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Sustainable aviation fuel won’t short food supply, manufacturers say

MARKETS Manufacturers of sustainable aviation fuel say the increase in light duty electric vehicles has created an ethanol surplus

Glacier FarmMedia – Sustainable aviation fuel manufacturers say they won’t compromise food supplies despite consuming large volumes of agricultural products. The U.S. government has established goals of scaling up SAF production to three billion gallons by 2030 and 35 billion gallons by 2050. Most of that fuel is expected to be made using agricultural feedstocks,

Cover crop rooting profiles get a close up during a Manitoba crop tour.

Food giants set out to sell producers on regenerative agriculture

Pepsico and Walmart want to see regenerative agriculture practices used on two million North American acres by 2030

Glacier FarmMedia – Adam Kiel has some advice for farmers confronted by the dizzying array of regenerative agriculture programs on offer across North America. “There are many opportunities, and they are confusing, I’ll be the first to admit. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try something,” said the managing director of the Soil and Water


Manitoba produced about 218,000 tonnes of peas in 2023.

Anti-dumping case may affect pea flow

A U.S. duty on Chinese pea protein could reduce the amount of peas that China imports for its fractionation business, which Canada feeds into

Glacier FarmMedia – A U.S. antidumping investigation into Chinese pea protein could change trade flows for Canadian yellow peas in 2024-25, traders of the commodity say. In a preliminary determination handed down Feb. 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce hit two Chinese manufacturers with an antidumping duty of 280 per cent. Other Chinese firms faced a 122 per cent

Chinese president Xi Jinping’s growing isolation could translate into growing paranoia, economic analysts warn.

Rising U.S.-Chinese tensions raise concerns about trade

Market observers point to moves over the past few years by China and the West to disengage

Glacier FarmMedia – The trade relationship between China and the United States is deteriorating and poses a threat for U.S. farmers, say analysts. “They are shifting away from the United States rather than sending their money here,” StoneX chief economist Arlan Suderman said during a live taping of the U.S. Farm Report at the 2024









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Protein sector faces labour crunch: report

Nearly two thirds of agri-food companies can't hire all the workers they need

Government, industry and educational institutes must act now to address the labour challenges confronting the emerging plant-based protein industry in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to a new report.