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List of Advertisers:BASF 2Bayer Crop Science 39Canadian Canola Growers Association 29JK Milling Canada Ltd. 27Monsanto 11, 13, 33, 40 W.A. Grain & Pulse Solutions 9

Official Magazine of Alberta Pulse Growers

Pulse Crop News

Corporate Information

Chair’s Report 4

Executive Director’s Message 5

News

APG’s New Policy and Program Specialist is a Pulse Farmer and Ag Economist 7

Director Profile: Doug Sell 8

Are You the Heartbeat of the Pulse Industry? Then This Award Could Be Yours 10

Field Tour Gave International Traders an Eye-Opening Look at Alberta’s Pulse Industry 12

CSCA Conference Highlights Include Market Outlooks, CSCA President’s Award and More 13

Alberta Pulse Growers Zone Meetings 14

APG Zone Borders 15

Where in the World? 16

Agriculture Can Grow our Economy 23

Alberta and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Establish Faba Bean Feed Benchmark for an Expanding Crop 27

Innovating with Pulse Ingredients – How One Company is Elevating Batters and Breading to a New Level 28

Fitting that International Year of Pulses follows International Year of Soils as Pulses in Rotation Benefit Soil Health 30

Storage and Handling of Pulse Crops 31

Farm Safety and Climate Change Top Policy Priorities 32

Food and Nutrition

Pulse Donations Would Help Edmonton’s Food Bank Better Address Needs of Clients New to Canada 34

Taste Alberta: Sharing the Alberta Food Story 36

Feature Pulse Recipe: Fiesta Lasagna 38

APG Dealer List Update in New Format pg 17

1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutions 1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutionshttp://www.wagrain.ca http://www.wagrain.caPh: 403-227-2774 Box 6345, 5041 - 50 Street Wes Reid Ph: 780-372-4194 5110 - 48 Street Brent EinarsonFax: 403-227-2766 Innisfail, AB T4G 1T1 [email protected] Fax: 780-372-4190 Bashaw, AB T0B 0H0 [email protected], Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic Buyer, Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic

1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutions 1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutionshttp://www.wagrain.ca http://www.wagrain.caPh: 403-224-2056 SW23 - 34 - 1 - W5 Dan Lake Ph: 306-582-2774 2509 Railway Avenue Larry BevillFax: 403-224-2853 Bowden, AB T0M 0K0 [email protected] Fax: 306-582-2766 Vanguard, SK S0N 2V0 [email protected], Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic Buyer, Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic

Adainal Resources LimitedPh: 403-560-3480 28 Sherwood Square NW

Calgary, AB T3R 0N7 [email protected]

Green Peas Yellow Peas Green Len.ls Red Len.ls Kabuli Chickpeas

Agrocorp Holdings International Inc.Ph: 604-681-8675 390 - 375 Water St. Kevin PriceFax: 866-377-4559 Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6Buyer, Exporter

Green Peas Maple Peas Yellow Peas Large Green Len1ls

Medium Green Len1ls Red Len1ls Small Green

Len1ls Kabuli

Chickpeas

Agrocorp Processing Ltd - A Division of Agrocorp Holdings International Inc.Ph: 780-837-8450 Box 690 - 78031 RR 213 Claude Mencke

Falher, AB T0H 1M0 [email protected], Exporter

Peas Red Len*ls Faba Beans

Agrocorp Processing Ltd - A Division of Agrocorp Holdings International Inc.Ph: 306-693-2887 862 Snyder Road Patrick Pappernfoot, Vaughn Hutchinson

Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4Y4 [email protected], Exporter

Peas Len(ls

Alberta Pulse Traders Ltd. (L.A. Grain Ltd.)http://www.lagrain.ca http://www.pulsetraders.caPh: 403-327-9787 RR 8, Site 10, Box 23 Brad ShawFax: 403-327-8727 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4P4 [email protected]

AGT Foods Canada AGT Foods - USAhttp://www.agtfoods.com http://www.agtfoods.comPh: 306-525-4490 6200 E Primrose Green Drive Ph: 701-751-1623 1611E Century Ave, Suite 102Fax: 306-525-4463 Regina, SK S4V 3L7 [email protected] Fax: 701-751-1626 Bismark, ND 58503 [email protected] Buyer

Feed Peas Green Peas Maple Peas Marrowfat Peas Yellow Peas Black Beans Brown Beans Great Northern

Beans Horse Beans Malik Beans Pink Beans Pinto Beans Red Beans

Kabuli Chickpeas Faba Beans Green Len@ls Red Len@ls

Belle Pulses [email protected]: 306-423-5202 Box 65, 1101 Main StreetFax: 306-423-6212 Bellevue, SK S0K 3Y0 Tony / Francis GaudetBuyer, Exporter, Processor

Green Peas Yellow Peas

Chocolate Pea Butter Named Most Innovativepg 37

APG Launches New Strategic Planpg 6

Increase in acres to 15%Increased yields/ac in pea, lentil, dry

bean and faba beansSoybean acres to 80K

Value Added Choices to sell your crop

Producer Profitability

Agronomic ResearchGenetics AdvancementTechnology Discovery

CollaborationStrategic Communications

- PCN, WlKI, APPS etc.Review Grassroots Structureand Optimize Commitment

Feature Economics and Sustainability messages

Share Science Based Information

Grower Support

Dedicated ProducersConnecting to Growers

Economic DecisionsInformation Sharing

Chef/Teacher/Health focused materialsAdvance regulatory work to achieve a

health claimIncrease use and consumption of pulses

Advance markets

Marketing

Influencer EducationHealth Claim SupportProduct DevelopmentNational Investment

Chair’s ReportAllison Ammeter, APG Chair

As this issue goes to press, zone meetings are coming up throughout Alberta. I would like to encourage you to not just attend the one in your area, but also to ask questions, introduce yourself to your local advisory group, and generally participate in the dis-cussions.

From a personal standpoint, getting in-volved in a commission - first as a del-

egate/advisor, then as a director - has been one of the more rewarding volun-teer opportunities I have experienced (and my husband would say the same from an Alberta Barley point of view). Volunteer to sit on the eight-person delegate committee within your zone, and you will be able to get a much bet-ter feel for how APG operates and the value we provide to producers. We’d love to welcome you! Check page 14 for details on meetings in each of APG’s five zones.

Beyond the key APG goals of sup-porting research, marketing, and ex-tension, opportunities have arisen to collaborate with the provincial gov-ernment to shape a farm safety plan. Though most farmers do not want any more regulation, we all support having safe farms and safe farming practices. We are hopeful that in our advisory role with the other crop and livestock commissions, we are able to help shape legislation that is valuable, but not restrictive or intrusive. Please let the government (and us) hear your opinions on this issue!

