Insights and Stories of Dave Bedard

A+W starts move to all-grass-fed, all-Canadian beef

Mar. 9, 2020 at 8:13 pm CDT

Canadian burger chain A+W’s next move to distinguish its menu in a crowded quick-service market will be a connection to the regenerative ag movement, as it sets itself up with an all-Canadian and all-grass-fed beef supply. The Vancouver-based chain, which includes almost 1,000 restaurants across Canada, announced Monday it’s “making […]

Digital supercluster backs precision fungicide development

Mar. 4, 2020 at 6:39 pm CST

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Wendy’s launches Canadian-made plant-based burger

Feb. 29, 2020 at 8:48 pm CST

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Cargill to enter faux-meat market

Feb. 24, 2020 at 2:49 pm CST

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Tile drainpipe supplier AccuPipe changes hands

Feb. 20, 2020 at 7:36 pm CST

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Manitoba to pilot insurance program against hog disease risks

Feb. 17, 2020 at 10:41 am CST

“Private sector solutions” to manage financial risks caused by disease outbreaks on hog farms are on the drawing board in a new Manitoba-led pilot project that could go nationwide. Coming out of a Thursday morning meeting with hog producers in Winnipeg, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced $482,158 from the […]

By Dave Bedard

Alberta program to cost-share grain dryer upgrades

Feb. 12, 2020 at 6:23 am CST

Alberta plans to use federal and provincial funding to help grain growers cut the energy bills from grain drying with more fuel-efficient equipment. The provincial government on Friday announced what it’s dubbed the Efficient Grain Dryer Program, backed by $2 million from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership federal/provincial funding framework. Applicants […]

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P+H to challenge regulators’ request for elevator sale

Feb. 4, 2020 at 11:26 am CST

Grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker aims to keep its now-expanded Prairie elevator network intact against a proposed order from federal antitrust regulators. Winnipeg-based, privately-held P+H in September announced a deal to buy all 10 of the primary Prairie grain elevators built by agrifood giant Louis Dreyfus Co. between 1998 and […]

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ILTA Grain security payout to be CGC’s biggest ever

Jan. 7, 2020 at 5:40 pm CST

An insurance policy set up for demised Prairie pulse exporter ILTA Grain will pay, in full, what’s owed to over 200 growers who supplied the company, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. The CGC announced Monday that 222 eligible unpaid growers will receive a total of $11.146 million covered by […]

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Amended CUSMA pact includes anti-COOL clause

Jan. 4, 2020 at 2:40 am CST

The new Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), a free trade deal set to replace NAFTA, includes language meant to block any future bids at a trade-disrupting country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law. The new clause would, in theory, checkmate a move made last summer by some Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives […]

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Insights and Stories of Dave Bedard

A+W starts move to all-grass-fed, all-Canadian beef

Digital supercluster backs precision fungicide development

Wendy’s launches Canadian-made plant-based burger

Cargill to enter faux-meat market

Tile drainpipe supplier AccuPipe changes hands

Manitoba to pilot insurance program against hog disease risks

Alberta program to cost-share grain dryer upgrades

P+H to challenge regulators’ request for elevator sale

ILTA Grain security payout to be CGC’s biggest ever

Amended CUSMA pact includes anti-COOL clause

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