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A Whole Foods Market store in San Francisco. (WholeFoodsMarket.com)

Whole Foods CEO hints at another brand under Amazon

By Reuters June 20, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — After Amazon.com completes its takeover of high-end grocer Whole Foods Market, it might launch another brand with different standards, the grocery chain’s chief executive said in remarks reported in a securities filing on Monday. Amazon plans to keep the natural grocer’s high standards, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey said, adding, “They’re not stupid […] Read more

Quebec Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis. (MAPAQ.gouv.qc.ca)

General

No charges against Quebec’s ex-ag minister

By Country Guide Staff June 19, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Quebec’s director of prosecutions has decided not to pursue criminal charges against the province’s fired agriculture minister over allegations of “acts of a sexual character.” The province’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions (DPCP) announced in a release Monday that the office was “not reasonably convinced” culpability could be proven against the provincial member for […] Read more

A Whole Foods store in Omaha. (WholeFoodsMarket.com)

Crops, Reuters

Amazon moves into real-world stores with Whole Foods deal

By Jeffrey Dastin, Lauren Hirsch June 16, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — Amazon.com said Friday it would buy grocer Whole Foods Market for US$13.7 billion in a move that gives the online retailer a physical network of stores to distribute fresh food and other goods to millennials and wealthy consumers. Amazon, which is known for squeezing suppliers and has been experimenting with its own outlets, […] Read more

Crops

Hourly employees in agriculture among lowest paid

By MarketsFarm Team June 15, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Hourly-wage employees in agriculture and related production were among the lowest earners nationally, according to data from Statistics Canada. The agency on Thursday released data on wages paid to payroll employees in 2016. It reported the average hourly wage paid to full-time employees, excluding overtime pay, tips, incentives and performance pay arrangements, […] Read more

"If 80 per cent of the population wants it, whether it’s right or not, you almost have to do it.” – Paul Thoroughgood

Crops, Guide Business

The sustainability conundrum

In the Western world at least, there’s a big demand for ‘sustainably sourced’ products. What that means, or receiving a premium for them, is another matter

By Richard Kamchen June 14, 2017

Reading Time: 5 minutes The food giants want it on their labels, and in the annual reports and other information they send to their investors. PepsiCo, Walmart, General Mills, McDonald’s, Unilever, Sara Lee and Nestlé are among those citing the years 2020 or 2025 as targets for achieving their goals of buying “sustainably sourced” products. But what does that […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Iogo maker to ramp up drinkable yogurt production

By Country Guide Staff June 14, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes The yogurt-making joint venture of dairy co-ops Agropur and Agrifoods International plans to boost its drinkable yogurt output by adding another production line in Quebec’s Monteregie. Ultima Foods announced last week it will put up $10.8 million of its own funds plus a $3.6 million interest-free loan from Investissement Quebec, the investment arm of the […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Coop federee to exit machinery parts distribution

By Country Guide Staff June 10, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Citing “a period of pronounced decline” in its farm machinery business, Quebec farm co-operative La Coop federee plans to get out of parts distribution by next fall. The co-operative announced May 30 it plans to “gradually” close its Dispro farm equipment and parts distribution centre at Trois-Rivieres over a 12- to 15-month period from September […] Read more

Sea surface temperature anomalies over the Pacific for the week centred on May 31. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino unlikely through fall

By Reuters June 8, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said there are no active El Nino or La Nina patterns and that neutral conditions are likely in the Northern Hemisphere during fall 2017. However, chances for El Nino remain elevated, between 35 and 50 per cent, relative to the long-term average into the fall, the […] Read more

With their Lakeland background, students like Craig de Jong return home having already managed farm operations. “You want to make it the best year they’ve had,” Craig says.

Guide Business

A lesson in farming

At Lakeland College, an innovative student-managed farm is turning out business-minded young farmers ready for the job ahead

By Lisa Guenther June 6, 2017

Reading Time: 10 minutes Nearly 10 years ago, April Thomi faced the same dilemma as many high school students the world over. She was trying to decide where to go to college. April knew she wanted to farm. She had grown up on the Stanko family farm in southern Alberta, where her family had raised cattle and still grew […] Read more

Crops

Get more from cover crops

Our panel of producers keep their eye on maximizing the very real benefits that cover crops can deliver. Here’s how

By Ralph Pearce June 5, 2017

Reading Time: 7 minutes Cover cropping is certainly the hot topic of the last two years, with lots of interest in everything from traditional oat and red clover covers to multi-blending and inter-seeding covers into standing crops. Recently, Twitter has been alive with photos and links, and with descriptions of progress and the impacts of various cover crop regimens. […] Read more

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New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

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The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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