In the big pulse picture, we are on the cusp of the launch of International Year of Pulses 2016! Declared by the United Nations in December 2013, it

will be formally launched in November and will be kicked off with an event named “Little Beans, Big Opportuni-ties” at New York Academy of Sci-ences in New York City. Nationally, we will be kicking off our Canadian cam-paign with a media launch in Toronto on January 6, 2016. A pulse exhibit, designed by the Canadian Agriculture and Food Museum, will be travelling across Canada during 2016 - make sure you see it when it is in your area! For more information on these, or any of the other exciting IYP2016 events, check out iyp2016.org .

Farming is fraught with many chal-lenges, as anybody that has been through the 2015 growing season will tell you. Having said that, we have an exciting future, and we are declaring just that in the brand and tagline be-ing launched internationally for pulses in conjunction with IYP2016: Pulses, the Future of Food. Look for the new logo on every consumer product con-taining pulses that you purchase in the coming years! I am truly excited to be a part of such a growing, changing, innovative industry by growing pulses on our farm and eating pulses in our daily diet!

Allison Ammeter, APG Chair

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Executive Director’s MessageLeanne Fischbuch, Executive Director

Early seeding, dry conditions, extended heat blasts, untimely hail, rain events and frost – welcome to the summer/fall of 2015. APG noted another year of increased acreage across most of the pulse crops with total pulse acreage of over 1.8 million acres seeded, ap-proximately eight per cent of the arable acres in the province. Through positive price signals and further development of markets and more first time growers, APG is optimistic that this indicates a growing trend that will be helpful for all producers in the development of a strong and beneficial rotation.

In many areas, early seeding led to an opportunity for peas and faba beans to capture the soil moisture and get good establishment. What started out as a pretty positive year took a turn in June and July with the extremely hot conditions, and significant hail events for some areas, which stunted growth and had an effect on yields. Some pulse crops enjoyed it a bit drier, but some suffered. A benefit of the drier conditions was the decline in disease on some of the crops, but the flip side of lower disease was increased insect damage with pea leaf weevil and grass-hopper damage expanding. Taking this together, APG is anticipating a drop in yields for this year but we still hope to hit our quality parameters and, for grow-ers, prices are remaining strong.

Because of the challenging conditions in some areas of the province, there were fewer crop walks and summer tours, but a highlight for APG was the hard work of Zone 2 members to offer a crop tour to international guests of the Canadian Special Crops Associa-tion Conference (CSCA). Thirty buyers from across the globe toured pulse fo-cused facilities and a farm northeast of Calgary on a beautiful day in June. Many of the international guests trade pulse crops for a living but had never seen peas and lentils in the fields, only in bags or in bulk deliveries in their re-spective countries. It was a highlight of the summer for APG and we hope that our international guests left with a fa-vourable impression of Alberta’s pulse industry.

This summer also saw an increased focus on policy work for the cropping sector in the province. Partnering with Alberta Wheat Commission, Al-berta Barley, Alberta Canola Produc-ers Commission, APG worked to gain knowledge about various sustainabil-ity schemes that are being highlighted and anticipated to be part of the future of food production. Grower volunteers participated in a project to learn if they are really ready for the implementation of these sustainability metrics. Com-missions are continuing to work on this project into the new crop year.

Another prominent policy topic has been the Government of Alberta’s Safe and Healthy Farms and Ranches policy discussions. APG has been informed, along with other members of both the livestock and cropping sectors, on the Government’s plans to advance leg-islation that focuses on Occupational Health and Safety, Insurance, Employ-ment Standards and Labour Relations. APG has had discussions with Govern-ment of Alberta Agriculture and For-estry representatives as well as officials from Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour on the topic, and will continue to work for the best interests of the membership on the file.

Aside from policy, the summer had a continued focus on the preparations for International Year of Pulses in 2016 (IYP2016). From highlighting IYP2016 at the CSCA conference in June, to con-tributing and the further development of Canada’s plans for the celebrations, to developing our own Alberta-focused program, IYP is proving to be an oppor-tunity that our industry is embracing. Interest is coming from many groups to learn more about pulse crops and the opportunity to elevate how pulses address food and nutrition, security, innovation, productivity, environmen-tal sustainability, and market access and stability, and increasing the overall awareness of the crops. The industry has been given a once-in-a-lifetime op-portunity that can be a launching pad for growth and development. APG is proud to play a role in the celebrations beginning on January 6, 2016 at the Canadian launch. Connect to iyp2016.org to learn more about the celebrations.

Finally, as we move into the new crop year it becomes meeting season for commissions. I invite you to join APG during the zone meetings which are held across the province in November and December. APG directors, advi-sors and staff would like to hear your thoughts on our industry and share more information on our plans moving into the 2015-16 crop year. In many of the locations we are partnering with other crop commissions to make the most of your grower time and invest-ment. We also look forward and invite you to consider participating by be-coming a zone advisor. There are many benefits of becoming engaged with the organization, from being able to participate on the various committees, opportunities to travel and learn about the latest information, as well as pro-vide input and comments directly to the provincial board. For more information on becoming an APG advisor, please contact [email protected] and join us at our zone meetings. We look forward to hearing from you.

Leanne Fischbuch, Executive Director

5 Fall 2015

The Alberta Pulse Growers Commis-sion (APG) will work to increase the arable land planted into pulse crops from eight per cent to 15 per cent in the next five years as part of its new strategic plan. That would amount to an average increase of 370,000 acres per year.

The APG board approved a new stra-tegic plan in June that focuses the or-ganization’s efforts over the next five years and provides measurable tar-gets.

“We want to see genetic improve-ments specific to peas, beans and faba beans, as well as continuation of soybean advancements so that grow-ers get the best varieties that produce the best yields for their situations,” explained Executive Director Leanne Fischbuch. “We are working toward improved yields of five per cent per acre for pea, lentil, dry bean and faba bean.”

She added that APG is looking at an increase in soybean acres from 10,000 to 80,000.

APG’s mandate is to help Alberta growers sell more pulses. The stra-tegic issues on which APG will focus are: Producer Profitability – support-ing research to increase profitability; Marketing – intentionally work to cre-ate and maintain market demand; and

Grower Support – provide information and education for growers.

In addition to funding research ad-vancements that enable producers to grow more pulses, APG is also com-mitted to investigating technological advancements for pulse production that would foster the addition of three secondary value-added processing businesses in Alberta where currently there aren’t any.

On the consumer side, APG aims to have pulse products identified on the store shelves as containing pulses or see more Alberta products include pulses. A big accomplishment will be to have Alberta consumers under-stand what a pulse is, and recognize the health benefits of eating pulses. APG’s goal is to increase pulse con-sumption by 100 grams per capita per week.

APG Chair Allison Ammeter believes that International Year of Pulses 2016 (IYP) will go a long way in helping to spread the word about the value of adding pulses to the diets of Alber-tans, as well as Canadians and others around the world.

