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Organic price quotes: Late May

May 31, 2019

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Organic commodity prices holding firm after falling

May 31, 2019

Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff Prices for most organic commodities have been firm during May, with little prospect of them changing, according to a number of dealers. “I don’t think they’ll go down anymore until harvest,” said Bryce Lobreau of Pristine Prairie Organics in Pipestone, Man. Lobreau said Pristine was paying C$7.50 per bushel delivered […]

USDA launches Organic Integrity Learning Center

May 7, 2019

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service – The National Organic Program has launched the new Organic Integrity Learning Center, providing free 24/7 online training for organic professionals around the world. “Fair and consistent certification and robust enforcement of the organic standards are keys to protect the integrity of the USDA Organic Seal that consumers trust and producers […]

Record number of French farms convert to organic

June 12, 2019

Paris/Reuters – A record number of French farms switched to organic production last year, helped by the grains sector catching on to the trend, the country’s organic food agency said on June 4. France, the European Union’s largest agricultural producer, added 5,000 organic farms last year, surpassing a prior high of 4,200 seen in both […]

Replacing U.S. imports of organic soybeans unlikely

May 14, 2019

The rapid growth of U.S. organic livestock production has resulted in massive imports of soymeal By John Greig Glacier FarmMedia staff American organic soybean imports, especially as meal, continue to dwarf import of other organic crops. In fact, if American farmers tried to grow that many soybeans to make into meal, it could disrupt the […]

Organic Trade Association export promotion programs making new gains

April 30, 2019

Organic Trade Association – The Organic Trade Association’s export promotion program closed the first quarter of 2019 with a flourish, and is beginning the second quarter in an equally robust way. “The Organic Trade Association has been opening up new markets for U.S. organic products for nearly 20 years through our participation in the U.S. […]

Report says Canadian GMO escapes common

April 17, 2019

By Allan Dawson Glacier FarmMedia staff Better regulations are needed to prevent contamination from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). That’s what the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) and the SaskOrganics’ Organic Agriculture Protection Fund committee (OAPF) concludes in a report called GM Contamination in Canada: The failure to contain living modified organisms – incidents and impacts. […]

Organic farmers don’t get a pass on clubroot

April 2, 2019

By Laura Rance Glacier FarmMedia editorial director Saskatoon – Organic farmers are mistaken if they think they will be spared from the clubroot infestation making its way across the Prairies because they don’t grow canola, a crops extension specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture says. Brent Flaten warned growers attending the SaskOrganics annual conference March 29 the […]

Organic wheat varieties waiting in the registration gate

March 26, 2019

By Alexis Stockford Glacier FarmMedia staff The University of Manitoba’s farm-based organic wheat-breeding program is ready to start towards commercialization, but the body responsible for recommending new genetics to the CFIA says there is still work to be done. Jamie Larsen, chair of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT), says a […]