Farm Credit Canada 2026 Food and Beverage report shows predicts rising sales and declining volumes among Canadian food and beverage manufacturers
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Food and beverage sales growth, volume decline predicted for 2026
FCC’s report suggests higher prices, not consumption, will drive growth in total sales
Conagra considers selling its share in Ardent Mills
Conagra and Cargill each own 44 per cent of Ardent Mills, while CHS owns the remaining 12 per cent
Conagra is open to selling its 44 per cent share in Ardent Mills, North America’s largest milling company.
Mustard processor expands in southern Alberta
G.S. Dunn's $30 million investment in a southern Alberta mustard-milling facility leads to 70 per cent increase in processing capacity
A $30 million expansion for a southern Alberta mustard facility adds significant milling capacity, improving Prairie mustard growers’ proximity to demand for the raw product.
Degelman buys grain bagging, milling equipment firm Renn
Alberta equipment maker's staff to continue with Degelman
Regina ag implement maker Degelman Industries has bought into the grain bagging and grain milling equipment business with a deal for Alberta manufacturer Renn Mill Center. Degelman, in a release Thursday, said it recently bought the Lacombe, Alta. company for an undisclosed sum and will keep Renn’s existing employees and management in place. In business […] Read more
Oats face an uncertain year
Reduced acres expected in 2023
MarketsFarm — When comparing oat prices at the start of 2023 compared to one year ago, they appear to be night and day. Despite modest price increases over the past month, some western Canadian oat bids are less than half of what they were last year. In Alberta, the high-delivered bid for oats as of […] Read more
AGT building oat milling plant in Saskatchewan
Regina pulse processor AGT Foods plans to bulk up its portfolio in the plant-based ingredients business with a new oat milling operation in central Saskatchewan. The company on Thursday announced it would start construction “immediately” on the new operation, to be housed in an expansion of its existing processing plant just east of Aberdeen, about […] Read more
Scoular fires up flax processing near Regina
Plant to process flax for food- and feed-grade markets
U.S. grain handler Scoular’s Canadian arm has opened a new flax processing operation at its site just southeast of Regina, into what it describes as a record-strong flax market. Scoular Canada on Wednesday announced the opening of its “high-speed” flax line at Richardson, Sask., where it already processes and cleans lentils, peas and canary seed. […] Read more
Tight supplies underpin oat bids with demand rationing expected
Corrected, Sept. 3 — MarketsFarm — Canadian oat prices should remain well supported over the next year given the smaller crop, but some demand will likely back away as buyers look for cheaper alternatives. While most of his customers were still taking delivery on existing contracts and not yet in the spot market, Ryan McKnight […] Read more
Richardson to buy major U.S. durum processor
Italgrani's milling, grain handling assets to go to Winnipeg firm
Agrifood firm Richardson International is set to expand and further diversify its grain processing space with a deal for what’s billed as North America’s single largest durum flour and semolina miller. The Winnipeg company said Thursday it will buy 100 per cent of the shares in Italgrani USA Inc., whose assets include a mill, elevator […] Read more
Last year’s flour output up in most categories
MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada reported on Monday that Canadian wheat millers processed 3.267 million tonnes of all wheat in 2020 — a slight increase of about 2.1 per cent over 2019, keeping flour processing on the rise over the last four years. There were also year-to-year increases in the other categories tracked by the federal […] Read more