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Organic commodity prices holding firm after falling
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
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 […]
Supply glut dragging down organics market
By Marlo Glass Glacier FarmMedia staff A supply gut and questionable market demand has organic farmers concerned. “What we’re hearing from farmers is they’re having a tough time marketing anything,” remarked Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada Corp. in Yorkton, Sask. Many organic grains are in a supply glut, which sees feed wheat contracts trading […]
Organic price quotes: Late April
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Danone sells U.S. organic salad business to Taylor Farms
Paris | Reuters – French food group Danone said Friday it had signed a definitive agreement for the sale of Earthbound Farms, its U.S. organic salad business, to California-based Taylor Farms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The sale of Earthbound Farms, which had 2018 sales of about $400 million, is part of Danone’s […]
VIDEO: Organic prices market outlook
Brenda Tjaden of Sustainable Grain offers a forecast into how prices and market demand for a variety of organic cereals, oilseeds and pulses could take shape and what trends organic producers should pay close attention to. (Recorded February 2019 at the ‘Agroecology and Economics of Organics’ event in Winnipeg)
Organic supply pressuring demand, prices getting squeezed
By Phil Franz-Warkentin OrganicBiz staff/MarketsFarm The organic sector may be seeing steady growth from both producers switching to the organic route and consumers paying closer attention to their food choices, but increases on the supply side of the equation are outpacing demand for a number of crops and pressuring prices. The organic pea market in […]
Organic price quotes: Late March
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VIDEO: The economic merits of more organic acres
At a recent event entitled ‘AgroEcology and the Economics of Organics,’ Brenda Tjaden of Sustainable Grain offered a presentation on the economic opportunities for organics in Western Canada. In this video, Tjaden looks at how converting over a million acres in Western Canada to certified organic can have little negative effect on price at the […]
