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A bread sample made with regular wheat flour (l) and yellow pea flour combined with wheat flour (r).
Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Building a complete protein package

Bringing wheat and pulses together for healthier baked products — a formula for new opportunities

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As more innovative uses for pulses are explored in response to global demand for healthier food products, Canadian pulse producers may look forward to increasing demand for their crops. Together with Warburtons, the U.K.’s largest bakery brand, the Canadian International Grains Institute is undertaking its most comprehensive investigation into quality characteristics and functionality of pulses […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie feed wheat, barley at seasonal highs

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Feed barley and feed wheat appear to be settling into some seasonal highs, according to a market-watcher in Alberta. “Whether it goes up much more remains to be seen,” said Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. “Between Easter and May long weekend, we’re probably at a high.” High vomitoxin (10 […] Read more
Italian pastas. (RussoTiesi.com)
Cereals, Crops, Reuters

As Italy seeks pasta labels, Canada worries about durum sales

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg/Rome | Reuters — Italy has this week formally asked the European Commission to allow it to require country-of-origin labels on pasta sold there, raising alarms for Canadian durum wheat exporters who fear the move will dampen sales. Italian Agriculture Minister Maurizio Martina said on Twitter on Monday that Italy had sent a decree to […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Weather woes buoy U.S. wheat futures

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Wheat futures in the U.S. kicked off the week on a high note, following a weekend of adverse weather in key growing regions. That may provide a short-lived boost to cash prices in Canada, though the market has its own weather watch. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures on Monday advanced close […] Read more
(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Barley, Crops

Fear of feed expected to keep malt barley acres low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Concerns about weather dictating the quality of malt barley is keeping producers from seeding the crop this year, one industry participant says, while weak prices offer no extra incentive. “Acres are definitely going to be down, because of the fear of getting feed barley, which is horrendously low-priced,” said Rod Green of […] Read more
(Weetabix.ca)
Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Post tucks into British breakfast cereal Weetabix

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Reading Time: 3 minutes London/Shanghai/New York | Reuters — Post Holdings is buying leading British breakfast cereal brand Weetabix from China’s Bright Food Group for 1.4 billion pounds (C$2.4 billion), giving the U.S.-focused company a European base on which to build. The combination will help Post’s existing brands, which include Honey Bunches of Oats and Grape-Nuts, to expand overseas, […] Read more
(Screengrab from RobinHood.ca)
Cereals, Crops

Flour recalls widen in E. coli probe

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Federal public health officials and flour miller Ardent Mills are warning Canadians to follow “safe flour handling practices” as an E. coli-related flour recall widens from one specific batch of Robin Hood flour to include several other Ardent-made products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Sunday updated its food recall warnings to include several lots […] Read more
Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Mixed conditions loom over Manitoba winter cereals

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — A mix of freezing and warming conditions put Manitoba’s winter cereals in uncertain condition, following months of promising weather, according to the head of an industry group. Manitoba’s winter wheat and fall rye crops had ample snow cover throughout the winter, which supported crops, but more recently, conditions turned slushy, then froze […] Read more
A two-row Bentley base malt. (RedShedMalting.ca)
Barley, Crops

Growing craft beer sector thirsty for local malt

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Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — Craft breweries are a growing subsector of the Canadian beer industry, but the increased variety of local drink options are not necessarily 100 per cent homegrown, as a lack of domestically produced specialty malts forces brewers to look far afield to meet their needs. “We get our base malt locally, but we […] Read more

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