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VIDEO: Pulses offer recipe for excitement at Special Crops Convention

Convention took place in Toronto on July 6

By Allan Dawson July 18, 2016

There was record attendance at this year’s Pulse and Special Crops Convention in Toronto July 6-8 with more than 500 attendees from more than 24 countries. Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson was there and interviewed Gordon Bacon, President of Pulse Canada and CEO the Canadian Special Crops Association, about the event and the excitement around

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

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Prairie Fare: Roasted Beet Hummus, Cumin Roasted Carrot and Lentil Tacos and Peanut Butter Chickpea Energy Balls

By Lorraine Stevenson July 8, 2016

We’re halfway through International Year of Pulses (IYP). Are you eating more of them yet? If not, sign up for the Pulse Pledge. You’ll be inspired to try. First, a word on the IYP. The United Nations declared 2016 the year of pulses to remind us how diets of pulses are healthier for both people

Crops, Pulses

Rail interswitching rule seen already paying dividends

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 19, 2016

A 2014 federal rule that expanded rail options for some Prairie grain shippers has already made for more competitive freight rates and service and should be renewed this summer, commodity groups say. Pulse Canada, Grain Growers of Canada and Alberta’s crop commissions on Tuesday called on the federal government to extend provisions from the previous

Canada’s pulse sector has been exporting to the EU with few problems so far.

News, Pulses

VIDEO: CETA deal or no CETA deal, Europe a tough market to enter

Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: But trade agreements offer a place to start the process of ironing out the details

By Ed White, Gfm Staff March 28, 2016

Our March 24, 2016 issue marks the second in a series of Special Reports prepared by reporters from the Glacier FarmMedia network, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator. In these articles, reporters explore the implications of the yet-to-be- ratified Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. Grain-marketing professionals in the towers at

News, Pulses

U.N. declares 2016 as the International Year of Pulses

Legumes have agronomic and health benefits

By Shannon VanRaes November 26, 2015

Move over quinoa and look out soil, pulses have claimed the podium. Last week the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization announced that 2016 has been christened the International Year of Pulses, a title that will lead to co-ordinated efforts among growers, scientists, health experts and nations in an effort to encourage the consumption of

Crops, Markets

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 26, 2015

Numbers newly crunched by a clutch of Canadian grain shippers paint a picture of a gap that’s wide, and getting wider, between the numbers of rail cars they say they need and what they say they’re getting. The Ag Transport Coalition — which so far includes eight Canadian grain-handling and crop commodity groups, working with

Country Crossroads, Pulses

New ways to eat pulses

Recipe Swap

By Lorraine Stevenson April 25, 2014

If you seldom eat beans, peas, lentils or chickpeas, your kids will probably someday wonder what you were eating. All kinds of pulse-based foods are popping up on store shelves, and are increasingly popular among a younger generation trying to eat healthier and smarter than their parents. That might have sounded like mission impossible not

Crops, News, Pulses

Pushing trade with Morocco

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 8, 2012

Moroccan pulse importers and Canadian pulse exporters are working to remove high tariffs that are restricting pulse trade. “Moroccan pulse importers and Canadian pulse exporters have a common view on the value of improved market access for pulse trade between Canada and Morocco,” said Gordon Bacon, CEO of Pulse Canada in a release. “We need

News, Pulses

Rail shippers look to legislation to address service issues

By Allan Dawson May 14, 2012

The federal process to negotiate service level agreements or a dispute settlement mechanism for railway customers didn’t deliver, but the exercise was still a success, according to Greg Cherewyk, executive director of Pulse Canada. That’s because it clearly demonstrates federal legislation is required to make it happen. “The Dinning process has done a great job

News, Pulses

Few details on new ag policy framework flow for ag minister meeting

By Allan Dawson April 30, 2012

Canada’s ag minister hopes to put the finishing  touches on the next ag policy framework in September

Federal and provincial agriculture ministers met last week in Gatineau, Quebec to discuss a new agricultural policy framework, but didn’t provide much insight into what it would look like when it takes effect next April 1. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told reporters that the ministers agreed the new framework will focus on investments in

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VIDEO: Pulses offer recipe for excitement at Special Crops Convention

Take the Pulse Pledge

Rail interswitching rule seen already paying dividends

VIDEO: CETA deal or no CETA deal, Europe a tough market to enter

U.N. declares 2016 as the International Year of Pulses

Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

Pushing trade with Morocco

Rail shippers look to legislation to address service issues

Few details on new ag policy framework flow for ag minister meeting

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