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Hailey and Cale Jeffries at the Prairie Fava facility near Glenboro.

Fava wins with new Protein Industries Canada project

A string of companies have signed on to boost plant protein, and fava beans are one of the stars

By Miranda Leybourne May 16, 2024

A new $24.5-million project backed by Protein Industries Canada (PIC) includes a group of plant protein companies working to tackle some of the sector’s biggest hurdles. The national cluster for protein is teaming up with Roquette, Prairie Fava, BioNeutra and Plant Up to improve innovation, come up with more diversified products and improve processes for

The Canadian Grain Commission building on Main Street in Winnipeg. (File photo)

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Grain commission revokes GFI licenses

Global Foods and Ingredients shut down operations May 7

By Robert Arnason May 16, 2024

The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked six licenses for Global Food and Ingredients, a plant-based and plant protein company with facilities in Saskatchewan.

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Rail strike won’t happen this month, CPKC says

CPKC, Teamsters to continue meeting as Canadian Industrial Relations Board deliberates

By Geralyn Wichers May 16, 2024

A potential rail strike will not happen this month as rail companies and workers await a decision from the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) said today.

Crops, News

Argentina’s Bioceres makes world’s first sales of genetically modified wheat seeds

By Marcelo Teixeira, Reuters May 16, 2024

Bioceres Crop Solutions has begun sales of genetically modified (GM) wheat seeds in Argentina, the first time the technology has been commercially available to farmers anywhere in the world, CEO Federico Trucco said on Wednesday.

Crops, News

Organic farmers invited to soil health benchmarking study

By Geralyn Wichers May 15, 2024

Organic farmers across the country are invited to measure the benefits of soil management practices on their farms as part of a study led by Prairie organic organizations.

Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)

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GFI closes Saskatchewan operations

By Robert Arnason May 15, 2024

Global Food and Ingredients, a plant-based and plant protein company with facilities in Saskatchewan, has announced a “wind down” of its business operations. A May 7 news release on the GFI website says the company cannot service its outstanding debts.

Crops, News

Manitoba crop report: Seeding speeds up to normal pace

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm May 15, 2024

Planting progress greatly accelerated across Manitoba during the week ended May 12. The province’s crop report released on May 14 showed that seeding was at 30 per cent completion, compared to just four per cent the week before.

Livestock, News

Unclear when tight US cattle supplies will expand, Tyson CEO says

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 15, 2024

Tyson Foods cannot predict exactly when U.S. ranchers will start rebuilding the cattle herd in a meaningful way, CEO Donnie King said on Wednesday, as tight supplies squeeze the meatpacker's beef business.

An hour after sunrise, volunteers have completed about a third of their route.

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Conservation counting on annual bird survey

Every year, around this time of year, volunteers in Manitoba head out to take a key bird count

By Tim Sopuck May 15, 2024

It was the same every year. For 25 years, on one day at the end of June, my alarm would go off at 2:30 a.m. I’d slouch out of bed and hit the road to do my part for the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). My route was part of a network feeding numbers

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Machinery firm LEMKEN hit by hackers

By Geralyn Wichers May 15, 2024

German machinery manufacturer LEMKEN says its been the victim of a cyber attack.

Daily Network News

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Australian farmers shift to less fertilizer-intensive crops as Iran war costs surge

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

News

Fava wins with new Protein Industries Canada project

Grain commission revokes GFI licenses

Rail strike won’t happen this month, CPKC says

Argentina’s Bioceres makes world’s first sales of genetically modified wheat seeds

Organic farmers invited to soil health benchmarking study

GFI closes Saskatchewan operations

Manitoba crop report: Seeding speeds up to normal pace

Unclear when tight US cattle supplies will expand, Tyson CEO says

Conservation counting on annual bird survey

Machinery firm LEMKEN hit by hackers

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