PONOKA, Alta. — A sheet of ice covered the parking lot and yard site of the charred remains of Family Meats Ltd. in Ponoka earlier this week, and an insurance adjuster arrived Tuesday to start the investigation. The ice formed from the run-off of thousands of gallons of water sprayed to extinguish a fire that […] Read more
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Turkey barn accused appear in court
Three people accused of breaking into a southern Alberta turkey farm appeared in Fort Macleod, Alta., provincial court Dec. 4…
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India’s wettest monsoon in 25 years could yield record 2020 wheat output
(Reuters) - India's wheat production could jump to a second consecutive annual record in 2020 as the wettest monsoon in…
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PC coleslaw recalled across western Canada
President’s Choice brand coleslaw, distributed by Loblaw companies, is the subject of a recall across western Canada due to risk…
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Canadians to spend more on food in 2020: report
Winnipeg, (MarketsFarm) – Canadians will spend two to four per cent more on food in 2020, according to the latest…
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‘Indiana Jones’ scientists collect seeds in wild for climate change fight
LONDON, (Reuters) - Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed…
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Watershed year for AGT
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – This year has been a watershed year for AGT Food and Ingredients, according to the company’s president…
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Alberta adding 500 RCMP to fight rural crime
The Alberta government plans on adding 500 more RCMP positions in the province, though it will be requiring small communities to shoulder the majority of the new costs. The province announced Dec. 4 that it’s implementing a new police funding model that will see communities and the federal government inject an additional $286 million over […] Read more
Farm consolidation key to increasing yields
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – Consolidating farms – going from numerous small operations to fewer, but much larger farms -is central to improving crop yields, according to the grain industry’s Neil Townsend and Jason Newton. Townsend is the chief market analyst for FarmLink Marketing Solutions, while Newton is the chief economist and head of marketing research for […] Read more
Turkey barn accused appear in court
Three people accused of breaking into a southern Alberta turkey farm appeared in Fort Macleod, Alta., provincial court Dec. 4 and had their cases adjourned to Jan. 8. Claire Buchanan, 28, of Calgary, Maxwell Ming Mah, 46, of Edmonton and Kennadi Rae Herbert, 24, of Pincher Creek, Alta., were each charged with breaking and entering […] Read more
India’s wettest monsoon in 25 years could yield record 2020 wheat output
(Reuters) – India’s wheat production could jump to a second consecutive annual record in 2020 as the wettest monsoon in 25 years is set to help farmers in expanding the area under the winter-sown crop while also boosting yields, industry officials told Reuters. But that higher production would add to India’s already swelling inventories, potentially […] Read more
PC coleslaw recalled across western Canada
President’s Choice brand coleslaw, distributed by Loblaw companies, is the subject of a recall across western Canada due to risk of contamination with salmonella bacteria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the recall Dec. 3. It pertains to 397-gram packages of coleslaw with best before dates of Dec. 4. No illnesses have been reported in […] Read more
Canadians to spend more on food in 2020: report
Winnipeg, (MarketsFarm) – Canadians will spend two to four per cent more on food in 2020, according to the latest Canada Food Price Report from researchers at Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and the University of Guelph. The average family in the country will see their total food bill for groceries and restaurant meals rise […] Read more
‘Indiana Jones’ scientists collect seeds in wild for climate change fight
LONDON, (Reuters) – Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed like “Indiana Jones” to remote locations to collect wild cousins of crop seeds in a project to help tackle climate change. A report released on Tuesday presented the results of a six-year quest to collect […] Read more
Watershed year for AGT
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – This year has been a watershed year for AGT Food and Ingredients, according to the company’s president and CEO Murad Al-Katib, who spoke at the recent Grain World Conference in Saskatoon, Sask. Earlier in 2019, AGT was delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange, as Al-Katib moved to take the company private after […] Read more
Great opportunities exist for Canadian pulses, says AGT president
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – To Murad Al-Katib the opportunities for Canadian pulse exports to India are amazing, provided one correctly understands the context of India’s tariffs on pulses. Also, he said those Canadian exporters must realize they need to switch from being solely dependent on commodities to adding value by shipping food and ingredients. “We need […] Read more