“Pulses are the future of food,” reiter-ated Ammeter, who also serves as the IYP Canadian Committee Chair. “I grow them on my farm and eat them in my home. Pulses are a wonder-

ful ingredient in all kinds of recipes. In Canada, there is an opportunity to increase pulse consumption and that is what our national work will do—get Canadians back to the foods that are so great for them.”

The board also updated APG’s val-ues. Recognizing the previous values remain important to the organization, the staff and board determined that accountability, optimism, innovation, collaboration and sustainability better captured the ideals of the organization moving forward.

“We felt that the focus of these five were critical to us moving forward,” Fischbuch said.

The APG board and staff agreed that the current vision and mission re-mained relevant and accurate. APG’s vision is for a future where pulses are recognized by consumers as en-vironmentally friendly, healthy and nutritious, and recognized by all pro-ducers as an essential element in a sustainable cropping system. APG’s mission is to provide leadership in-creasing competitiveness, profitability and sustainability of pulse production and promote health and environmental benefits.

APG reviews progress on the plan yearly and updates its strategic plan every five years.

APG’s New Five-Year Plan Sets Ambitious but Attainable Targets

Increase in acres to 15%Increased yields/ac in pea, lentil, dry

bean and faba beansSoybean acres to 80K

Value Added Choices to sell your crop

Producer Profitability

Agronomic ResearchGenetics AdvancementTechnology Discovery

CollaborationStrategic Communications

- PCN, WlKI, APPS etc.Review Grassroots Structureand Optimize Commitment

Feature Economics and Sustainability messages

Share Science Based Information

Grower Support

Dedicated ProducersConnecting to Growers

Economic DecisionsInformation Sharing

Chef/Teacher/Health focused materialsAdvance regulatory work to achieve a

health claimIncrease use and consumption of pulses

Advance markets

Marketing

Influencer EducationHealth Claim SupportProduct DevelopmentNational Investment

6Fall 2015

The Alberta Pulse Growers welcomes Nevin Rosaasen to the new position of Policy and Program Specialist.

Rosaasen’s role combines several functions within APG, including in-house agronomist and grower rela-tions, in addition to addressing the nu-merous policy issues that APG deals with year-in and year-out. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Saskatchewan majoring in Agronomy and Ag-Economics, a Master’s degree in International Trade policy from Monterey, California, and has worked at the provincial, national and international levels, including with the United Nations.

“I am excited to be working directly for farmers once again and representing their interests to the best of my ability,” Rosaasen said. “Most people don’t re-alize that nearly 20 per cent of Alber-ta’s workforce is in agriculture services or the food processing sector, and earn their living directly or indirectly from producers. Despite being less than 0.5 per cent of the population, farmers are the backbone of this prov-ince’s economy. When farmers aren’t earning and spending money, a whole lot of people are suffering as a result.”

Rosaasen is always finding new ways

to communicate the interconnected-ness of one event to others. He can best be described as a technical gen-eralist, understanding not only the sci-ence behind field cropping, the prac-tical and historical knowledge of how to get it done, but also the big picture – the overarching geo-political trading environment and the entire value chain from farm gate to foreign forks.

Rosaasen is a fourth generation farmer who still actively farms with his parents and younger brother cropping 2,000 acres in east central Saskatchewan and has experience growing peas and faba beans.

“Pulses are an important part of our cropping system,” he explained. “They significantly reduce our fertilizer bills, are an integral part of our integrated pest management through crop rota-tion, and allow us to diversify our crop marketing portfolio. Green peas have been the most profitable crop on our farm for the last few years due to the lower cost of production.”

Rosaasen has already represented APG at the provincial level at the vari-ous policy working groups since start-ing his new position in June. He has also been fielding agronomy questions from growers, as well as providing in-

put and direction on research funding. He has also worked with other crop commissions to collaborate and co-ordinate whenever possible to better leverage checkoffs and enhance the environment for crop production in the province.

“Whether it is farm safety, maximum residue levels, new agronomic prac-tices or minor use registration, one way or another, it will likely impact a farmer’s pocketbook,” he noted. “I evaluate every decision as I would a business decision on my own op-eration. I understand it is producers’ checkoff dollars that I am spending and strive to ensure they receive as much value as possible, whether it be research or extension. When it comes to policy, sustainability needs to in-clude not only environmental and eco-logical considerations, but long-term economic viability is also a part of that equation.”

Rosaasen is always eager to meet with pulse producers and discuss ev-erything from diseases, insects, her-bicides or even equipment modifica-tions for seeding faba beans.

He likes to say that he has dirt un-der his finger nails yet cleans up well enough to represent producers’ inter-ests in a diplomatic manner.

Interesting facts about Rosaasen in-clude that he has traveled to more than 40 different countries, is fluent in French and Spanish, and still intro-duces himself as a fourth generation food and fibre production engineer: “It has a special ring to it that grabs at-tention, gets people asking questions and helps them to understand that farmers are a whole lot more technical than they realize,” he remarked.

Rosaasen can be reached at [email protected] or via twitter @APGExtension to respond to your ag-ronomic questions, yield reports or to discuss current issues of the day.

APG’s New Policy and Program Specialist is a Pulse Farmer and Ag Economist

Nevin Rosaasen, APG’s New Policy and Program Specialist

7 Fall 2015

Doug Sell lives in the Strathmore area. He was elected to a three-year term as an APG Director in 2013 representing Zone 2. He is currently APG’s Third Ex-ecutive Member on the Board of Direc-tors.

Pulse Crop News: Please tell us about your family and your farm.

Doug Sell: I started farming a year after high school in 1978, and have been happily farming ever since. The farm is located about 25 miles north of Strathmore, in the Rosebud river valley. The farm evolved from a dairy farm, to a mixed farm and only re-cently the cow herd was sold and it is now a grain farm operation. I married Gayle (Turnacliff) in 1984 and we have three adult children: Tyson, who works construction and is also a paramedic; Landon, who works in mass commu-nication and lives in Australia with his new bride Ang, and both return to the family farm almost every fall for the harvest marathon; and Kasyn who is finishing a second degree at the Uni-versity of Lethbridge in Education, to add to a Psychology degree. Gayle is a full-time Registered Nurse, as well as taking on too many farm jobs that are added to a full and busy schedule.

PCN: What has been your experience with growing pulse crops?

DS: Pulse crops have always been a part of the Sell farm rotation. When the dairy was still in operation, peas were added to the silage mix, and after the dairy was sold, peas for grain were the new norm. Faba beans were dabbled with for three years, but were not in the rotation this year. Lentils were added six years ago and seem to be a better fit for our operation than faba beans. We start any new crop with baby steps, until we have determined whether or not they are a fit, so our addition of len-tils into our pulse rotation was started at 40 acres and has grown a bit each year until a full quarter is now in our rotation. I expect to grow more lentils and less peas in the coming years if present trends continue.

PCN: What percentage of your crop was made up of pulses this year?

