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Loan called on Legumex’s U.S. canola crusher

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 5, 2015

Prairie special crop processor Legumex Walker is weighing its options after major lenders to the company’s U.S. canola crushing arm called their loan. Pacific Coast Canola, a cold-press canola crushing operation at Warden, Wash., about 160 km southwest of Spokane, is 84 per cent owned by TSX-traded, Winnipeg-based Legumex, and 16 per cent owned by commodity

Crops, Markets, Weather

Canada’s canola crop woes cut crusher profits to two-year low

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 30, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters — Problems with Canada’s canola crop are driving up the oilseed’s price, cutting processors’ margins to their lowest levels in two years and threatening to boost the price of a key ingredient of salad dressings and potato chips. Frost and dry conditions on the Canadian Prairies have damaged the crop, which processors,

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

U.S. trans fat ban creates opportunities for canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 16, 2015

CNS Canada — A move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban artificial trans fats in processed foods within three years will create opportunities for Canada’s canola sector, especially high oleic varieties such as Nexera. Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), which are the primary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not

Local news, Oilseeds

Culinary experts get to test – and taste – artisanal canola oil

Manitoba chefs were recently offered a taste of cold-pressed, extra-virgin canola oil

By Jennifer Paige April 27, 2015

Culinary experts throughout the province recently got their hands on a few samples of an innovative new canola product, straight out of the product development department at Portage’s Food Development Centre. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association in collaboration with the Manitoba Agri-Health Research Network Inc. (MAHRN) have started cold pressing canola to develop virgin canola

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Is it time for an oil change in your recipes?

Prairie Fare: Personalized Homemade Salad Dressing and Crunchy Munchy Cookies

By Julie Garden-Robinson April 17, 2015

Whew!” I thought to myself when I opened the can of solid shortening. It looked OK, but the aroma almost took my breath away. I have one recipe where I use this particular type of fat, and I hadn’t made it in at least six months, based on the date I had listed on the

Crops, Markets

Condo developer to ship canola oil to China, Canada says

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 13, 2014

Winnipeg | Reuters — A condominium developer has signed a $1 billion deal to export Canadian canola oil to China, according to the Canadian government. The deal was one of more than 20 commercial agreements signed during Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to China, which wrapped up this week. The government said on its website

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Food banks want that garden overload

Recipe Swap: Summer Beet Salad and Carefree Cabbage Roll Casserole

By Lorraine Stevenson September 11, 2014

Do you have a garden full of vegetables you can’t possibly use? That heady excitement that goes with garden centre visits in spring often leads to surplus vegetables in fall you can’t even give away. Everyone else has the same problem. But you can give them away. Your local food bank will be glad to

Crops, Oilseeds

American canola crusher setting up delivery facility in Winkler

Northstar Agri Industries located in Hallock, Minn. is making it simpler and faster for  Manitoba farmers to deliver to them on this side of the border

By Allan Dawson September 9, 2014

An American crushing firm is making it easier for southern Manitoba farmers to deliver canola to it. Northstar Agri Industries of Hallock, Minnesota, is building a new 1,500-tonne high-throughput facility at Winkler to receive, store and transload canola. The operation, due to open this fall, will employ two or three people. “The demand for (canola)

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Have you tried eggplant?

Recipe Swap: Ratatoullie and Wilted Rainbow Chard with Seared Eggplant and Parsley Vinaigrette

By Julie Garden-Robinson August 21, 2014

I recall the first time I brought home an eggplant from the grocery store. I probably would have gotten similar attention if I brought a martian home for dinner. I pulled it out of the shopping bag and set it on the counter. My husband and our kids gathered around and examined it. As I

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Pulses, Recipe Swap

Food Day in Canada

RecipeSwap: Lentils and Barley Salad with Roasted Tomatoes, Spinach and Goat Cheese, Barbecue Sauce, Wild Cranberry Vinaigrette, Prairie Spice Cake

By Lorraine Stevenson July 31, 2014

Ever wondered why we get to spend next Monday sleeping in, watching parades, and setting off fireworks? We have Toronto City Hall — no, not the current installation — to thank. Way back in 1869, the council of the day decided everybody needed “a day of recreation” and declared the first Monday of August a

Daily Network News

Pulse Weekly: Waiting for India’s pulse duty announcement

“Major setback for global trade”: WTO suffers fresh blow after reform push hits wall

New U.S. biofuel rules please canola industry

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