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Pulse sector fights anti-green trend
U.S. president Trump has attacked the sustainability movement, but a major pulse player urges investors to stick with the industry
FCL shelves renewable diesel, canola crush projects
REGINA — Federated Co-operatives Ltd. today announced it is not going ahead with its planned Integrated Agriculture Complex at Regina. The company said the two main projects within the complex have been “paused.” According to a news release, regulatory and political uncertainty, potential shifts in low-carbon public policy and escalating costs are the reasons the […] Read more
AGT sells rail, handling assets
The deal with GCM Grosvenor is expected to close later this year or early next year
REGINA — Regina-based AGT Foods today announced the sale of its shortline rail and bulk handling facilities to GCM Grosvenor. Financial details were not disclosed, but the sale includes MobilGrain, Last Mountain Rail, Big Sky Rail, MobilEx Terminal Ltd. in Thunder Bay and Intermobil, the intermodal terminal in Regina, as well as the loading facilities […] Read more
Ag productivity hampered by policy: speakers
Panelists warn that if Canada doesn’t find ways to make itself attractive to agri-food businesses, other countries will
Glacier FarmMedia – Agriculture and the agri-food sector can be a powerful tool for Canada both economically and geopolitcally. That’s according to Jack Mintz, economist and president’s fellow at the University of Calgary’s Public Policy Institute. Agriculture is a high-productivity sector with great strategic opportunities on the world stage, he told attendees of the Protein […] Read more
Fewer fababeans planted this year as exports plummet
Canada exports to only two major destinations — the U.S. and Egypt — and shipments to both markets have plummeted
SASKATOON — Canada’s fababean acres were well off their peak this year. Growers planted 81,100 acres of the pulse crop, falling well short of the 121,000 acres sown in 2021, according to Statistics Canada. Related stories: “One major change that has taken place is that Alberta has overtaken Saskatchewan as the province with the highest […] Read more
Canada takes reins after poor Aussie lentil crop
Drought should bode well for prices but haven't due to India's large stocks and good crops in Canada and Russia
SASKATOON — Canada is back in the driver’s seat in the red lentil market, according to pulse industry executives. It has managed to wrestle the steering wheel back from Australia after spending two years in the back seat. Related stories: “Australia was your price-maker and Canada your price-taker,” Mostyn Gregg, vice-president of grains and pulses […] Read more
Regulatory certainty called vital to Regina project’s future
Renewable diesel plant proposed by FCL and AGT still in early design stages, waiting for Clean Fuel Standards to be set
REGINA — One of the proponents of a renewable fuel project in Regina says the regulatory environment must be clear before it goes ahead. Murad Al-Katib, who heads AGT Foods, said the front-end engineering and design for the facility planned by AGT and Federated Co-operatives Ltd. to produce both protein concentrates and renewable fuel from […] Read more
Prairie producers contribute to food aid
REGINA — Some of the first food aid to enter war-torn Gaza came from the Canadian Prairies. Regina-based AGT Foods took its idea of a family parcel ration program to the United Nations in 2016. Together they developed a 26-kilogram box containing Saskatchewan-produced lentils, peas and chickpeas, combined with other nutritional products. Other stories from […] Read more
Sask. oat processors optimistic
WINNIPEG — Murad Al-Katib built his business on lentils, peas and other pulse crops. However, the president and chief executive officer of AGT Food and Ingredients is feeling especially bullish about oats. Last year AGT opened an oat milling plant in Aberdeen, Sask., with the capacity to process 36,000 tonnes of oat groats. Al-Katib is […] Read more
Costs rise for FCL ag complex
REGINA — The CEO of Federated Co-operatives Ltd. said front-end engineering and design continues on its planned Regina integrated agriculture complex even as costs escalate. Heather Ryan said inflation is a concern. Although she wouldn’t say how much beyond the initial $2-billion price tag the cost has gone, she did say it isn’t far off […] Read more
