Food companies Ajinomoto and Danone unveiled on Thursday a partnership to reduce the dairy industry's greenhouse gas emissions using a feed additive called AjiPro®-L, which is purported to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from manure.
Food companies launch partnership to cut dairy industry’s CO2 emissions
Agri-processing incentive lands first big fish
New tax credit program takes off with potato processor’s expansion plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta government’s new tax credit has found its first buyer one year after the program was announced. The Little Potato Company (TLPC) just opened its doors on a new $40 million processing plant in Nisku, south of Edmonton, the location of its initial plant. The tipping point appears to have been the government’s Agri-Processing […] Read more
Food and beverage sales to fall in 2024; processor margins to improve
Stabilizing or declining input prices working their way through the supply chain, FCC says
Farm Credit Canada is predicting Canadian food and beverage sales will fall slightly this year as consumers manage tight budgets. Gross margins, however, should increase as the effects of falling commodity prices work their way through the supply chain, the farm lender said in an April 9 news release.
Feds fund agriculture and food processing robotics projects
The federal government pledged up to $5 million in funding for agriculture and food-processing robotics on Friday in hopes of addressing ongoing workforce challenges.
Agriculture workers not mentioned in TFW rule changes
Food processing sees foreign worker limit reduced by ten per cent; construction, healthcare exempted
The federal government announced Thursday that, effective May 1, some sectors would be allowed no more than 20 per cent of their workforces to be made up of temporary foreign workers (TWFs) brought in via the low wage stream—down from 30 per cent since 2022.
Consumer food-buying behaviour changing rapidly
Inflation-strapped buyers turn to more discounts, cut their food-buying budgets
Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia — Canadian consumers have dramatically changed their grocery-buying patterns in the past year as food prices and housing inflation have squeezed their budgets. Demand and product changes in the food supply chain will affect farm commodities. Grocery store sales are down in Canada, even with product value inflation, which means less demand for […] Read more
Protein sector faces labour crunch: report
Nearly two thirds of agri-food companies can't hire all the workers they need
Government, industry and educational institutes must act now to address the labour challenges confronting the emerging plant-based protein industry in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to a new report.
Feds plan to invest in processing projects
The money comes from a fund earmarked to help supply managed sectors hurt by trade deal
The federal government will invest $89 million in 49 processing projects in the supply managed sector. Agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay was in Ingleside, Ont., at the Lactalis Canada cheese plant to make the Feb. 5 announcement. The projects are through the six-year, $397.5-million Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, which is part of Ottawa's commitment to help sectors that lost market share due to trade agreements.
Milk concentration project back on track
First of its kind dairy facility had to overcome regulatory challenges
Reading Time: 3 minutes After breaking ground last August, construction on the Western Milk Pool’s $70-million Dairy Innovation West facility is gaining momentum. “We have shovels in the ground as of now, pilings in and we’re getting ready as winter approaches,” CEO Nolan Berg said at a December dairy conference in Winnipeg. “We’re getting that all set up so […] Read more
Feds earmark $400,000 to tofu production automation
Quebec tofu manufacturers have seen high demand in recent years
A Quebec tofu-maker has received a $400,000 federal loan to help automate its organic tofu production facility.
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