Wheat samples submitted to the Canadian Grain Commission’s harvest sample program are confirming what industry has been predicting for weeks: protein levels in this year’s wheat crop will be lower than last year’s. CGC’s preliminary report on durum quality released Oct. 1 shows mean protein levels in No. 1 CWAD at 11.5 percent. That number […] Read more
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Wheat protein levels down according to CGC’s harvest sample program
BioExx files for creditor protection
A Canadian company that developed a patented process to extract concentrated food-grade protein from canola has been granted creditor protection by an Ontario court. Toronto-based BioExx and its Saskatoon-based subsidiary BioExx Proteins applied Oct. 1 for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the application earlier […] Read more
Asia grain mountains swell as governments fret over food security
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Towering grain mountains in Asia, already large enough to feed China for eight months, are set to grow even bigger as governments persist in shoring up their safety buffers against hard times. Haunted by a 2008 food crisis that sparked unrest and panic buying, states will keep piling grain into reserves despite […] Read more
Monsanto posts deeper fourth-quarter loss, unveils acquisition
(Reuters) — Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, reported a deeper quarterly loss on Wednesday as seed sales slipped, and announced the acquisition of a high-tech climate data firm that it touted as a “transformational” growth engine. Investors initially appeared unimpressed with the $930 million purchase of Climate Corp. and instead eyed Monsanto’s 2014 […] Read more
CGC issues first preliminary quality report on durum crop
The Canadian Grain Commission has released its first preliminary quality report on this year’s Western Canadian durum crop. Based on early producer returns to the CGC’s harvest sample program, mean protein in No. 1 CWAD from southwestern Saskatchewan stood at 11.5 percent. That number was based on 82 samples received prior to Oct. 1. Mean […] Read more
Sask. gov’t to spend $10M on concerns raised in long-term care report
Saskatchewan health minister Dustin Duncan said some of the conditions reported by long-term care home residents are “heartbreaking” and “dismaying.” He announced that $10 million would be spent this fall to address urgent issues at facilities, as identified by health region chief executive officers. Duncan told reporters he was angry about some of the things […] Read more
Cool, wet weather tosses wrench into combines’ feederhouses
Rain throughout much of Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba during the last week of September has idled combines in many parts of the Canadian prairies. Farmers will likely experience downgrades in some unharvested crops, especially wheat and barley. More rain was in the forecast for much of Saskatchewan’s northern grain belt on Oct. 1-2. Widespread generalized […] Read more
Sask. signs carbon capture agreement
Saskatchewan and a Japanese company have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a new system to monitor carbon capture and storage. During a trade mission to Asia, premier Brad Wall, and officials from SaskPower, K-Coal Canada Co. Ltd. and Chugai Technos signed the agreement at Chugai headquarters. Beginning in April 2014, SaskPower will store some […] Read more
Poll shows Canadians want animal welfare labels: Humane society
Most Canadians want labels on eggs, meat and dairy products that explain how animals were raised, a new poll has found. The Canadian branch of Humane Society International said the survey results demonstrate that consumers support more robust labelling rules around animal welfare. “Often when people are in the supermarket, they don’t realize the products […] Read more
Sask. man dies from West Nile virus
A man in his early 60s, from rural Saskatchewan, has died from the most serious form of West Nile virus. The province’s chief medical health officer said Oct. 1 there are now five confirmed cases of West Nile illness in the province and four of them are the serious form. Another seven suspected cases of […] Read more
