Insights and Stories on Food

Ottawa’s Agriculture Day gathering a sector-wide affair

Feb. 14, 2020 at 4:19 pm CST

Agriculture Day celebrations across Canada on Tuesday included a conference in Ottawa with roughly 500 attendees from across the ag sector. Hosted by Agriculture More than Ever, the event aimed to bring together people involved in agriculture, food and agribusiness. “We’re having a gathering to celebrate Canadian agriculture and food […]

Improving global ag trade may not favour Canada

Jan. 22, 2020 at 7:35 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: FCC sees opportunities for exports

Nov. 26, 2019 at 6:26 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. regulators allow GM cotton as human food source

Oct. 11, 2019 at 10:02 pm CDT

By Will Dunham

FAO, OECD see swine fever in China among risks to food markets

Jul. 8, 2019 at 8:51 pm CDT

By Reuters

Hemp acres expected to double due to crop versatility

May. 7, 2019 at 4:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s hemp acres are set to double in 2019, according to the most recent principal field crop acreage report from Statistics Canada. The hemp industry is experiencing somewhat of a boom as hemp products of all stripes enter mainstream consumer markets. “Health Canada is running at least double […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Canary seed market seen as dull, static

Nov. 27, 2018 at 4:58 pm CST

CNS Canada — Prices for canary seed over the last 15 months have fluctuated between 20 and 23 cents/lb. delivered in Western Canada, and there’s little chance that will change any time soon. To David Nobbs, managing partner of Canpulse Foods in Saskatoon and a director with the Canaryseed Development […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Food farms are a hit

Oct. 23, 2015 at 10:16 am CDT

What kid doesn’t know about tasty burgers, fries and pizza? But how many know that it all starts on somebody’s farm? Too few, sadly. Two years ago some folks in Yorkton, Sask., did something to bridge this gap by laying out their first pizza farm. It’s a fun place, where […]

By Debbie Furber

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