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Chickpea curry. (Modesigns58/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market neither bullish nor bearish

Market players awaiting harvest

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MarketsFarm — Hot and dry growing conditions earlier in the growing season cut into Canada’s chickpea yields in 2023-24, but quality should be good if the weather co-operates through the harvest. Canadian farmers planted 315,600 acres of chickpeas in 2023, which was well above the 233,800 acres seeded the previous year, according to Statistics Canada […] Read more
Lack of labour and processing capacity is a long-term sustainability issue for the food and agriculture sectors.
News

Opinion: Meat processors key link in local food value chain

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Labour shortages have long been a challenge for the meat processing sector. Not only does this create problems for meat processing businesses themselves, but it also makes it harder for farmers to access much-needed processing capacity for their livestock when animals are ready for market. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the skilled worker shortage, while driving […] Read more
Kashika Sethi (l) and Rhea Thomas Thommana (r) were at Ag in Motion to represent food scientists Drs. Martin Reaney and Michael Nickerson and their 3D printer projects, including their work on printable protein-based materials, such as the pea-based “chicken leg” seen in the machine. (Becky Zimmer photo)
Crops, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: 3D printer takes aim at food ingredients

Making foods both plant-based and printable the goal

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With the development of 3D printing, the age of Star Trek replicators has arrived. For master’s student Rhea Thomas Thommana and PhD student Kashika Sethi, food replication is on the horizon as well. Thomas Thommana and Sethi were at Ag in Motion this week with a 3D printer designed to incorporate plant-based ingredients into food, […] Read more
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Crops

Feds lift ‘pause’ on increases in crop chemical MRLs

New set of rules also calls for 'cosmetic' pesticide use to be banned on federal lands

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Proposals to increase a crop chemical’s maximum residue limits (MRLs) on foods and food crops in Canada can again seek federal approval, after being put on temporary hold two years ago. Among several other changes, a planned new package of federal regulatory amendments will put a gradual end to a “pause” imposed in August 2021 […] Read more
File photo of the produce section at a Canadian grocery store. (FatCamera/E+/Getty Images)
Markets

Canada retools inflation baskets with more focus on food, gas

Snowblowers and barbecues in, DVD players out

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s national statistics agency on Tuesday revealed new weights for the basket of goods and services in its Consumer Price Index, giving more prominence to changes in the prices of food and gasoline. The reweighting, which Statistics Canada carries out every year, has historically had only a marginal impact on the […] Read more
The Alinova variety is Canada’s first non-GM high-oleic soybean variety. Sevita developed Alinova to help growers in Ontario and Quebec meet the high demand for such a variety from food processors.
Crops

New soy variety from Sevita targets Japan’s high-tech food-grade soybean market

Alinova is Canada’s first non-GM high-oleic soybean variety

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A new high-oleic soybean variety has been released to help Canadian growers meet demand from high-tech food processors. The non-genetically modified variety, Alinova, is produced by Sevita Genetics and was recently approved by Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The company says the variety is exceptionally high yielding, features soybean cyst nematode resistance, […] Read more
A new report says there is evidence of risks from consuming animal-source food, but it distinguishes between processed and non-processed meat.
News

Editorial: Nutrition often the forgotten element in food security

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It’s rare that an international report actually advocates for animal agriculture. Raising animals for food is often blamed as a cause of climate change and environmental degradation, and is viewed as cruel and unnecessary by some groups. The consumption of animal products is also accused of causing various human health concerns including heart disease, diabetes […] Read more
Ralph Christian Delos Santos of Biofect giving his pitch at the recent Ontario Agri Tech Pitch Competition at the University of Guelph.
News

Natural sugar substitute wins provincial agri-tech pitch competition

Annual competition highlights agricultural innovations

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A self-proclaimed recovering sugar addict made the winning pitch at the 2023 Ontario Agri Tech Pitch Competition, walking away with $10,000 in prize money for his precision fermentation start-up, Biofect Innovations. Why it matters: Governments around the world are changing how sugar is labelled and used in food products, so food and beverage manufacturers are […] Read more
Galen Weston Jr., chair and president of Loblaw Companies Ltd., and Michael Medline, president and chief executive officer of Empire Company Ltd., was one of several grocery executives who appeared before a committee on Parliament Hill in early March.
News

Opinion: Keep political bitterness out of Canadian food

Examination of food price inflation offers opportunity for government to explain the components of food pricing

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Glacier Farmmedia – Some things are more apparent than real. If the price of food jumps by 15 or 20 per cent due to rising global inflation, it is assumed the difference between today’s price and last year’s price is in someone’s pocket. But whose? Canadian politicians have an opportunity to explain the components of […] Read more

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