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Canada’s malt barley courts two different buyers

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 14, 2018

CNS Canada — The rising North American craft beer sector and strong demand out of China are both good news stories for Canada’s malt barley sector. However, those two customers have different needs which can also create some challenges, said industry officials speaking Tuesday at the annual Grain World conference in Winnipeg. Lorelle Selinger, North

Aluminum cans are a hot commodity for small Canadian brewers following tariffs and production shutdowns.

News, Other

Canadian craft brewers scramble for aluminum cans

Retaliatory tariffs on U.S. aluminum are  making them a hot commodity

By Marcy Nicholson October 10, 2018

Canadian microbreweries are facing a shortage of cans and higher costs, forcing some to cut beer production after the country imposed retaliatory import duties on U.S. aluminum imports in the busy summer season. Though Canada is the world’s third-biggest aluminum producer and cans are made in the country, beer makers also rely on the import

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Ad-ventures in beer promotion

Our History: August 1961

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 22, 2018

Acceptance of advertisements for alcoholic beverages was sometimes a controversial subject for delegates at meetings of Manitoba Pool Elevators, the Co-operator’s former owner. Some argued that it should not carry alcohol ads, but others pointed out that it would be hypocritical for a company to on one hand refuse beer ads while on the other

The J.C. Van Horne Bridge connecting Campbellton, N.B. and Pointe-a-la-Croix, Que. (Greenseas photo via iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Supreme Court finds for provinces in ‘Free the beer’ case

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 19, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s top court on Thursday ruled against a New Brunswick man who had argued he had the constitutional right to buy beer more cheaply in a neighbouring province, saying that the law does not impose absolute free trade across the country. Dubbed the “free the beer” case in Canadian media, it

Crops

Sleeman investing to bring back production from U.S.

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 6, 2018

Canada’s third-biggest national brewer plans upgrades at its southwestern Ontario plant, with which it plans to bring back some production it now contracts out to a U.S. brewery. Guelph-based Sleeman Breweries, owned since 2006 by Japanese brewer Sapporo, announced Monday it will invest $6.61 million to expand packaging capability, put up new beer tanks and

An unauthorized outdoor cannabis “grow” operation found by RCMP northwest of Winnipeg in August 2013. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)

Crops

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 25, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadians spent an estimated $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017, Statistics Canada said on Thursday, with the country on track to legalize recreational use of the drug nationwide later this year. About 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and non-medical cannabis last year, the

Cereals, Local news

From field to bottle: a look inside the Capital K process

A look at the world behind the still and the process behind locally produced spirits

By Alexis Stockford May 25, 2017

Kang’s process starts once the grain arrives at his distillery in one-tonne totes. Each 400-kilogram batch of raw grain is first weighed, then sent to the mill to be cracked. “After that, we cook the grain,” Kang said. “Which is what we call the mashing, so the same process as making beer.” After that, the

John Heim of Torque Brewing Co. in Winnipeg takes home the 2016 Great Manitoba Food Fight gold prize for the company’s new Witty Belgian Wheat Beer.

Local news

Top food fight prize goes to craft beer maker

Craft beer, energy bars, and Asian-inspired sauerkraut impress Great Manitoba Food Fight panel judges in 2016

By Lorraine Stevenson September 30, 2016

The 2016 Great Manitoba Food Fight’s top prizewinner is a unique small-batch beer, signalling the creativity and new potential in this province’s emerging craft brewing sector. John Heim of Torque Brewing Co. in Winnipeg last week took home the gold package worth $10,000 for the Witty Belgian Wheat Beer the company has developed. The beer

Brothers Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk hope a malt-barley variety demonstration featuring  historical varieties will spark a discussion on the farmer-brewer connection.

Crops, Local news

Back to the future for local brewer

Farmery brewers are hoping to highlight the farm-brewer connection and show the ingredients that make beer to the public

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 26, 2016

A farm-based beer maker is offering a unique agri-tourism destination that will show attendees the historical ingredients that were used to make beer. Neepawa’s Farmery Estate Brewery, run by brothers Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk, are showcasing the malt barley varieties ranging from a century ago to modern times on their operation, which also produces other

While overall beer consumption is seen as flat, the amount of craft beer produced in North America has been rising.

Cereals, News

Craft brewing gives malt barley prices a hop

Acres are seen rising by about five per cent this spring

By Jade Markus March 23, 2016

The craft brewing industry appears to be providing the fastest-rising demand for malt barley, which has been steadily pushing prices higher — but overall reduced demand for beer and increased acres could keep a lid on that strong pricing. “Many maltsters are either 100 per cent craft, or moving the percentages up all the time

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle slip back, hogs gain

U.S. grains: Soy futures post biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on China trade optimism

Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026

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