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Production is being fine-tuned at Roquette’s pea processing plant near Portage la Prairie. (Photo courtesy Roquette Canada)

Pulse weekly outlook: Roquette pea plant readying for full operation

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 26, 2021

MarketsFarm — Operations at the Roquette pea processing plant just west of Portage la Prairie, Man. have been underway since the end of 2020, according to Michelle Finley of Roquette Canada. The company is working toward full operation at the world’s largest pea plant by early 2022, she said. “To date we have picked up […] Read more

General, Machinery & Shop, Weather

NFU paper lays out solutions for climate, farming challenges

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News December 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — The global climate crisis is interlinked with the financial crisis on Canadian farms, according to a new discussion paper from the National Farmers Union (NFU). The paper proposes changes to agriculture practices that could help the sector become part of the solution to both major issues. Compiled by Darrin Qualman in collaboration with […] Read more

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

Crops, Markets

Downturn seen in organic markets for malt barley, hemp

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 27, 2018

CNS Canada — As organic producers look to clean out the 2017 crop from their bins before seeding, they’re finding lower prices than they’re willing to sell for. Contracts have been filled up, meaning some producers who were waiting for higher prices are out of luck with no options to sell their crops. Some buyers […] Read more

Crops

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 11, 2017

When weighed for sustainability, the purported benefits and costs of organic agriculture can actually “vary heavily” from case to case, a new University of British Columbia study finds. The UBC study, titled “Many shades of gray: The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture,” published Friday in the U.S. journal Science Advances, sets out to “systematically review […] Read more

Manitoba Egg Farmers, which in 2013 called a halt to installation of conventional cages, has publicly demonstrated enriched housing systems. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Shannon VanRaes)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Egg farmers to phase out cage housing over 20 years

By Rod Nickel February 5, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s egg farmers plan to replace conventional hen cages with more humane conditions over the next 20 years, amid growing pressure from consumers, restaurants and food companies. The plan — announced Friday by Egg Farmers of Canada, an industry group that manages nearly all of the country’s egg supply — comes […] Read more

Buyers found for five Prairie pulse plants

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Buyers found for five Prairie pulse plants

‘Two Michaels’ have left China, Trudeau says

Prairie cash wheat: Gains in prices vary by type

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Pulse weekly outlook: Roquette pea plant readying for full operation

NFU paper lays out solutions for climate, farming challenges

Downturn seen in organic markets for malt barley, hemp

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

Egg farmers to phase out cage housing over 20 years

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