Another MLA from Manitoba’s Interlake region has been named to handle the province’s farm file in Premier Heather Stefanson’s latest cabinet shuffle and portfolio restructuring. Stefanson, who replaced Brian Pallister as premier in November, on Tuesday named Interlake-Gimli MLA Derek Johnson as minister of agriculture, replacing Lakeside MLA Ralph Eichler, who has been dropped from […] Read more
Manitoba names new ag minister in shuffle
Derek Johnson replaces Ralph Eichler
Bin pest survey on deck for southern Alberta
Reading Time: < 1 minute Producers in southern Alberta are being asked to take part in a grain bin pest survey next fall. The survey is being conducted by a team led by Vincent Hervet, a stored grain specialist with AgCanada in Winnipeg. Team members would visit a farm twice in September/October, first to set traps and then to remove […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices reverse direction
Markets correcting lower, buyer says
MarketsFarm — The chickpea market in Western Canada is undergoing a correction, according to the manager of a pulse buying and processing company in Saskatchewan. With the exception of Desi chickpeas, all varieties of the pulse have seen prices go down two to five cents per pound over the past month, according to Prairie Ag […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils may see slight movement
MarketsFarm — As the calendar changed to 2022, there was not much movement on pulse markets — but they weren’t entirely static, according to a Saskatchewan-based broker. “Yellow and green peas have been moving (lately), but as far as lentils and others, no,” said Dale McManus, broker for Johnston’s Grain at Welwyn, Sask. He attributed […] Read more
Dreyfus chair owes US$240 million after ADQ deal
Stake sale's proceeds going to repay loan
Paris | Reuters — Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, chairperson and main shareholder of Louis Dreyfus Co., borrowed about $240 million from Credit Suisse in a reduced loan arrangement following the sale of a stake in LDC, an annual company report showed. Louis-Dreyfus told Swiss business magazine Bilanz in late 2020 she planned to use the proceeds of […] Read more
Nutrien makes surprise CEO switch again despite strong profits
Abrupt change 'mighty perplexing' to analysts
Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s biggest fertilizer producer by capacity, surprised investors by replacing its chief executive on Tuesday for the second time in eight months, even as the company rakes in strong profits. Nutrien said in a statement it named Ken Seitz, the head of its potash business, as interim chief executive after […] Read more
Herbicide carry-over a risk in 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minute Saskatchewan’s pulse, canola and wheat commissions have created a six-page fact sheet on factors affecting herbicide carry-over and the risk that poses. “Herbicide carry-over becomes a concern after dry conditions because soil moisture largely dictates the rate of soil residual herbicide breakdown due to its influence on two of the major degradation mechanisms: microbial activity […] Read more
After a year like this, boring never looked so good
We’ve been whipsawed by one event after another, so a return to normal would be a gift
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes you can judge a year by how long it seems to have lasted. This one seems to have gone on forever. It feels like an eon ago when COVID-19 vaccines arrived (the first dose, outside of a clinical trial, was actually administered on Dec. 8, 2020 to a British grandmother named Margaret Keenan). Back […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Transport issues, cold weather may affect prices
MarketsFarm – While significant price movement for pulses has been hard to find as 2022 approaches, major impacts can still be felt when it comes to supply chains. “This time of year, it is very quiet for farmers, processors, exporters, shipping and everything overall,” said Lionel Ector, president of Diefenbaker Spice & Pulse (DSP) in […] Read more
Opportunity awaits: Will Alberta seize the day in pulse processing?
The province’s pulse sector saw setbacks and successes in 2021, but what happens next will be key
Reading Time: 6 minutes Pulse processing on the Prairies has come a long way, but there’s still a long way to go — especially here in Alberta. “If you’d asked me 10 years ago, I would have said, ‘Ten years from now, we shouldn’t be shipping yellow peas away.’ And here we are, still fractionating far too large a […] Read more
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