Organic price quotes are updated on a monthly basis. Related: Organic feed, milling grain markets trending lower -All prices spot Prairies except when designated otherwise
Category: Markets
National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: April 27
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News – Compared to the prior trading period, organic grain traded mostly inactive on light demand. Trade inactive on food grade corn and soybeans, roasted soybeans, oats, barley, soft red winter and hard red spring wheats. Feed grade corn traded 80 cents lower on moderate trade. Trade activity on feed grade soybeans […]
National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: April 13
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News – Compared to the prior trading period, organic trades limited on light demand. Forward contract activity moderate on 2016 organic corn with delivery periods from harvest to the end of the 2nd quarter 2017 8.00 to 9.75 delivered, mostly 8.75 to 9.25. Trade on food grade corn inactive. Feed […]
Wine, foreign content now covered in organic pact with EU
By Dave Bedard OrganicBiz staff The deal that clears Canadian-certified organic food for sale as organic in the European Union is now expanded to cover Canadian-processed products with some imported ingredients — and to include organic wine. Canada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan confirmed the expansion of scope for the […]
Organic Price Quotes: Late-March
Organic price quotes are updated on a monthly basis. -All prices spot Prairies except when designated otherwise
Certified organic seed supply limited
By Jade Markus OrganicBiz staff Organic farmers in Western Canada are turning to conventional seed as eager selling and limited production means few certified organic supplies are available for the growing season ahead, say industry specialists from across the Prairies. “Peas and lentils are getting nearly impossible to find in organic,” said Laura Telford, organic […]
General Mills to double organic sourcing by 2019
By Jade Markus OrganicBiz staff General Mills plans to double its organic acreage sourcing by 2019, in an effort to meet demand growth. The U.S. food company will have 250,000 organic acres by 2019, compared with 120,000 in 2015 — a year ahead of its previous target. “It’s a growing part of the business,” said […]
Expanded Canada-EU organic equivalency agreement to benefit sector
By Laura Rance OrganicBiz staff Canadian organic exporters may soon benefit from the European Union’s decision to expand the scope of its equivalency agreement with Canada to include organic food products that contain organic ingredients. The revised agreement announced March 7 means Canadian certified organic processed products that include imported ingredients will no longer require […]
Organic Price Quotes: Mid-February
Organic price quotes are updated on a monthly basis.
New-crop organic premiums vary by crop
By Jade Markus OrganicBiz staff Offshore competition is putting pressure on organic wheat prices, but premiums remain high for new-crop flax, oats and mustard, according to analysts and traders. Meanwhile, strong prices for conventional pulses may discourage growers from making the extra effort to produce organically. As new crop prices emerge, buyers are aggressively seeking […]
