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Consumer Decisions Control the Ugly Produce Movement

Consumer Decisions Control the Ugly Produce Movement

by Ally Roden | Nov 15, 2022 | Crops, Seed Speaks, Sustainability

What do consumers think about less than perfect produce? The food wasted globally is estimated at 1.6 billion tonnes, with the wastage of edible food ringing in at 1.3 billion tonnes. The United States alone produces more than 430 billion pounds of food every year,...
Global Food Commodity Prices Decline in July, Yet Levels Remain High

Global Food Commodity Prices Decline in July, Yet Levels Remain High

by Ally Roden | Aug 18, 2022 | Business, Crops, News

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s Food Price Index showed a significant decline in the benchmark for global food commodity prices in July. The Index averaged 140.9 points last month, showing an 8.6 per cent decrease from June’s...
Delayed Planting Dates Prove to be a Greater Concern than Abiotic Stressors this Season

Delayed Planting Dates Prove to be a Greater Concern than Abiotic Stressors this Season

by Ally Roden | Aug 11, 2022 | Agronomy, Crops, Seed Speaks, Weather

Corn, soybeans and canola have entered the critical reproductive phase where the production of corn grain, soybean pods and canola kernels will be determined. If it’s really hot or the crop is under other stress, it can negatively affect reproduction. With rising...
Farmers Offered Winter Camelina Contract Production Opportunity

Farmers Offered Winter Camelina Contract Production Opportunity

by Ally Roden | Jun 27, 2022 | Crops, News

Earlier this month, Yield10 Bioscience announced an open enrollment program targeted at growers for contract production of winter camelina. Farms in Montana, Idaho, southern Alberta and Saskatchewan are eligible to engage in the program. In March, the total operable...
Genomics Research Projects Receive $12.1 million in Funding

Genomics Research Projects Receive $12.1 million in Funding

by Alberta Seed Guide | Jun 15, 2022 | Canola, Crops, Funding, News, Research

Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR), and the federal and Alberta governments, are giving $5.1 million in funding for numerous agriculture genomics projects in the province, a June 14 news release said. The investment is being combined with funding from...
Canary Seed to Become an Official Grain in Canada

Canary Seed to Become an Official Grain in Canada

by Alberta Seed Guide | Jun 9, 2021 | Business, Crops

Photo: Diverse Field Crops Cluster Canary seed will be designated as an official grain under the Canada Grain Act as of Aug. 1, 2021, a June 9 news release from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) says. “After successive licensee failures where canary seed...
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