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File photo of a field of soybeans under turbines at southern Manitoba’s St. Joseph wind farm. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

Sustainable soybean program underway

Food-grade, IP soy growers showing interest in verification, Soy Canada says

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A new voluntary program spearheaded by Canada’s soybean value-chain group is expected to help Canadian soy growers seeking a sustainability mark for their goods. Soy Canada on March 28 announced the rollout of Sustainable Canadian Soy, a program it said will be available for the 2023 growing season. Exporters and handlers who supply customers that
Members of the Canadian delegation with representatives from So Young, a company in Malaysia that produces soymilk with Canadian 
non-GMO soybeans.
Crops, News

Soy Canada has successful trade mission in Indo-Pacific

Industry delegation visits Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam to bolster buyer relationships and discuss supply challenges

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Delegates on a recent Soy Canada expedition to Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam returned with positive news for Canadian soybean growers. Each nation reaffirmed its preference for Canadian soybeans and expressed willingness to continue purchasing the crop. Some 26 representatives of Canada’s soybean industry made the trip last month, along with individuals from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Transport Canada, the Canadian Grain
Soy Canada says the Prairies are the country’s growth region for soybeans.
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Canada’s soybean industry small, but nimble

SOY Canada sees opportunities to expand soybeans in the West

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Canadian soybeans have a lot going for them, says Brian Innes. They fit well into crop rotations, are suited to the warmer weather coming with climate change, produce protein ideal for people and animals, a healthy oil and the world is demanding more of them, SOY Canada’s new executive director told its seventh annual meeting
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Ron Davidson calls it a career after 50 years

SOY Canada also recognizes Laura Anderson and Lorna Woodrow’s service at annual meeting

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After 50 years working in agriculture, Ron Davidson, SOY Canada’s former executive director, recently retired. In addition to thanking Davidson for his years of work in the public and private sector, awards recognizing service to the soybean sector were presented to Laura Anderson of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) and Lorna Woodrow of Agriculture and
“You don’t stay on top without effort.” – Brian Innes.
News

Brian Innes new head of Soy Canada

The longtime canola council staffer joined Soy Canada earlier this spring

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Brian Innes is Soy Canada’s new executive director. Innes, who was the Canola Council of Canada’s vice-president of public affairs based in Ottawa, started his new position May 3, replacing Ron Davidson who is retiring after 50 years of public service in agriculture and foreign affairs. Like the canola council where Innes worked for 9-1/2
Soybean growth still faces some challenges, Soy Canada says.
Crops, Other

Federal funding to enable Soy Canada to learn more about growers

Study in 2017 identified market access and protein as two biggest risks to future growth

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Soy Canada has been awarded $197,400 from the Canadian Agriculture Partnership to expand its knowledge of the country’s soybean growers to help plot ways to deal with 11 risks facing the sector identified in a 2017 study. Expanding market access and striking a better balance in the protein produced across the country were pegged in
Soybean acres have grown rapidly in Western Canada in recent years, but there still isn’t a domestic crushing option.
Crops, Oilseeds

Prairie soy sector standing still

The budding soybean industry in Western Canada is suffering from lack of local processing

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Western Canada’s soybean sector is experiencing its chicken-or-egg moment. Production has grown quickly over the past several years, but still nobody has stepped forward to build a soybean crush plant in the region, according to Ron Davidson, executive director of Soy Canada, even though the economics are now in support of it. He told the

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