The federal government is “carefully examining the availability of police services and resources” in rural Saskatchewan following the controversial acquittal of Biggar-area farmer Gerald Stanley. Stanley was holding a gun that shot and killed Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old aboriginal man, in August 2016. He was acquitted on charges of second degree murder earlier this month. […] Read more
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Plant protein not competing against beef: processor
Pulses versus meat: it shouldn’t be seen as either-or, says president of AGT Food and Ingredients
SASKATOON — The beef sector shouldn’t look at pulses as competition in the protein market, says the president of AGT Food and Ingredients, one of the largest pulse processors in the world. Murad Al-Katib told people attending the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference that there is more than enough protein demand to go around. “I don’t […] Read more
France bans ‘buy one get one free’ food deals
Farmers welcome move as they complain about being hit by retail price wars that help consumers but not them
PARIS, France (Reuters) — France plans to ban “buy one, get one free” offers on food products in supermarkets to guarantee better income to struggling farmers, in a move that could also test President Emmanuel Macron’s free-market credentials. The move is part of a wider food and farming bill, presented to cabinet Jan. 31, which […] Read more
Recycled greenhouse gas used to make plastics
The new technology could be used to recycle items such as waste grain bags by capturing the carbon dioxide and converting it back to plastic
Researchers have discovered a way to recycle waste greenhouse gases to make plastic. “Our technology takes carbon dioxide and converts it into ethylene, which is the main precursor of plastic,” said Phil De Luna, a PhD student at the University of Toronto. Using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, De […] Read more
Alberta farm loses 300 goats in barn fire
CLIVE, Alta. — Meindert and Johanna Dijkstra were nearing home around 10:30 p.m. Feb. 4 after being out for the evening. As the couple got closer to their farm, set in the hills a few kilometres southeast of Clive, they wondered at the orange glow in the night sky. Upon turning south at their range […] Read more
‘Leaving money on the table’
Canada’s beef industry has science on its side when it comes to the safety of using growth promotants, but it is of no help when it comes to selling beef overseas. “We can talk about science-based (practices), but at the end of the day, if the consumers don’t want to buy our products, I think […] Read more
Firm braves non-GM approach
Supporting modern agriculture while also selling into the market for non-genetically modified food seems like a contradiction. But an American firm is hoping to pull off that high-wire act with its herbicide-tolerant canola, now for sale in Canada. “Because it’s a non-GM product, we’re looking at this being aligned with production contracts (for non-GM canola),” […] Read more
Firm tests ‘mortgage streaming’ contracts for canola
A Regina-based company that buys unharvested canola from farmers through so-called “streaming contracts” is dipping its toes into the farmland mortgage market. Input Capital Corp. announced Jan. 30 that it has launched a new “mortgage stream” on a pilot project basis. Western Canadian canola growers who require financing for farmland real estate purchases will have […] Read more
Farmers sell pulses before road bans hit
WINNIPEG (CNS) — Demand is picking up as pulse crop producers in Western Canada look to sell what’s left of last year’s crop before spring. “(Farmers) need to get some cash flow going. They’ve got payments probably in February and March and then they want to beat the road bans,” said Allan Johnston with Johnston’s […] Read more
Ontario’s advertising pullout causes headaches for DFC
The decision last June by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario to pull out of national dairy advertising is forcing change at the national Dairy Farmers of Canada. The decision, which took effect in January, delayed the DFC 2018 budget as the national organization reworked staffing and commitments based on losing $37.5 million in 2018, the […] Read more
