It’s projected to be a strong year for dairy product makers, while meat product manufacturers’ margins may be squeezed as rising prices fail to offset higher input costs, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) said in its new Food and Beverage Report.
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Protein Industries Canada to fund scale-up of domestic processing
A new pot of cash will help Canadian food processors reformulate products or create new goods for the domestic market in the face of trade uncertainty, Protein Industries Canada (PIC) announced Thursday.
Businesses connect consumers with local food
A cattle ranch and a flour miller from Manitoba talk about their efforts to make local food more accessible for consumers
A panel of entrepreneurs spoke at Manitoba Ag Days about building businesses in rural Manitoba.
More cash for canola meal
WINNIPEG — Canola meal is sold into the animal feed market at discounted prices but a University of Saskatchewan engineering professor hopes to change those economics by extracting key nutrients from the meal that can be used in fermentation and food processing. Bishnu Acharya, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture chair in bioprocess engineering, is being honoured […] Read more
Richardson buys U.K. maltster
Richardson International is now in the malting business. Richardson announced July 7 that it had purchased Anglia Maltings, a company with headquarters in Great Ryburgh, England. “As experienced handlers of malting barley in North America, this is an exciting next step in our long-term strategy, which includes the diversification of our business and continued growth […] Read more
Funding supports processor expansion
The fund will support upgrades to established businesses, the use of robotics and other technology, new product development and commercialization, specialized training for production staff on new technology and systems, and the hiring of specialized experts.
APAS targets food processing red tape
A federal committee continues to explore ways of increasing Canada’s food processing sector. During a Nov. 24 meeting, Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan president Todd Lewis said the processing sector will need to grow to meet ambitious export targets put in place by federal and provincial governments. “If we are to build for the ambitious […] Read more
Sask. gov’t to invest in agriculture
The Saskatchewan government will introduce an incentive program to encourage more investment in agriculture. Today’s throne speech to open the six-week fall sitting, delivered by Lieutenant-Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield, highlighted the sector’s contribution to the economy. It pointed out the $14.4 billion worth of agricultural products exported in 2016, which accounts for more than half […] Read more
Dairy producers wrestle with changing trends
When new products show up in the grocery store dairy case, it takes time and money to convince consumers to try them. “The dairy industry has been very uninteresting for a very long time,” said Jim Smith, director of marketing for the Australian company A2 during a special dairy processing webinar sponsored by Food Navigator. […] Read more
P.E.I. firm musseling way into new markets
MORELL, P.E.I. — It’s been 38 years since Esther Dockendorff shipped her first mussels from Prince Edward Island to Calgary, but she still re-members the address and postal code of that first customer. A lot has changed since her first shipment of fresh mussels to Calgary’s Billingsgate Fish Company. Today, Mussel King ships frozen, fresh, […] Read more
