Insights and Stories on Organic

As harvest yields varied, crop quality was good

Oct. 30, 2020 at 10:51 am CDT

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff The 2020 harvest of organic grain crops in Ontario and across the Prairies saw yields vary while quality was generally very good. Ontario benefitted from better weather than the hot, dry conditions that dominated the Prairies just before harvest. Harro Wehrmann of Wehrmann Grain […]

Organic price quotes: Late September

Oct. 2, 2020 at 10:18 am CDT

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Organic market steady as ample supplies met with good demand

Oct. 2, 2020 at 10:18 am CDT

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Organic price quotes: Late August

Sep. 1, 2020 at 2:45 pm CDT

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Organic crops in good shape ahead of harvest

Aug. 31, 2020 at 1:16 pm CDT

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Organic crops heading for a good year

Jul. 31, 2020 at 10:00 am CDT

By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff Organic crops are looking very good right now, according to crop specialists in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. “Rainfall has been spotty across [Ontario], but for the most part crops are looking pretty good,” commented Rob Wallbridge, agronomy sales lead for Sure Source Commodities in […]

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Organic price quotes: Late July

Jul. 31, 2020 at 10:00 am CDT

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Canada, Japan expand organic equivalency to meat, livestock

Jul. 13, 2020 at 4:46 am CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Organic meat and other livestock products from Canada can carry certified organic labels in Japan starting July 16. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on July 10 announced an expanded equivalency agreement with Japan for organic foods. Since September 2014, Canada and Japan have had the Japan-Canada […]

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Organic markets steady in late June

Jun. 26, 2020 at 4:10 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm Glacier FarmMedia staff Canadian organic markets largely held steady in June, as the industry works through previously contracted old crop grain and awaits the upcoming new crop. “We’re sort of flat-lined right now,” said Michael Messer, of Rein Agri Food in Saskatchewan on the lack of […]

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