Protein Industries Canada has announced a partnership that will research and develop new applications for pulse flours. Avena Foods, Big Mountain Foods, Daiya Foods, Bakenology, and The Village Bakery have joined forces to test and develop new applications for Avena Foods' proprietary tempered pulse flours. Big Mountain Foods and Daiya Foods, both based out of... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) have elected a new executive board for the upcoming year. Andre Harpe will take a spot as the new chair, and William van Tassel and Brendan Phillips as vice-chairs. Harpe, who farms in Valhalla Centre, Alta., says he looks forward to continuing the organization's rich history of representing grain... Read More
A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer projects how much money would be removed from the federal government's coffers if a carbon tax exemption were granted for on-farm use of propane and natural gas for drying grain and heating barns. The PBO analysis estimates an exemption, as proposed in Bill C-206, would cost the... Read More
I've been hearing a lot about sustainability lately. It's been showing up in headlines more and more, and it has almost become one of those buzzwords that everyone uses: "Our farm is sustainable." But what does that really mean? A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to speak at the Canadian Young Speakers... Read More
Testing wheat seed for fungal disease is important for a few reasons. A basic seed test for germination and vigour will tell you how viable that seed is, but if your germination rate is down, a basic test won't tell you why it's down. With low germ, you may have to increase the seeding rate,... Read More
Team Alberta — which consists of Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions, Alberta Canola, Alberta Pulse Growers, and the Alberta Wheat Commission — have launched the new website for Alberta's Crop Protection Guide. While the commissions are currently working to produce the 2021 "Blue Book" (paper copies will be available in March of 2021), they felt... Read More
Richardson has announced plans to build a new high throughput grain elevator at Huallen, Alta, with construction to be completed by fall of 2021. The Richardson Pioneer elevator — located 35 kilometres west of Grande Prairie — will have 45,000 metric tonnes storage capacity, with a loop track design capable of loading 150 cars. Following... Read More
Canola production in Western Canada this year dropped to a level not seen since 2015, according to Statistics Canada's final crop report of the year, published on Thursday (Dec. 3). The agency said national canola production fell from 19.6 million tonnes in 2019 to 18.7 million tonnes in 2020, as the average yield decreased 3.1... Read More
After enjoying a counter-seasonal rally in the grain markets, prices have started to drift lower. Farmers with crop left to price might be wondering — now what? To answer that question, we go to Jon Driedger of Leftfield Commodity Research. While there's no ruling out a move to the upside, Driedger has a hint of... Read More
Four seed sector organizations have officially voted in favour to become one new, national organization. The Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA), the Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada (CSAAC), the Canadian Seed Institute (CSI), and the Canadian Seed Trade Association will become Seeds Canada on February 1, 2021. The vision for Seeds Canada is to... Read More