Insights and Stories on Peas

Plant-protein processor’s new processing plant gets grant

Aug. 17, 2020 at 8:19 pm CDT

The federal and Manitoba governments have added a seven-figure contribution to their support for a new facility to process plant proteins from canola and peas. Merit Functional Foods will put the additional money toward “new equipment purchases that will support the transformation of raw inputs into value-added goods.” The unspecified […]

Pea crops strong, but prices falter

Aug. 12, 2020 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Plant-based near-chicken on KFC’s Canadian menu to stay

Aug. 6, 2020 at 1:10 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Crop tour suggests record-large wheat harvest ahead

Aug. 5, 2020 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Reuters

Organic price quotes: Late July

Jul. 31, 2020 at 10:00 am CDT

By OrganicBiz

Pulse weekly outlook: Good year for Alberta pulses, except in northern regions

Jul. 28, 2020 at 3:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Pulse crops are doing quite well in most of Alberta, according to the province’s agriculture department. However in the Peace River and northwest regions, the story has been much different. “This year, crop conditions are better than the five-year average in both the south and central regions. In […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Beyond Meat lines up Canadian patty co-packer

Jul. 22, 2020 at 9:54 pm CDT

One of the names tied closest to the plant protein-based meat substitute sector has enlisted an unnamed Quebec operation to make its beef-similar patties for the Canadian retail market. Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat on Wednesday launched the “latest iteration” of its flagship Beyond Burger, billed as “produced locally at a […]

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Saskatchewan pulses heading for a good year

Jul. 21, 2020 at 2:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Pulse crops in Saskatchewan are in shape to have a good year, according to Dale Risula, a pulse specialist with the province’s agriculture department. “Pulses got off to a pretty good start. Moisture levels in the soil were pretty good. Most of the pulses were up and growing […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canola area expected to be lower in Monday’s StatsCan report

Jun. 26, 2020 at 7:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Market participants generally expect canola acreage will be revised downward in a second acreage estimate due out Monday from Statistics Canada. “There’s a lot of uncertainty about canola acres,” Ken Ball of P.I. International in Winnipeg said, noting acreage was “definitely lost” in central and northern Alberta due […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm