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Skepticism greets push for innovation

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2013

Government wants to tap into emerging markets, meet demand for healthy products, and  encourage environmental and energy sustainability, but some regions want water pipes

The federal and provincial governments are making innovation a central plank in their agricultural spending, but some would rather see the funds spent on more mundane necessities of farm and rural life — like water. The revamped Growing Forward 2 program will see Ottawa and the province invest $176 million in strategic innovation programs over five

Crops, News

Funding for value-added food processors

By Daniel Winters January 30, 2013

The Manitoba Food Processors Association is getting $440,000 in funds to assist with commercializing new products and expand food manufacturing in Manitoba. “Here in Manitoba and across the country, the food-processing industry delivers a lot to the Canadian economy and it deserves our support,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz in announcing the funding at Ag

International news, Livestock, News

Cargill invests in India’s food-processing boom

By Ratnajyoti Dutta January 4, 2013

Reuters — Cargill, the U.S. agribusiness giant, is investing in India’s burgeoning processed food sector with a $73-million corn-milling unit, the head of its India operation said. India’s 1.2 billion population is eating increasing amounts of packaged and processed foods, using the financial benefits of an economy growing at nearly six per cent to try

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

XL takeover latest in a series by global meat giant JBS

By Daniel Winters October 26, 2012

News that XL Foods, one of the two major cattle-slaughtering plants in Canada, is cashing in its chips after a devastating beef recall raises an important question. Just who is JBS, the company taking it over? Founded in 1953 by Jose Batista Sobrinho, it began as a tiny, five-head-per-day abattoir in Anapolis, Brazil. Today, according

News, Opinion

Innovation report raises potential of traditional industries

By Alex Binkley May 14, 2012

Traditional industries are a major economic driver yet they are largely ignored in public policy making

The agri-food sector should consider joining forces with the fisheries, mining, forestry and energy industries to remind Canadians how important the country’s original economic building blocks remain. The forestry, mining and energy sectors generate about 11 per cent of the national Gross Domestic Product, says a new report from the Public Policy Forum. Add in

News

Union charges Ritz kept in the dark about impact of CFIA cuts

By Alex Binkley May 3, 2012

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is misinformed and passing on incorrect information to consumers about the impact of cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, according to the head of the union that represents some CFIA employees. Bob Kingston said he believes Ritz is sincere when he says the 10 per cent cut to CFIA’s funding

News, Oilseeds

March 23, 2012

Syria needs to import more grain milan / reuters / Syria, hit by a civil unrest, needs to raise cereals import by about a third in the current marketing year after its local grain output 10 per cent dropped in 2011, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said March 14. “Continued civil unrest

Dairy cattle, News

After the bust, the Irish look back to the land

By Conor Humphries January 24, 2012

After the Celtic Tiger died, Anthony Slattery quit his job as an accountant and bought some cows. With food and drinks exports rising by close to a billion euros a year and food firms among the best performers on Ireland’s bruised stock market, agriculture is one of the few sectors to survive a devastating property

Opinion

Canada Well Positioned To Capitalize On Growing Food Demand

By Brian Lee Crowley November 17, 2011

When, in 1965, Bob Dylan wailed, I ain t gonna work on Maggie s farm no more, he was echoing the mental picture almost all of us have about conditions on the farm. The dirty thirties largely spawned the identification of farming with grinding poverty, primitive technologies and capricious commodity prices, and the image has

News

Centre For Food In Canada Releases First Report

By Lorraine Stevenson June 16, 2011

The value of food to the Canadian economy reaches far beyond the value of primary production, processing and distribution, a new report by the Conference Board of Canada says. But as one of Canada’s most highly regulated sectors, the food industry’s opportunity for continued growth will depend on its ability to address two competing pressures:

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives food sector — page 2

Skepticism greets push for innovation

Funding for value-added food processors

Cargill invests in India’s food-processing boom

XL takeover latest in a series by global meat giant JBS

Innovation report raises potential of traditional industries

Union charges Ritz kept in the dark about impact of CFIA cuts

After the bust, the Irish look back to the land

Canada Well Positioned To Capitalize On Growing Food Demand

Centre For Food In Canada Releases First Report

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