DS: We have a four year four crop rota-tion with pulses and canola each mak-ing up about 25 per cent of our acre-age each year, and alternating either hard wheat or soft wheat between the pulses and canola. Following a pulse crop we will seed hard red spring wheat the following season as the min-eralization of the pulse stubble during the growing season adds nitrogen and seems to give a pretty consistent high protein wheat. This past season it was as high as 16 per cent. I would like to

say it is always that high, but I can say with conviction it certainly improves the protein consistently. The overall “mellowness or tilth” of the soil is an-other benefit I see from having pulses in our rotation.

PCN: What tips or tricks have you learned growing pulses that you could share with new growers?

DS: Ask questions… there is no bad or dumb question, unless you consider the unasked one when you’ve kicked yourself in the shin because you never asked it. Take baby steps so you don’t bite off more than you can handle. A land roller is a must, and if lentils are going to be added a flex header is also, in my opinion, a must have piece of equipment. Lentils are a small bush plant that will have pods just above ground level, but they were our best netting crop last year, so the extra time and effort is a worthwhile investment.

PCN: What sparked your interest in APG?

DS: The biggest single reason I got in-volved in APG is friend/neighbor/part-ner Barry Grabo. He was an APG di-rector for a good number of years and I found his insights always interesting, thought-provoking and pertinent to the production of pulse crops and what

Doug Sell, Third Member of the APG Executive.

Director Profile: Doug Sell

Doug Sell in the field with his 2015 lentil crop.

8Fall 2015

they can and do contribute to the busi-ness of agriculture.

PCN: APG directors sit on various committees. You are the Third Execu-tive Member on the provincial Board, as well as a member of the Research and Extension committees. What at-tracted you to serve in these roles?

DS: My interest in both Research and Extension committees stems from the underutilization of pulse foods in North American diets. It is a bit like the chicken and the egg. Which comes first? If there were more pulses on store shelves, and the health benefits were more publicly known, I feel that pulses would be included in more dai-ly consumption. But producers are not going to grow them unless they con-tribute positively to our bottom line, so that is where research comes in. With the implementation of UPOV ’91, I fully expect that plant breeders will be able to do “new” business here in Canada that will improve our varieties and make them better net contributors to our bottom line. The job of Exten-sion then is to make growers aware, and help new growers with as much information as possible so that when pulses are added to a farm rotation the chances of success are as high as possible. With the recent addition of a full time dietitian to the APG staff, I am really excited that the pieces to grow the pulse brand have been enhanced: Knowledge and awareness for the consumer to want to add pulses to their diets, Research and Extension to assist producers to stock the shelves for the consumer.

PCN: What is the biggest issue facing your farm this year?

DS: The biggest single issue facing our farm this year and last has been transportation. Getting grain into the system has been challenging. Pulse Canada and the other grain commis-sions have been instrumental in bring-ing national attention to this problem. Part of the solution has included re-porting, recording and monitoring grain flow through the rail system. Progress has been made, but the pressure on both government and the railroad has to be maintained, and that takes money. Levy dollars are used to help with funding this ongoing initia-tive, and I feel is a very good invest-ment.

PCN: What has been the biggest ben-efit of your involvement as a director?

DS: I start ev-ery day with the same basic goal, and that is to learn something new. We work in an industry that is constant-ly evolving and with the advent of social media the awareness of the consum-ing public to agriculture has also changed dramatically. If we are not telling our story about agriculture be-ing sustainable,

growing a healthy product, being part of a very safe food supply system for the consuming public, then there is a very vocal minority that will tell our sto-ry for us; and too often that story is not very accurate. So my involvement as director (now this will really sound like a sales pitch) has really been a learn-ing cycle through which I have come to understand and appreciate the work that all commissions do for producers. So this “politics of farming” has been really interesting to me and I would encourage all producers to come out to the zone meetings where we try to share information that will help all pro-ducers to grow our industry.

Thank you, Doug. We are looking for-ward to continuing to benefit from your contributions to the Board.

Director Profile: Doug SellCont’d

9 Fall 2015

The Alberta Pulse Growers Commis-sion has seen many innovators work tirelessly to advance the industry over the years.

All of those early adopters who were brave enough to take a chance on a crop that was new for Alberta were

pioneers for the emerging pulse in-dustry. The second annual Industry Innovator Award will recognize the efforts of a person or group that has contributed to the pulse industry in a unique or innovative way.

APG combed through the many worthy selections and selected its first presi-dent, Lud Prudek, as the recipient of the inaugural Alberta Pulse Growers Industry Innovator Award in January 2015 in celebration of APG’s 25th year as a commission.

Prudek was pleased to receive the honour, and travelled from his home in Idaho to accept the award.

“I’ve had an extraordinarily interest-ing experience all through my life,” he said. “I’ve been so fortunate to know so many wonderful people and it has been a privilege to be a partner in the Alberta Pulse Growers. In any of these major accomplishments, you can give credit to one individual, but you al-ways have to have an enormous team to make it work. If you don’t have that team and someone to inspire them, you’re not going to get anywhere.”

APG Chair Allison Ammeter, a Sylvan Lake pulse grower, was pleased to again have the opportunity to recog-nize people who have advanced Al-

berta’s pulse industry with their hard work and innovation.

“There are so many individuals and organizations that have strengthened our growing industry with their pro-gressive thinking and tireless efforts,” she said. “The presentation of the first Industry Innovator Award last January launched an annual tradition of recog-nizing the contributions of noteworthy individuals and organizations. I am excited to see the nominations for the second annual award.”

An industry innovator is a person who has worked to help nurture and shape the pulse industry and helped contrib-ute to the success of the industry as it is today. Innovators may have con-tributed to the industry through vari-ous areas from production, marketing, research, extension, processing, man-agement, promotion and innovation.

Nominate someone that you admire today at http://pulse.ab.ca/news/ar-ticle/pulse-industry-innovator-award1. Forms must be completed and re-ceived by 4 pm on December 8, 2015.

The second annual APG Innovator Award will be presented at the Annual General Meeting in January 2016 at FarmTech.

Nominate someone you know for the 2nd annual

Industry Innovator

AwardEntry Deadline: December 8, 2015For more information, visit http://pulse.ab.ca/news/article/pulse-industry-innovator-award1

Industry Innovator

Award

Are You the Heartbeat of the Pulse Industry? Then This Award Could Be Yours

Lud Prudek, recipient of the inaugural Alberta Pulse Growers Industry

Innovator Award in January 2015.

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Many international pulse traders were eager to cap off the Canadian Special Crops Association Conference in Cal-gary by getting out into the fields for a crop tour.

“The comments and gratitude that I re-ceived from all of the tour participants really made the experience worth-while,” said Doug Sell, the Third Mem-ber of the Alberta Pulse Growers Ex-ecutive who helped organize the tour. “From people who had never been in a field before, to people asking ‘what are these big yellow machines’ and watching people measure themselves against tires that made them look small, they were very grateful for the experience.”

