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Viterra Buys North Dakota Pasta Processor

Viterra Inc. said March 10 it planned to acquire Dakota Growers Pasta Co., based in Carrington, North Dakota. It did not provide an acquisition price, but it said that Dakota Growers has an enterprise value of US$240 million. Dakota Growers is one of the largest durum mills in North America and the third-largest producer of
Country Crossroads

Send Recipes Or Recipe Requests To: – for Nov. 5, 2009

RECIPE SWAP We’ve been talking lately about pasta as a popular durum wheat-based food, but what about couscous? Well, what about couscous, you may say. Most have heard of it, but few of us are familiar with it. It surprises me that neither couscous, nor its cousin bulgur, has not become more popular. It is,
Cereals, News

Say Thank You To The “Spaghetti Farmers”

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The CWB has launched a national contest to celebrate World Pasta Day on October 25, encouraging children to send a big thank you to Prairie “spaghetti farmers” for producing the main ingredient in pasta, an unfailing kids’ favourite. “Pasta is big business for farmers in Western Canada, where we produce more durum wheat than anywhere
Cereals, Country Crossroads

Partly Barley, Partly Pulse

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Can delicious and nutritious pasta get any better? Technical specialists at the Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI) say “yes” and they’re working on the recipe to prove it. By substituting a portion of the traditional durum semolina with barley or pulse flour, they’ve come up with a version of spaghetti that’s higher in fibre without
Country Crossroads

Readers Of The Recipe Swap! – for Oct. 8, 2009

You’ve been sending us such great recipes lately – would you have best pasta or pasta sauce recipes to share too? Sarah Visscher wrote to us recently saying she’d really like some PASTA SAUCE RECIPES FOR CANNING. (We expect Sarah may have the same load of homegrown tomatoes many of us are dealing with right
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Recession “Cocooning” Trend Good For Durum?

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The cloud of the recession may hold a silver lining for durum growers, according to a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It says all eight production lines at the New World Pasta factory in St. Louis are running full tilt, churning out 1,500 pounds of pasta an hour, 24 hours a day. “We’ve been
Cereals, News

Pasta purists win prizes

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A nine-year-old from Winnipeg with an eye for textures of pasta and an 11-year-old spaghetti fan from Beausejour are among the winners in the Canadian Wheat Board’s contest to describe a “spaghetti farmer.” The CWB in October launched the contest for children age 12 and under to submit artwork and writing showing a spaghetti farmer
Cereals, Country Crossroads

CWB and Primo Foods launch national pasta promotion

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“We want Canadian consumers to value this wheat as much as our export customers do.” – IAN WHITE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD Television commercials and other promotional messages will soon be telling Canadian consumers pasta is made from Prairiegrown durum wheat. They’re part of a national campaign launched last week between
Cereals, Country Crossroads

World Pasta Day celebrated on October 25

World Pasta Day is celebrated every October 25 in countries around the world. The theme chosen for 2008’s World Pasta day was Pasta and Children: Health for Children Around the Globe. Canada is the No. 1 exporter of durum in the world. In any given year, western Canadian durum enjoys 50 to 60 per cent

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