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Major Quebec hothouse grower seeks creditor protection

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff September 24, 2019

One of Quebec’s best known greenhouse propagators, who in recent years launched an aggressive expansion into organic vegetables, is seeking creditor protection. Les Serres Lefort, which operates almost 50 acres of greenhouse facilities at Sainte-Clotilde in Quebec’s Monteregie, announced Sept. 10 it had filed a notice of intention on Sept. 6 to file a proposal

Cereals, Crops

Organic wheat varieties waiting in the registration gate

Registration trials will have to wait for farm-developed organic wheat varieties while changes are made to the proposed trial design

By Alexis Stockford March 25, 2019

The University of Manitoba’s farm-based organic wheat-breeding program is ready to start towards commercialization, but the body responsible for recommending new genetics to the CFIA says there is still work to be done. Jamie Larsen, chair of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT), says a proposed trial plan submitted this year

Cracked soybeans enter a SunOpta soymilk processing plant at Modesto, California. (Video screengrab from SunOpta.com via YouTube)

Crops

SunOpta sheds U.S. Midwest organic corn, soy business

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff February 25, 2019

Organic food firm SunOpta Inc. has stepped out of the U.S. organic corn and soybean business in a $66.5 million deal with Minnesota-based organic startup Pipeline Foods. Mississauga-based SunOpta announced Monday it closed a deal with Pipeline last Friday for the Canadian firm’s organic and “specialty” soy and corn operations, which include five plants in

Crops, Pulses

U.S. firm partners with James Cameron’s Prairie pulse processor

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News January 8, 2019

CNS Canada — Saskatchewan pulse processing company Verdient Foods has entered into a joint venture agreement with U.S. company Ingredion to expand operations. The organic pea protein fractionation facility at Vanscoy, about 20 km southwest of Saskatoon, has been running since last year and the new agreement will see it expand operations to include more

Kate Storey, Manitoba Organic Alliance chair, seen here at the MOA annual meeting last October, says a recent report is hopeful for Manitoba’s organic industry.

Crops, Local news

Organic acres up, farmer numbers stable

The Prairie Organic Grain Initiative says a survey shows lots of new organic acres, but just a handful of new organic farmers

By Alexis Stockford May 17, 2018

Manitoba and Saskatchewan couldn’t match Alberta’s explosion of new organic producers in 2016, but local experts say their gains have been in acres, not farms. Alberta gained 82 certified producers (counting livestock operations) from 2015-16, according to the 2016 Organic Agriculture in the Prairies report. Saskatchewan and Manitoba, meanwhile, only added 16 producers each. Acres,

Crops, Local news

Organic processing in Manitoba a bright spot

The numbers look slim, but experts say Manitoba’s modest processing increases in 2016 miss part of the story

By Alexis Stockford May 17, 2018

Manitoba had one more organic processor in 2016 than 2015, according to the last Organic Agriculture in the Prairies report, but provincial organics expert Laura Telford says the view might be more optimistic than that implies. “The report doesn’t release the type of processing. I think what we’re seeing there is an increase in primary

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

Crops, Markets

Downturn seen in organic markets for malt barley, hemp

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 28, 2018

CNS Canada — As organic producers look to clean out the 2017 crop from their bins before seeding, they’re finding lower prices than they’re willing to sell for. Contracts have been filled up, meaning some producers who were waiting for higher prices are out of luck with no options to sell their crops. Some buyers

Livestock

USDA pulls plan to stiffen rules for organic egg farms

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture scrapped proposed rules on Monday that for the first time would have mandated specific space requirements for hens laying organic eggs and spelled out what it means for the birds to have access to the outdoors. USDA determined it did not have the authority to impose

Feds pledge funds for organic standards review

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 26, 2018

A review and update of Canada’s organic standards for compliance with international norms will get federal funding to make sure it’s complete by its 2020 deadline. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Friday announced the government will foot the “necessary funds” to the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) to cover the cost of the 2020 Canadian

Pâte sucrée with spiced butternut squash mousse and pea shoots. This gluten-free pâte sucrée is made with ‘BEST’ Certified-Organic Precooked Navy Bean Flour and ‘BEST’ Certified-Organic Pea Hull Fiber 200. Photo: Chef Sean Audet.

Pulses

Best Cooking Pulses named finalist for ‘Organic Champion’ award

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 6, 2017

Best Cooking Pulses, Inc., a Canadian family-owned company that has been active in the international pulse trade for 81 years, has been named as a finalist in the Fi Europe 2017 ‘Organic Champion’ Innovation Awards for its range of ‘BEST’ Certified-Organic Pea Hull Fibers. The Fi Europe Innovation Awards honours professionals and companies for their

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains on improving cash prices, packer demand

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide on China demand doubts

Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak

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