Sell and his farming partner Barry Grabo welcomed the group of more than 40 guests to view their dry pea and lentil crops near Beiseker as part of the June 24 tour. Delegates were also invited to view an impressive dis-play of farm equipment.

“There were traders here in the field for the tour that have been trading peas and lentils for a while, but had never seen them growing,” Grabo remarked. “In fact, they had no idea what either of the plants even looked like until the tour. There were several comments about how wide open the countryside was, how far you could see, and is your closest neighbor really that far away. It certainly was worth the effort if we educated some people as to how we produce food and what is involved in that job.”

APG’s Zone 2 members had originally planned the tour to take place in con-junction with the conference in 2013, but that year’s catastrophic floods forced the event to be cancelled.

This year’s tour included participants from Pakistan, India, Turkey, Singa-pore, Panama, China, the United States and Canada.

The tour began at the Viterra grain eleva-tor at Crossfield, followed by lunch and a video from Jay Schultz about his farm’s 2014 growing season (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DktisG0J_9g), tours of the pea and lentil crops, and culminated in a tour of the Graham Dam Irrigation Site.

“I am interested in the technology and methods Canadian farmers use to grow and harvest crops,” said tour partici-pant Sam Huo, an intern at a Chinese trading company who is currently at-tending the University of Philadelphia. “They use advanced technology to in-crease efficiency.”

Luz Stella Piedrahita of Prime Seeds International Inc. in North Vancouver was impressed by the scale of the Vit-erra elevator.

“We are traders so we wanted to make sure that we saw the process as lots of people ask us about it,” she said. “This is one of the larger (elevators) that we have seen. It was a great conference. It’s great to get together and make connections.”

Manas Banerjee, CEO of XiteBio Tech-nologies Inc. of Winnipeg, was inter-ested to see how producers present his industry to the world.

“We are the manufacturers of biologi-cals,” he said. “These are basically traders here, and I wanted to see how the farmers show the inoculants that we produce.”

Mark Olson, Unit Head of Pulse Crops with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, led the discussion at the crop tour sites, and was impressed with the tour and how well it showcased Alberta’s pulse industry.

“The most common question I was asked by traders was about buying pulses directly from farmers,” he re-called. “I don’t think many of the buy-ers really understood the complexity of the business or moving grain in West-ern Canada. It’s always great to get together with the APG zone members, as well as meet a ton of new people.”

Field Tour Gave International Traders an Eye-Opening Look at Alberta’s Pulse Industry

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After being cancelled in 2013 due to one of the largest weather disasters Canada has seen, the Canadian Spe-cial Crops Association (CSCA) confer-ence returned to Calgary in late June with a packed agenda for participants.

The event kicked off with salutations from federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz. The conference in-cluded International Year of Pulses up-dates and information sessions, pan-els on maximum residue limits, market access and transportation, economic outlooks, the national MISSION: IM-PULSEIBLE student food product competition and, the highlight for most of the trade, market outlooks.

The Alberta Pulse Growers was present and active in many areas of the confer-ence. APG staff was asked to present to the International Delegation in col-laboration with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. This enabled the global pulse industry to learn more about what Al-berta can offer the world. In addition, Allison Ammeter, APG’s Chair and the Canadian Chair of International Year of Pulses, participated in two sessions. Ammeter led one session presented in a talk show format about Canadian IYP activities. She also provided an update for all delegates on Canadian and in-ternational IYP celebrations. Both ses-sions helped to build the excitement for IYP programming.

APG directors Doug Sell, D’Arcy Hil-gartner and Don Shepert also attend-ed the conference. Executive Director Leanne Fischbuch and Food and Nu-trition Coordinator Debra McLennan attended on behalf of the APG staff. In addition to the conference, Zone 2 coordinated and successfully hosted a tour for international guests immedi-

ately after the conference ended. By all accounts it was very well received and may possibly be a highlight of the event for the international traders. See page 12 for a story about the tour.

Conference delegates attending the gala dinner were also the first to learn who won the national MISSION: IM-PULSEIBLE competition that took place during the event. The Alberta team placed third with its Peamon and Peacolate Tarts. See the Sum-mer 2015 Pulse Crop News for more details on this product, which won the provincial competition with just the lemon flavoured filling. When the team worked with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry staff at the Food Processing Development Centre, they developed an additional flavour for their tarts, so they presented both a lemon cream cheese and chocolate cream cheese filled tart to the national judges. First place went to Mount St. Vincent Univer-sity, Halifax with a Coco Bean Cake and sec-ond place was awarded to the University of Saskatchewan team for its Pul-siano Pizza.

Meanwhile, Blair Roth, a long-time leader in the pulse and special crop industry, was honoured with the CSCA Presi-

dent’s Award at the conference ban-quet. Presented by CSCA President Murad Al-Katib, Roth humbly accepted the accolades. Roth has been active in the Alberta industry for many years and was a key part of the evolution of the Alberta Pulse Growers Association into the Alberta Pulse Growers Com-mission over 26 years ago. Roth par-ticipates as a non-voting advisor for APG’s Zone 1, serves as Prairie Pes-ticide Minor Use Consortium (PPMUC) Chair and joins APG and others at the Pulse Industry Roundtable. He has also seen the evolution of the special crops industry through his role with the Bow Island and Taber bean plants in southern Alberta. Roth has complet-ed his term on the CSCA board and stepped back from those duties, but his knowledge of history will be relied upon for CSCA strategic planning pur-poses in the next year.

CSCA Conference Highlights Include Market Outlooks, CSCA President’s Award and More

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The Alberta team placed third with its Peamon and Peacolate Tarts.

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Alberta Pulse GrowersZone Meetings

Save the date for an informative meeting happening soon in your zone!

All meetings will be held from 9 am until 3:30 pm.

Please see the Chair’s Report on page 4 of this issue of PCNor visit our website for more information on the Zone meetings

www.pulse.ab.ca

Zone 1December 7

Taber Legion,5205 – 48 Avenue, Taber

Zone 2November 3

Olds Royal Canadian Legion #1055241 – 46 Street, Olds

(with Alberta Barley andAlberta Wheat Commission)

Zone 3November 25

Westlock & District Community Hall

10711 – 104 Avenue, Westlock(with Alberta Barley and

Alberta Wheat Commission)

Zone 4November 5

Rycroft Agricultural Society5010 – 49 Street, Rycroft

(with Alberta Barley)

Zone 5November 24

Vermilion Regional Centre5702 College Drive, Vermilion

(with Alberta Barley)

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To learn more about which areas fall into which zone, please consult the Alberta Pulse Growers Marketing Plan Regulation.

