The citizen science program, which uses a smartphone app and online mapping tool, is modeled after RoadWatch BC
Drivers in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan are always on the lookout for wildlife. A research project launched last fall now wants to know what they see and where. Pronghorn Xing is a citizen science program that uses a smartphone app and an online mapping tool to identify where pronghorn and other deer species are […] Read moreNews
Processors join forces to target gluten-free market
Two prairie-based processors have joined forces to take advantage of each other’s strengths, particularly in the gluten-free market. Manitoba-based Best Cooking Pulses and Saskatchewan-based Avena Foods announced a partnership earlier this month. No financial details were disclosed. “The two companies’ operations and brands for the moment will continue as is, but there are anticipated new […] Read more
Shipping season closes at Thunder Bay
Last year’s 7.3 million tonnes in grain volumes were below the previous year but above the five-year average
Another shipping season has come to an end at the Port of Thunder Bay. The last grain vessel of the 2017 shipping season, CSL Laurentian, left port Jan. 4. Port officials said total grain volumes for the 2017 season were 7.3 million tonnes. That’s slightly below the 7.5 million tonnes shipped in 2016 but higher […] Read more
Grain movement faces challenges, especially CN
The country’s grain monitor describes grain transportation performance as not perfect but not a crisis, either
WINNIPEG (CNS Canada) — Canadian grain exports are moving out of the country at a similar pace as they were a year ago, but challenges remain evident along the logistical chain. “Right now, we’re looking at the second largest supply of grain that we’ve ever had to move,” said Mark Hemmes, president of the Quorum […] Read more
Water-efficient Israel has lessons for Canada
The country, which is 60 percent desert, can grow 85 percent of its food on 555,6000 acres of irrigated land
If Canadians had to pay the full cost of water — its collection, sanitation, delivery and recycling — what would that mean? Big bills, certainly, but it might also mean they would use less than the 300 cubic metres per person that they now average. Terrence Lazarus, general manager of the St. Mary River Irrigation […] Read more
CP reports record revenues
Strong financial results in the fourth quarter of 2017 contributed to another record-setting year at Canadian Pacific Railway. CP reported fourth quarter revenues of more than $1.7 billion, up five percent from the previous year, and full-year 2017 revenues of $6.55 billion, up from $6.23 billion in 2016. Full-year net income was listed at more […] Read more
Canola follows soybeans lower
Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were weaker on Thursday, taking some direction from Chicago Board of Trade soybeans. Forecasts calling for beneficial rains in dry areas of Argentina accounted for some selling in soybeans, with smaller-than-expected weekly export sales for the United States contributing to the declines there. Ample old crop […] Read more
Weekly feed grains report: Demand shifting at Alberta feedlots
WINNIPEG, Feb. 1 (CNS) – Demand has shifted at Alberta feedlots this year with more forward contracting and less business taking place in the spot market, according to an analyst. “In a lot of years we’ve seen the demand has stayed in the spot market but this year there were more forward purchases that were […] Read more
AGT share price reflects pulse industry challenges
AGT Food and Ingredients has seen its stock go on a roller coaster ride in the last few years as crop prices fluctuated
WINNIPEG — Saskatchewan-based AGT Food and Ingredients was riding a high in 2016, when stock prices hit highs above $40 per share in May. However, the story had changed almost a year and half later, when AGT stock hit lows of almost $18 per share — a level not seen since mid-2014. Almost marching lockstep […] Read more
Organic food company buys farmland in northeastern Sask.
The founder of Nature’s Path Foods Inc. has bought a block of land in east-central Saskatchewan it plans to dedicate to organic farming. Arran Stephens, who also owns Legend Organic Farm, bought about 5,000 acres in the Duck Mountain area last summer; 3,429 acres are cultivated and 1,536 acres are bush and wetlands set aside […] Read more
