A new report from Regina-based FCC says the Canadian food manufacturing industry had a booming year in 2021. Farm Credit Canada chief economist J.P. Gervais says food manufacturing sales rose almost 15 percent last year and are expected to jump 7.4 percent this year. He says vegetable oil, notably canola, has had a strong year. […]
A Norwegian cattle producer is happy to back at Agribition in Regina this week. Erling Gresseth is the President of the Norwegian Beef Breeders Association and is enjoying his tenth visit to the livestock show. Gresseth is looking for livestock genetics to improve his herd. Gresseth says he has found some good genetics in Canada […]
There are some interesting results in the first purebred cattle sales Wednesday at Canadian Western Agribition. A Speckle Park heifer calf went to an Australian buyer for 12 thousand dollars. The high price was for a bred cow in the Speckle Park sale, going for 55 thousand dollars. The 20 lots averaged 94 hundred […]
Regina-based Protein Industries Canada has outlined a plan to expand plant-based farm sales to 25 billion dollars in 15 years. CEO Bill Greuel says the roadmap requires support and co-ordination from business, government and researchers. The plan would expand Canada’s plant-based sales from the current 2.5 billion to 25 billion by 2035. Greuel says the […]
SaskWheat is calling for the creation of an export sales reporting program. The proposal is part of a submission for the federal review of the Canada Grain Act. A report for SaskWheat found the lack of appropriate data led to farmers missing out on better sales timing in the current crop year. The SaskWheat submission […]