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Most pulse marketers are carefully watching the Canadian crop situation right now, and for good reason. But because Canadian pulses depend heavily on exports, it’s important to keep one eye on foreign markets. Each pulse crop and type has its own set of global market factors, adding to the complexity. This article summa-rizes where and when to watch for key market developments.

It’s important to distinguish between destinations for yellow and green peas, since they’re very different mar-kets. Three countries account for 90 per cent of Canada’s yellow pea ex-ports. India is the dominant buyer and its purchase levels are influenced by its own domestic production during the rabi (winter) with planting in No-vember and harvest starting in Febru-ary. It’s important to watch the weather during that season, as it plays a huge role in India’s demand. In China and Bangladesh, less information is avail-able but domestic production is less of a factor for import volumes.

The major exporters of yellow (and dun) peas are Canada, Ukraine, Rus-sia, Australia and France. Because most of these countries are in the northern hemisphere, July and August are the months where production totals are set. For Australia, that happens in November and December. That means we’re in the middle of figuring out the supply side for yellow peas.

Green peas are a different market. India and China were the two largest buyers in 2014-15 but don’t account for as much of total exports as they do for yellows. The rest of green pea demand is widely scattered among 63 countries, meaning less of the market outlook depends on production in one or two locations and the supply side is a more important factor.

When it comes to green pea exports, Canada and the US are the two main sellers. What happens in North Amer-ica largely determines the global ex-portable supply, making this time of

year critical for market direction of green peas.

Red lentils are similar to yellow peas in that only a few countries account for most of global imports. India is the largest buyer but also grows sizable volumes in the rabi season, making the November-February period the most important to watch. That also applies to Pakistan and Bangladesh. In Turkey, red lentils are grown as a winter crop and harvested in May-June. Two other sizable buyers, Egypt and the UAE, produce few red lentils of their own.

The two major exporters of red lentils are Canada and Australia, with Cana-dian production dominating the mar-ket. Now that the harvest is over here, those supplies are locked in, while the Australian crop will be harvested in November-December.

Demand for green lentils is more widely dispersed, just like green peas. India is the largest buyer, but three quarters of 2014-15 Canadian exports were scattered among 88 other coun-tries. Because no single buyer drives the market, it’s the exporters – mostly Canada and the US – that set direction and those crops are already in the bin.

For chickpeas, India is the largest pro-ducer and buyer of desi chickpeas but can also be a key exporter of kabuli types, with most of that harvest occur-ring in March. Mexico is another major exporter of large calibre kabulis and that crop is also harvested in March. The other key market for larger cali-bre kabulis is Turkey and that harvest occurs mostly in July. Smaller calibre kabulis are produced by Russia with a late-summer harvest and Argentina with the harvest in November and De-cember. The Australian chickpea crop harvested in November/December is 90 per cent desi chickpeas but also in-cludes a significant volume of kabulis.

Most market analysts use multiple sources of information about crops in these key countries. Some countries provide easy access to information while others take more digging. Web searches, sometimes requiring trans-lation, can reveal local information sources including news reports and government statistical websites. For India, the single most important pulse market, most information is available in English. There are many information sources about the weather situations in various countries, but those looking for a central resource should start with the USDA’s Crop Explorer at www.pe-cad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer.

Where in the World?Chuck Penner, LeftField Commodity Research

Source: LeftField Commodity Research

Global Pulse Harvest Timeline

USAIndia

Mexico

AustraliaTurkey

Ukraine/Russia

USA

TurkeyIndia

India Australia

AustraliaUSA

France

Pakistan/Bangladesh

Russia Argentina

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Lentils

Chickpeas

Peas

Lentils

Chickpeas

Peas

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Pulse Buyers List 2015

An Alberta Pulse Dealer’s License does not guarantee these companies are licensed through the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). To confirm that a dealer is licensed through the CGC, please visit www.grainscanada.gc.ca.

1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutions 1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutionshttp://www.wagrain.ca http://www.wagrain.caPh: 403-227-2774 Box 6345, 5041 - 50 Street Wes Reid Ph: 780-372-4194 5110 - 48 Street Brent EinarsonFax: 403-227-2766 Innisfail, AB T4G 1T1 [email protected] Fax: 780-372-4190 Bashaw, AB T0B 0H0 [email protected], Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic Buyer, Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic

1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutions 1309497 Alberta Ltd. o/a WA Grain & Pulse Solutionshttp://www.wagrain.ca http://www.wagrain.caPh: 403-224-2056 SW23 - 34 - 1 - W5 Dan Lake Ph: 306-582-2774 2509 Railway Avenue Larry BevillFax: 403-224-2853 Bowden, AB T0M 0K0 [email protected] Fax: 306-582-2766 Vanguard, SK S0N 2V0 [email protected], Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic Buyer, Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic

Feed Peas Green Peas Other Peas Yellow Peas Green Len3ls Red Len3ls Kabuli Chickpeas

HighTannin Faba Beans

Low Tannin Faba Beans

Feed Soybeans

Adainal Resources LimitedPh: 403-560-3480 28 Sherwood Square NW

Calgary, AB T3R 0N7 [email protected]

Green Peas Yellow Peas Green Len.ls Red Len.ls Kabuli Chickpeas

Agrocorp Holdings International Inc.Ph: 604-681-8675 390 - 375 Water St. Kevin PriceFax: 866-377-4559 Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6Buyer, Exporter

Green Peas Maple Peas Yellow Peas Large Green Len1ls

Medium Green Len1ls Red Len1ls Small Green

Len1ls Kabuli

Chickpeas

Agrocorp Processing Ltd - A Division of Agrocorp Holdings International Inc.Ph: 780-837-8450 Box 690 - 78031 RR 213 Claude Mencke

Falher, AB T0H 1M0 [email protected], Exporter

Peas Red Len*ls Faba Beans

Agrocorp Processing Ltd - A Division of Agrocorp Holdings International Inc.Ph: 306-693-2887 862 Snyder Road Patrick Pappernfoot, Vaughn Hutchinson

Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4Y4 [email protected], Exporter

Peas Len(ls

Alberta Pulse Traders Ltd. (L.A. Grain Ltd.)http://www.lagrain.ca http://www.pulsetraders.caPh: 403-327-9787 RR 8, Site 10, Box 23 Brad ShawFax: 403-327-8727 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4P4 [email protected]

AGT Foods Canada AGT Foods - USAhttp://www.agtfoods.com http://www.agtfoods.comPh: 306-525-4490 6200 E Primrose Green Drive Ph: 701-751-1623 1611E Century Ave, Suite 102Fax: 306-525-4463 Regina, SK S4V 3L7 [email protected] Fax: 701-751-1626 Bismark, ND 58503 [email protected] Buyer

Feed Peas Green Peas Maple Peas Marrowfat Peas Yellow Peas Black Beans Brown Beans Great Northern

