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Cwb Impasse Stymies Buyers

By Allan Dawson October 13, 2011

Canadian millers could be forced to import wheat from the U.S. if they can t forward contract with the Canadian Wheat Board or private trade during the transition to an open market, industry officials say. Millers and other food processors routinely forward contract wheat up to a year in advance but the pending end of

Cereals, Opinion

Record-High Food Prices? Or Just Better Than Record Lows?

By Terry Boehm March 24, 2011

Reporters and politicians are making frequent references to high food prices – some going so far as to suggest prices are nearing record levels. But for the farmers and peasants who produce the world’s food, prices are nowhere near record highs. In fact, what is currently happening to corn, beans, rice, or wheat prices would

News

“Rent A Kitchen” Idea Touted At Growing Local

March 10, 2011

Packing their own farm-grown flax into 1.6-kg pails for sales to local stores didn’t require a lot of processing infrastructure, but it did require some. That’s when St. Pierre farmer Murielle Bugera turned to her community’ a museum kitchen – a provincially inspected facility – to complete her packaging and labelling. It saved her money

News

$7.74 Million Expansion At FDC Underway

By Lorraine Stevenson March 3, 2011

The Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie is undergoing a major renovation this winter that will expand its processing and warehouse capacity plus add space for additional staff. Included in the $7.74-million expansion is a 6,000-sq.-ft. addition to the west side of the building to house more staff plus a full-service training centre. Some

News, Pulses

Food Processors Look To Farm Practices

By Lorraine Stevenson February 17, 2011

Canadian farms have sustainability advantages from the climate they produce food in, progressive soil management practices and low water usage, Pulse Canada says. Two new reports have attempted to measure sustainability within agricultural supply chains and how food companies view and value it as a measure of food product quality. The reports, commissioned by Pulse

News

Food Fight Challengers Sought

By Manitoba Agriculture December 2, 2010

The fifth annual Great Manitoba Food Fight is open for challengers, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers announced Nov. 24. Manitobans with a great new food or beverage idea are invited to enter the Great Manitoba Food Fight scheduled in April as part of the 2011 Capturing Opportunities event. “In the past four

Livestock

Maple Leaf Foods To Close Nova Scotia Meat Plant

December 2, 2010

Maple Leaf Foods, one of Canada’s leading food processors, said Nov. 17 that it will close its pork plant in Berwick, Nova Scotia, at the end of April. The plant closure is the first since Maple Leaf announced in October that it plans to boost earnings by closing some plants and spending heavily to modernize

News

Buy Manitoba Program Set To Launch In New Year

By Lorraine Stevenson October 28, 2010

Acampaign promot ing Manitoba food is almost ready to launch – just as soon as organizers nail down a definition of local food. “Local means different things to different people,” said Dave Shambrock, executive director of the Manitoba Food Processors Association, who has overseen the stakeholder group designing the Buy Manitoba initiative “From the food

Cereals, Opinion

“Everything” Is Not On The Table

By Laura Rance-Unger October 28, 2010

Hunger that emerged as a side-effect of war left a lasting mark on European culture – one that we would do well to remember in the context of the much-heralded negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. Canadian and European negotiators have been working towards a bilateral

Crops, Oilseeds

Soybeans Fighting Canola To Get Markets Back

By Allan Dawson October 21, 2010

Soybeans are fighting back. Soybean oil is still the most consumed vegetable oil in North America, but it’s been losing ground to canola, which is regarded as the healthiest vegetable oil because it contains just seven per cent saturated fat. Part of canola’s gains have resulted from the development of high-stability, omega-9 oil. It has

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

Tag Archives food processors

Cwb Impasse Stymies Buyers

Record-High Food Prices? Or Just Better Than Record Lows?

“Rent A Kitchen” Idea Touted At Growing Local

$7.74 Million Expansion At FDC Underway

Food Fight Challengers Sought

Maple Leaf Foods To Close Nova Scotia Meat Plant

Buy Manitoba Program Set To Launch In New Year

“Everything” Is Not On The Table

Soybeans Fighting Canola To Get Markets Back

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