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![Lentils, Warner County, Alberta | photo by Adam Vossepoel (@voss_ag)]()
Drought 2021
These are trying times for many Prairie producers, with withered crops and parched pastures across wide swaths of the growing…
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![Statistics Canada now expects durum production to be 3.545 million tonnes, down nearly 500,000 tonnes from the Aug. 30 estimate and the lowest production since 2010. | File photo]()
Durum spat raises questions
Viterra is eliminating a controversial new fee related to its No. 5 durum contracts. On Sept. 4, Viterra introduced a…
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![Sales topped $6.5 billion in 2020, a 33 percent increase over 2017 levels, according to a report published by the Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA). | Screencap via Twitter/@CanadaOrganic]()
Demand booms for organics
Demand for organic food and beverages is booming in Canada, according to a newly released study. Sales topped $6.5 billion…
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![Founded in 2012 as a public-private partnership, GIFS was created to build on Saskatchewan's strengths in agriculture and innovation to deliver technological, economic, nutritional and environmental improvements to the global food production system. | Screencap via gifs.ca/David Stobbe]()
GIFS reaches new funding deal
The Global Institute for Food Security in Saskatoon recently reconfirmed a memorandum of understanding with partners and secured additional funding.…
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Maltsters watch barley quality
Maltsters are facing a double whammy in terms of supply constraints this year, says an industry official. Not only is…
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China lowers 2021-2025 sow herd target, seeks to stabilize pork prices
Sept 23 (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry lowered its sow herd inventory target for the Five-Year Plan just started, as…
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China to release potash reserves to ensure supply, stable prices
BEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - China's state planner on Wednesday said the government would take measures to keep supply and…
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