Beans Horse Beans Malik Beans Pink Beans Pinto Beans Red Beans

Kabuli Chickpeas Faba Beans Green Len@ls Red Len@ls

Belle Pulses [email protected]: 306-423-5202 Box 65, 1101 Main StreetFax: 306-423-6212 Bellevue, SK S0K 3Y0 Tony / Francis GaudetBuyer, Exporter, Processor


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Pulse Buyers List 2015 - Cont’d


Broadgrain Commodities Inc.http://www.broadgrain.comPh: 416-504-0070 Suite 900, 18 King Street East [email protected]: 416-504-0080 Toronto, ON M5C 1C4 [email protected], Exporter, Processor

Feed Peas Green Peas Maple Peas Marrowfat Peas Yellow Peas Black Beans Great Northern

Beans Pinto Beans Small Red Beans

Large Laird Len>ls

Medium Green Len>ls Red Len>ls Small Green

Len>ls

Kabuli Chickpeas Faba Beans Green Len5ls Red Len5ls

Canadian Exotic Grains LtdPh: 306-962-4751 Box 444Fax: 306-962-3251 Eston, SK S0L 1A0 [email protected], Exporter

Large Laird Len*ls

Medium Green Len*ls Other Len*ls Red Len*ls Small Green

Len*ls Desi

Chickpeas Kabuli

Chickpeas

Canadian Wheat Boardhttp://www.cwb.caPh: 1-800-275-4292 423 Main StreetFax: 204-983-8031 Winnipeg, MB R3B 1B3 [email protected], Exporter

Yellow Peas

Cargill Limitedhttp://www.cargill.caPh: 204-947-6219 300, 240 Graham Ave. Eric FossayFax: 204-947-6444 Winnipeg, MB R3C 4C5 [email protected]

Feed Peas Yellow Peas Soybeans

Champion Commodities Champion Feed Services Ltd.http://www.championfeeds.com http://www.championfeeds.comPh: 780-349-3553 9415 - 109 Street Bryan Kercher Ph: 780-674-3155 Box 4500 Bryan KercherFax: 780-349-3023 Westlock, AB T7P 2M6 [email protected] Fax: 780-674-3499 Barrhead, AB T7N 1A4 [email protected] Buyer

Champion Feed Services Ltd. Champion Feed Services Ltd.http://www.championfeeds.com http://www.championfeeds.comPh: 780-674-2910 4901 - 54 Street Gary Belanger Ph: 780-349-5886 9415 - 109 St. Darren LidbergFax: 780-674-2630 Barrhead, AB T7N 1A4 [email protected] Fax: 780-349-3023 Westlock, AB T7P 2M6 [email protected]

Champion Feed Services Ltd.http://www.championfeeds.comPh: 780-532-3151 12805 - 97B Street Luke NaggeFax: 780-532-7440 Grande Prairie, AB T8V 6K1 [email protected]

Feed Peas Faba Beans

Columbia Seed Co. Ltd.http://www.columbiaseed.caPh: 403-654-2158 Box 80, 409 - 2 Avenue South Joerg KlempnauerFax: 403-654-4238 Vauxhall, AB T0K 2K0 [email protected]

Broker, Buyer, Exporter, Processor

Commodious Trading Inc.http://www.commodious.caPh: 250-652-7807 1205 Maple Road David Newman / Kelly BrownFax: 778-426-1807 North Saanich, BC V8L 5P7 [email protected], Processor

Green Peas Yellow Peas Large Green Len/ls

Medium Green Len/ls Red Len/ls Small Green

Len/ls

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CorNine Commodities Ltd.http://www.yourgrain.caPh: 1-888-882-7803 4836 45A StreetFax: 403-782-4985 Lacombe, AB T4L 2C9Buyer, Exporter

Peas Beans Len)ls Chickpeas Faba Beans

Eclipse Pork Ltd.Ph: 403-885-2776 RR 4 Craig SharpFax: 403-885-2792 Lacombe, AB T4L 2N4 [email protected]

Peas Len(ls Faba Beans Soybeans

Farmer Direct Co-operative Ltd.http://www.farmerdirect.coopPh: 306-352-2444 1536 Victoria Avenue [email protected]: 306-352-2443 Regina, SK S4P 0P5 [email protected] Organic, Buyer Organic, Exporter Organic

Green Peas Organic

Yellow Peas Organic

Black Beans Organic

Pinto Beans Organic

Small Red Beans Organic

Black Len9ls Organic

French Green Len9ls Organic

Red Len9ls Organic

Kabuli Chickpeas Organic

Faba Beans Organic

Fill-More Seeds Inc.http://www.fillmoreseeds.comPh: 306-722-3353 Box 70Fax: 306-722-3328 Fillmore, SK S0G 1N0 [email protected], Exporter, Processor

Feed Peas Green Peas Yellow Peas Crimson Len3ls Eston Len3ls Laird Len3ls

Globeways Canada Inc.http://www.globeways.comPh: 1-800-979-0212 118 - 120 Traders Blvd. Raj Jain / Tanvir ZaidiFax: 647-439-1335 Mississauga, ON L4Z 2H7 [email protected], Exporter

Feed Peas Green Peas Yellow Peas

Hi-Pro Feeds LPhttp://www.hiprofeeds.comPh: 403-938-8350 Site 2, Box 50, RR 2Fax: 403-938-8383 Okotoks, AB T1S 1A2 [email protected]

Feed Peas Green Peas Yellow Peas Snowbird Faba Beans

Ilta Grain Inc.http://www.iltagrain.comPh: 604-597-5060 8427 - 160 Street [email protected]: 604-597-4933 Surrey, BC V4N 0V6 [email protected], Exporter, Processor

Green Peas Yellow Peas Green Len.ls Red Len.ls

J.K. Milling Canada Ltd.Ph: 604-696-9955 Suite 540, 355 Burrard Street Bryan DagenaisFax: 604-696-9977 Vancouver, BC V6C 2G6 [email protected], Exporter, Processor

Peas Len(ls Chickpeas Faba Beans

Lansing Canada, ULChttp://www.lansingtradegroup.comPh: 913-748-3066 Todd RossFax: 913-748-4366 [email protected], Buyer, Exporter

Feed Peas Desi Chickpeas

Kabuli Chickpeas Soybeans



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Legumex Walker Canada Inc.http://www.legumexwalker.comPh: 204-808-0448 1345 Kenaston Blvd.Fax: 204-808-0449 Winnipeg, MB R3P 2P2Buyer, Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Pro-cessor, Processor Organic

Feed Peas Green Peas Maple Peas Marrowfat Peas Yellow Peas Black Beans Great Northern

Beans Other Beans Pink Beans Pinto Beans

Large Green Len<ls

Medium Green Len<ls Other Len<ls Red Len<ls Small Green

Len<ls Desi

Chickpeas Kabuli

Chickpeas Non-‐Tannin Faba Beans

Tannin Faba Beans

Mountain Meadows Food Processing (2004) Ltd.http://www.peabutter.caPh: 780-961-2470 25211 - SH651Fax: 1-800-961-2470 Sturgeon County, AB T0G 1L1Exporter, Processor

