Insights and Stories on Organic

Plenty of plantings, bids scarce

Jun. 2, 2023 at 1:56 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty Glacier FarmMedia staff While organic growers are busy planting their crops, buyers are having a wait-and-see attitude before putting forward any price bids. Warm and dry weather on the Prairies has helped spring seeding advance quickly over the past month and growers are hopeful that recent conditions […]

Organic trade pact in place between Canada, Mexico

May. 25, 2023 at 2:04 pm CDT

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Plant-based foods firm buying into organic juice market

May. 25, 2023 at 11:40 am CDT

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Organic price quotes: Late April

May. 1, 2023 at 9:36 am CDT

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Oats, other organic crops lacking contracts

May. 1, 2023 at 9:35 am CDT

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U.S. gets tough on organic fraud

Apr. 5, 2023 at 12:03 pm CDT

By Sean Pratt Glacier FarmMedia staff The United States is taking a big step toward preventing organic agriculture fraud. The Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) Final Rule was published Jan. 19 and takes effect March 19, 2024. It is the largest revision to U.S. organic regulations since they were first published in 2000. […]

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Organic price quotes: Late March

Mar. 31, 2023 at 2:44 pm CDT

Read more: All quiet on the organic front

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All quiet on the organic front

Mar. 31, 2023 at 2:43 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm/Glacier FarmMedia staff While Western Canada and Ontario may be separated by crop variety, weather and distance, both regions’ organic markets were beset by low activity and a hesitance from buyers to commit long-term. “It’s quiet,” said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager at Grain Millers Inc. in […]

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The good, bad and ugly of on-farm food processing

Mar. 10, 2023 at 10:43 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers Glacier FarmMedia staff Amy Nikkel and her family took up farming, food-processing and grain milling “kind of all together,” she said. The first year, they grew a crop of gluten-free organic oats, cleaned them and tested products. The next year a flood kept them from planting oats […]

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