SGS Canada had its critics when it set out to replace grain commission inspections, but the business model worked
Twenty-five years ago, Fraser Gilbert saw an opportunity nobody else did. Lots of people thought he was dead wrong when the former top grain quality man from the Canadian Grain Commission decided to plunge into the CGC’s traditional role of inland grain inspections and offer a private sector alternative. Today, many now expect that alternative […] Read moreTag Archives Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Convention
Competition grows tougher for pulse exporters
International buyers turned to new suppliers during recent drought years, and it will be difficult to get the business back
Buyers from around the world were in Winnipeg last week for the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Trade Convention. However, the sobering news for Canadian farmers, marketers and processors was that those buyers don’t always have to rely on Canada these days. “For a number of crops, like durum, like flax, Canadian isn’t the … […] Read more
Producers will suffer during Canada’s productivity crisis
Canada’s farmers will suffer if the country’s productivity crisis continues or even worsens. That was the sobering message from Farm Credit Canada’s J.P. Gervais at the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Convention. Canada’s productivity slump threatens to undermine what should be a golden future for Canadian farmers, especially pulse growers. “I’m super-enthusiastic about the long-term […] Read more
