N. agencies report

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London | Reuters — Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday. Local conflict and weather extremes remain the primary drivers of acute hunger, aggravated this
(Sollio Agriculture photo)
Crops

Sollio to exit southwestern Ontario grain handling

Country elevator assets to be sold after harvest, co-op to focus on ag retail

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One of Canada’s biggest ag co-operatives is moving ahead on plans to “optimize assets” by shedding its stake in grain handling in southwestern Ontario and focusing more closely on retail ag inputs. Sollio Agriculture, the agribusiness arm of Quebec-based Sollio Cooperative Group, on Tuesday announced it will start “an orderly wind-down” of its Ontario Grain
File photo of black beans. (Nhattienphoto/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba peas, dry beans showing good results

Early harvests show some 'exceptional' bean yields

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MarketsFarm — Harvests of Manitoba’s two major pulse crops are already seeing high yields, according to Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) executive director Daryl Domitruk. Despite a wide range of results across the province, Domitruk added that dry field pea yields were respectable in many places and excellent in others, marking a successful harvest
Rain stalls harvest progress, canola harvest struggles to accelerate
Crop Report, Crops, News

Rain stalls harvest progress, canola harvest struggles to accelerate

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 20, September 20, 2022

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Overview Harvest progress sits at 40 per cent completed across the province, approximately 3 weeks behind the 5-year average of 71 per cent complete by week 38. Steady rainfall across the province late last week stalled harvest progress. Farmers are anxiously awaiting drier weather to return to straight-cutting cereal and canola crops, and for breezy
(File photo by Lisa Guenther)
Crops

Corteva to exit some markets, cut jobs in cost-saving push

Canada remains among company's 'core' markets

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Reuters — Seeds and pesticides company Corteva on Tuesday announced plans to exit about 35 countries and lay off roughly five per cent of its global workforce as part of the company’s cost-cutting plans. A surge in inflation this year to four-decade highs has forced Corporate America to slash planned spending and roll out measures
File photo of a BNSF grain train crossing the Gassman Coulee trestle near Minot, North Dakota. (Photo courtesy BNSF Railway)
Crops

U.S. railroad strike averted

Biden calls deal a 'win for America;' strike's impact would have reached up into Canada

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Updated | Washington | Reuters — Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal on Thursday after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration to avert a rail shutdown that could have hit food and fuel supplies across the country and beyond. Biden called the deal a “big win for
A freight train at Manchac, La., about 75 km east of Baton Rouge. (CN.ca)
Crops

U.S. rail embargoes may stymie some Canadian rail traffic

CN halts most cross-border traffic; CP also monitoring situation

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Mindful of the potential for snarls on their own tracks, Canada’s big two railways are monitoring talks between a clutch of major U.S. railways and several of their labour unions to avert strikes and/or lockouts that may begin as early as Friday. As of Wednesday, three unions out of the 12 representing unionized rail workers
File photo of a BNSF grain train in Montana. (Photo courtesy BNSF Railway)
Crops

U.S. railways to halt grain shipments ahead of potential shutdown

Fall fertilizer traffic also at risk

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Chicago | Reuters — Some U.S. railroads will start halting crop shipments on Thursday, a day ahead of a potential work stoppage, an agricultural association and sources at two grain co-operatives said on Tuesday, threatening exports and feed deliveries for livestock. With farmers starting to harvest autumn crops that are shipped to meat and biofuels
Past week sees rapid harvest progress
Crop Report, Crops, News

Past week sees rapid harvest progress

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 19, September 13, 2022

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Overview Harvest progress sits at 32 per cent completed across the province, with rapid progress over the past seven days. This puts harvest completion approximately 10 harvesting days behind the 5-year average of 65 per cent completed by this time.  Cereals Winter cereal grains  Fall rye harvest is complete. Reported yields were between 45 to

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