The North American market for pea protein is the largest in the world, with the U.S making up 70 per cent of the market. A market of that size is an attractive one for countries with an excess of pea protein, a byproduct of extracting pea starch to make noodles. Nicole Atchison, CEO of Puris,... Read More
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Negotiations on a trade deal between Canada and the UK have come to a halt with both sides unhappy about what the other is offering when it comes to market access for agricultural products. The British side has walked away from the table, citing a lack of progress in negotiations on a longer-term bilateral deal.... Read More
Farm groups in Newfoundland and Labrador have posthumously recognized the province's former ag minister two days after his passing. Derrick Bragg served as Newfoundland and Labrador's minister of fisheries, forestry, and agriculture from 2021 to mid-2023 when he announced he'd been diagnosed with tongue cancer. He passed away on Monday, Jan. 22 at 59 years... Read More
CNH is investing an undisclosed amount in a Canadian start-up that is developing a compostable version of bale net wrap. Nature's Net Wrap — based in Alberta — will use the funds to support testing and validation of its biopolymer material that's designed to replace plastic twine and wrap, which eventually end up in landfills... Read More
The Government of Saskatchewan is freezing the 2024 Crown land grazing rates at 2022 levels, as the industry continues to deal with the effects of several years of dry conditions, the province says. Saskatchewan has approximately 6 million acres of Crown land under grazing leases. Crown grazing rates are set annually using a formula based... Read More
Cover crops are not magic. It's important to first understand the goal of using a cover crop and then measuring up each species and season to see if it's a match. Farmers from east to west are using cover crops to accomplish several things: reducing erosion, cycling nutrients, fixing nitrogen, and fighting weeds, but that... Read More
The nitrogen fertilizer market is expected to remain firm heading into the '24 planting season thanks to several global supply/demand factors, according to ADM Fertilizer's Saskatchewan-based urea product line manager. With natural gas prices in Europe having dropped precipitously from their highs in 2022, the nitrogen market has turned its attention elsewhere, explains Noah Bishop,... Read More
Farmers Edge has entered into an agreement with its largest shareholder to take the company private, pending approval from other shareholders. The deal would see a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings, which owns approximately 61 per cent of the common shares in the digital agriculture company, purchase the remaining shares for a price of C$0.35... Read More
Agriculture leader Mary Robinson has been named to the Senate, representing Prince Edward Island. Robinson is currently the vice-president of the World Farmers’ Organisation and is a managing partner of the Robinson Group of Companies, a 6th-generation farm and agribusiness in Prince Edward Island. She is the past president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture,... Read More
Lactanet, created just over four years ago through the amalgamation of CanWest DHI, the Canadian Dairy Network, and Valacta, has announced changes to its membership structure. The organization, which is focused on dairy cattle improvement in support of Canadian dairy farmers, will have Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) as the only member representing Ontario dairy... Read More