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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)

Sustainable soybean program underway

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

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 5, 2023

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

By Matt McIntosh March 23, 2023

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.

News

Canada’s soybean industry small, but nimble

SOY Canada sees opportunities to expand soybeans in the West

By Allan Dawson July 5, 2021

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

News

Ron Davidson calls it a career after 50 years

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

By Allan Dawson July 5, 2021

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

By Allan Dawson June 14, 2021

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

Emergence in an Ontario soybean field. (File photo by John Greig)

Crops

Uncertainty could bring changes to soybean acres

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 2, 2019

MarketsFarm — At this time soybean acres in Canada have been projected to be down this year for a few reasons — not only because of trade issues with China, but also due to back-to-back dry years and declining prices. Statistics Canada’s 2019-20 principal field crop acreage report, released April 24, estimated 5.65 million acres

Crops, Markets

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — Depending on whom one has spoken with, there are differing views as to grain exports to China other than canola. The federal government has stated there have been no export issues outside of canola. “The current actions taken by China are limited to canola seed, and we have not received any indication of

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

By Alex Binkley July 16, 2018

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

By Alex Binkley June 13, 2018

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

Richardson’s port terminal at Hamilton handles Ontario soybeans, corn and wheat. (Richardson.ca)

Crops

Soy Canada’s exposure limited in Richardson pullout

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 19, 2018

The industry group for Canada’s soybean sector faces relatively low exposure from a loss of funding by Prairie grain heavyweight Richardson International. The privately-held Winnipeg grain firm recently announced it would not renew its funding commitments to the Canola Council of Canada, Flax Council of Canada and Soy Canada. The company said its total annual

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

Tag Archives Soy Canada

Sustainable soybean program underway

Soy Canada has successful trade mission in Indo-Pacific

Canada’s soybean industry small, but nimble

Ron Davidson calls it a career after 50 years

Brian Innes new head of Soy Canada

Uncertainty could bring changes to soybean acres

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

Federal funding to enable Soy Canada to learn more about growers

Prairie soy sector standing still

Soy Canada’s exposure limited in Richardson pullout

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