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Veggie burgers are gaining more favour with food consumers. Photo: Thinkstock

Plant-based meats whet U.S. summer grilling appetites

By Theopolis Waters August 4, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – Burgers made from plants instead of animals are capturing more space on U.S. barbecue grills this summer, fueling sales in the niche products that could reach $5 billion globally by 2020. Plant-based meat foods are now available that include beet juice for color and canola oil to simulate fat. These changes are not […] Read more

Crops

U.S. bee numbers growing

By MarketsFarm Team August 3, 2017

CNS Canada – Honeybee populations are rising in the United States, turning around a recent trend of declines attributed to a set of factors know as colony collapse disorder. It’s estimated that 84,430 hives were lost to the disorder in the first quarter this year. That’s down 27 per cent from a year earlier. Year-over-year […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Good quality, but small caliber Canadian chickpeas expected

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 1, 2017

CNS Canada – Hot and dry conditions cut into the yield potential and physical size of Canada’s chickpea crop, but the quality should be excellent while prices remain relatively strong. “It’s anybody’s guess,” said Colin Young, of Midwest Grain Ltd. in Saskatchewan on the overall state of the chickpea crop. He said rainfall was “significantly […] Read more

Tower structure at one of Mosaic’s potash mines near Esterhazy, Sask. Photo: Greg Berg

Markets, Reuters

Mosaic shares tumble on disappointing fertilizer guidance

By Ahmed Farhatha, Rod Nickel August 1, 2017

Reuters – U.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic Co on Tuesday forecast slower phosphate sales and weaker prices for the current quarter, causing shares to plunge as much as 9 percent. The Minnesota-based company predicted third-quarter phosphate sales of 2.2 million to 2.5 million tonnes, down from 2.6 million in the second quarter. Mosaic forecast third-quarter diammonium […] Read more

Crops

Early harvest beginning in Saskatchewan

By MarketsFarm Team July 27, 2017

CNS Canada – Crops are ripening quickly across the province with the majority ranging from poor to good condition, according to a report from the Saskatchewan government. Hot and dry weather has stressed many plants with some storm damage also being recorded during the week ended July 27. The south and central areas are extremely […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 27, 2017

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced several grain grading changes for the 2017 to 2018 crop year in Western Canada that will take effect August 1, 2017: It has added an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent in all grades of fababeans and chickpeas; Changed the tolerance for grasshopper and army worm damage from eight […] Read more

Reuters

U.S. senators seek ban on pesticide chlorpyrifos

By Emily Flitter July 25, 2017

New York / Reuters – A group of Democratic senators hopes to ban a pesticide the U.S. government has greenlighted for use, according to a bill unveiled on Tuesday in a challenge to Republican President Donald Trump’s push to loosen environmental regulations. The bill, introduced by Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico, would outlaw chlorpyrifos, […] Read more

Crops

CSTA welcomes its 66th president

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 24, 2017

Dan Wright, of Monsanto Canada, has been named the 66th President of the Canadian Seed Trade Association, the association says in a release. Wright has been involved with the CSTA for a number of years. In that time, he has served on the board of directors for two years and on the executive for three […] Read more

General

Annual food contest has new category for alcoholic beverages

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 24, 2017

Aspiring Manitoba entrepreneurs with creative ideas for new foods or alcoholic beverages are invited to enter the 11th annual Great Manitoba Food Fight (GMFF), Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced yesterday “Manitoba is home to many budding entrepreneurs with a passion for food and drink and the skill to create innovative and delicious new products,” said […] Read more

(Photo courtesy ARS/USDA Northern Plains Ag Research Lab, Sidney, Montana.)

Crops, Machinery

Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 21, 2017

CNS Canada — Aerial crop sprayers are spending more time on the ground than in the air in Western Canada this season, with hot and dry weather limiting disease pressures and changing the economic threshold for insect applications. “The crops came out of the ground very aggressively and good, but there was a prolonged hot […] Read more

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Pulses

Plant-based meats whet U.S. summer grilling appetites

U.S. bee numbers growing

Good quality, but small caliber Canadian chickpeas expected

Mosaic shares tumble on disappointing fertilizer guidance

Early harvest beginning in Saskatchewan

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

U.S. senators seek ban on pesticide chlorpyrifos

CSTA welcomes its 66th president

Annual food contest has new category for alcoholic beverages

Aerial crop sprayers grounded in Western Canada

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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