Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– The largest U.S. flour miller, Ardent Mills, has resumed operations in Alton, Illinois, as floodwaters along the Mississippi River receded while a mill at Chester, Ill. will remain down for weeks, company executives said Tuesday. Near record-high floodwaters following deadly winter storms forced the company to shut down the mills a […] Read more
Ardent restarts Illinois flour mill after flooding
Boosting bread flour with barley
Barley can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, regulate blood glucose levels and possibly offset certain cancers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Finding better ways to mill Canadian food barley into flour may open opportunities for its commercial use as a healthy ingredient. Preliminary work done several years ago at Cigi (Canadian International Grains Institute) revealed that milling performance of food barley is improved when it is blended with wheat, producing flour with enhanced nutritional properties. During […] Read more
Growing market
CPSR wheat is a class that’s attracting a lot of attention abroad for possible food uses
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada Prairie Spring Red wheat is considered a great livestock feed wheat here in Canada, but it’s also ideal for a variety of human food applications, especially in other countries, says Ashok Sarkar, head of milling technology at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi). The quality characteristics of CPSR — exceptional milling performance, medium protein […] Read more
Unsung champion
Move over red spring. Our red winter can be superior choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes When Canadian wheat is the topic of conversation, it’s only a matter of time before quality milling wheat becomes a focus. After all it’s our international brand, and our red spring wheat is said to be one of the best milling wheats in the world, perfect for bread baking. But did you know there’s another […] Read more
Second look
Adding value to a sweet operation
Reading Time: 6 minutes When I first crossed paths with John Weninger, it was 2009, and it was because a contact at a food-service company had told me about Weninger’s sweet potatoes. At the time, Weninger had about 40 of his 300 acres in the crop, and he was selling most of his harvest to grocery stores and the […] Read more
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