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(Screengrab from Merit Functional Foods video via YouTube)

Bidding open for Merit Foods for two more weeks

Stakeholder Burcon plans to put up 'compelling bid'

By Dave Bedard April 6, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes The fate of Winnipeg pea- and canola-based protein processor Merit Functional Foods won’t be confirmed until the end of April at the earliest. Merit, whose major shareholders include Vancouver plant-based protein firm Burcon NutraScience, U.S. agrifood firm Bunge and former executives of Hemp Oil Canada, was placed into receivership March 1. According to the first […] Read more

File photo of a field of soybeans under turbines at southern Manitoba’s St. Joseph wind farm. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Soybeans

Sustainable soybean program underway

Food-grade, IP soy growers showing interest in verification, Soy Canada says

By Dave Bedard April 5, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes A new voluntary program spearheaded by Canada’s soybean value-chain group is expected to help Canadian soy growers seeking a sustainability mark for their goods. Soy Canada on March 28 announced the rollout of Sustainable Canadian Soy, a program it said will be available for the 2023 growing season. Exporters and handlers who supply customers that […] Read more

Coffee beans grow on a variety of species, both trees and shrubs.

Guide Business, Marketing

Coffee, from the ground up

When Canada’s farmers get together over coffee, maybe the coffee should do more of the talking

By Anna Hobbs April 4, 2023

Reading Time: 6 minutes That coffee you grab to start your day represents more — way more — than something to wake you up. As you sip your favourite morning brew, you probably aren’t thinking about what type of beans were used, where they were grown, who farmed them or how they arrived at your breakfast table or drive-through […] Read more

Close-up of a McDonald’s double Quarter Pounder with bacon. (Corporate.mcdonalds.com)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

McDonald’s reported laying off hundreds of corporate employees

Layoffs don't include restaurant-level workers

By Hilary Russ, Jessica DiNapoli April 4, 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters — The number of corporate employees McDonald’s Corp. plans to lay off this week will tally in the “hundreds,” a source familiar with the burger chain’s thinking said on Monday, as the company moves forward with a previously announced restructuring. The fast-food company is closing its offices “out of respect,” and […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland walk with copies of the 2023-24 budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 28, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Patrick Doyle)

General

Interest-free cash advances get extra lift in federal budget

Fertilizer diversification, solids non-fat processing also up for funding

By Dave Bedard March 29, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s latest budget envelope for Canadian farmers up against rising costs of production includes a temporary boost to the interest-free portion of cash advances. Freeland’s 2023 federal budget, released Tuesday, includes $13 million in 2023-24 for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to temporarily increase the interest-free limit for loans under its Advance […] Read more

General, Markets

Food sales grew but margins tightened in 2022, FCC says

Modest further growth expected this year

By GFM Staff March 28, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Food and beverages sales increased in Canada last year, even as margins hit an historic low and consumers chose Canadian less. According to the latest FCC Food and Beverage Report, released Tuesday, sales increased 11 per cent to $156 billion in 2022. These gains came largely from higher export values and strength in the grain […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Japan lifts last of BSE-era restrictions off Canadian beef

Canadian processed beef regains access to Japan

By Dave Bedard March 28, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes The last of Japan’s import restrictions on Canadian beef and beef products stemming from the BSE crisis has been lifted, allowing access for Canadian further-processed beef. Canada’s federal agriculture department announced Monday that Japan has reopened to imports of “processed” Canadian beef — just days ahead of a significant reduction in Japan’s tariffs on imports […] Read more

Guide Business

Policies and regulations may be the biggest risk of all

Futurology: Is the future's biggest danger climate change? A runaway virus? No, says Alanna Koch. It's governments that can't stop regulating

By Leeann Minogue March 22, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alanna Koch sees many sides of the agriculture sector. First, she’s a farmer, part of a family grain farm near Regina. Off-farm, she’s the chair of the Global Institute for Food Security, the chair of CN’s ag advisory council, and a board member at SeedMaster, an ag equipment manufacturer. Previously, she was the deputy minister […] Read more

Guide Business

Inflation takes a bite

Should we worry if the prices Canadians pay at the checkout influence what they think of farmers?

By Jodi Helmer March 16, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes When a television reporter recently tweeted a photo of a package of boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the meat department at Loblaws with a price tag of $37, the backlash was swift. The responses ranged from “eat less meat” to a less polite “let it rot on the shelf,” and they all had one thing […] Read more

File photo of signage outside Maple Leaf Foods’ Lagimodiere Boulevard plant in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock, Markets

Maple Leaf sees ‘inflection point’ beyond red ink of 2022

Packer books net losses in Q4, full-year

By Dave Bedard March 14, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Another of Canada’s major pork and poultry packers has reported significant net losses in its 2022 ledger, but sees “green shoots” suggesting a return to normal pork markets and stable supply chains this year. Maple Leaf Foods on Thursday reported a net loss of $311.89 million on $4.739 billion in gross sales for its fiscal […] Read more

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

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