Peas

Natural Specialty Crops Co, ULCPh: 306-873-4006 Box 1927Fax: 204-480-4533 Tisdale, SK S0E 1T0Buyer, Exporter

Large Green Len)ls

Medium Green Len)ls Other Len)ls Red Len)ls Small Green

Len)ls Faba Beans Kabuli Chickpeas

Northern Gate Enterpriseshttp://www.northerngate.ca/Ph: 604-569-3034 5006 Grafton StreetFax: 778-329-8621 Burnaby, BC V5H 1M4Broker, Buyer, Exporter

Green Peas Yellow Peas Black Beans Navy Beans Pink Beans Crimson Len7ls Laird Len7ls Kabuli

Chickpeas GMO

Soybeans Non GMO Soybeans

OlyNorth LPhttp://[email protected]: 306-682-5041 Box 610

Fax: 306-682-5042 Humboldt, SK S0K 2A0

Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd.http://www.parrishandheimbecker.com http://www.parrishandheimbecker.comPh: 204-956-2030 1400 - 201 Portage Avenue Ph: 403-545-2748 Box 97 John NobleFax: 204-943-8233 Winnipeg, MB R3B 3K6 Fax: 403-545-2753 Bow Island, AB T0K 0G0 [email protected], Exporter Buyer, Exporter

Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd.http://www.parrishandheimbecker.com http://www.parrishandheimbecker.comPh: 403-526-2831 355 Kipling Street SE Barrie Woods Ph: 403-647-3633 Box 671, 209 Railway Street NW Lawrence MussellFax: 403-527-3186 Medicine Hat, AB T1A 1Y5 [email protected] Fax: 403-647-3904 Milk River, AB T0K 1M0 [email protected], Exporter Buyer, Exporter

Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd.http://www.parrishandheimbecker.com http://www.parrishandheimbecker.comPh: 403-485-2727 Box 54 George Thompson Ph: 403-381-8710 RR 8, Site 14, Comp 11 Stewart WhillansFax: 403-485-6315 Vulcan, AB T0L 2B0 [email protected] Fax: 403-381-8772 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4P4 [email protected], Exporter Buyer, Exporter

Feed Peas Yellow Peas Soybeans

Paterson Global Foods Inc. Paterson Grain - Dunmore Terminal - A Division of Paterson Global Foods Inc.http://www.patersonglobalfoods.com http://www.patersonglobalfoods.comPh: 204-956-2090 333 Main Street, 22nd Floor Ph: 403-504-4137 4515 TWP RD Ricahrd MartensFax: 204-947-2386 Winnipeg, MB R3C 4E2 [email protected] Fax: 403-504-4138 Cypress County, AB T1B 0L5 [email protected] Buyer

Paterson Grain - Long Plain Terminal - A Division of Paterson Global Foods Inc.http://www.patersonglobalfoods.comPh: 403-734-5525 Box 250, #3 Highway 901Fax: 403-734-3257 Gleichen, AB T0J 1N0 [email protected]

Feed Peas Green Peas Yellow Peas Medium Red Len5ls

Small Red Len5ls

20Fall 2015


An Alberta Pulse Dealer’s License does not guarantee these companies are licensed through the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). To confirm that a dealer is licensed through the CGC, please visit www.grainscanada.gc.ca

Prime Seeds International Inc. L.A. Grain - A Division of Prime Seeds International Inc.http://www.primeseeds.com http://www.primeseeds.comPh: 604-990-2500 Suite 201, 50 Lonsdale Avenue Ernesto Mejia Ph: 403-327-9787 RR 8, Site 10, Box 23Fax: 604-990-2520 North Vancouver, BC V7M 2E6 Fax: 403-327-8727 Lethbridge, AB T1J 4P4Buyer Buyer

Green Peas Split Green Peas

Cranberry Beans Navy Beans Green Len5ls Kabuli

Chickpeas

Providence Grain Group Inc. Providence Grain Group Inc.http://www.providencegrain.ca http://www.providencegrain.caPh: 780-997-0211 168 - 11870 88 Avenue Ph: 403-946-4644 1412 Elevator Road

Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 0K1 [email protected] Fax: 403-946-4688 Crossfield, AB T0M 0S0 [email protected]

Providence Grain Group Inc. Providence Grain Group Inc.http://www.providencegrain.ca http://www.providencegrain.caPh: 306-968-2033 1 Elevator Road, Box 47 Ph: 204-505-0777 305 - 93 Lombard AvenueFax: 306-968-2036 Marengo, SK S0L 2K0 [email protected] Fax: 204-505-1551 Winnipeg, MB R3B 3B1 [email protected] Buyer

Canadian Green Peas

Canadian Yellow Peas

Canadian Green Len1ls

Canadian Red Len1ls

Rudy Agro Ltd.Ph: 306-867-8667 Box 100Fax: 306-867-8290 Outlook, SK S0L 2N0 [email protected], Exporter, Processor

Austrian Winter Peas Green Peas Maple Peas Marrowfat

Peas Yellow Peas Navy Beans Otebo Beans Pinto Beans Red Kidney Beans

Crimson LenAls

Large Green LenAls

Small Green LenAls

Desi Chickpeas

Kabuli Chickpeas

Austrian Winter Peas Green Peas Maple Peas Marrowfat

Peas Yellow Peas Navy Beans Otebo Beans Pinto Beans Red Kidney Beans

Crimson LenAls

Large Green LenAls

Small Green LenAls

Desi Chickpeas

Kabuli Chickpeas

Scoular Canada Ltd.http://www.scoular.comPh: 403-720-9050 1110 - 10201 Southport Rd SW Jeff VipondFax: 403-720-9059 Calgary, AB T2W 4X9Broker, Broker Organic, Buyer, Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic

Blocky Peas Espace Peas Patricks Peas Smooth Round Peas Blaze Len:ls Crimson

Len:ls Estons Len:ls Laird Len:ls Richleas

Len:ls Robins Len:ls

Fron:er Chickpeas

Kabuli Chickpeas

Shafer Commodities Inc.http://www.shafercommodities.comPh: 403-328-5066 2914 - 12 Avenue S Michelle BaldersonFax: 403-327-1130 Lethbridge, AB T1K 0R1 [email protected]

Peas Beans Len)ls Chickpeas

Simpson Seeds Inc.http://www.simpsonseeds.comPh: 306-693-2132 Box 1136 Mike PierceFax: 306-693-4489 Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4P8 [email protected], Exporter, Processor

Green Len'ls Red Len'ls Spanish Brown Len'ls Split Len'ls

SNTAJ Inc.http://www.sntaj.comPh: 205-304-3769 407 - 725 Don MillsFax: 270-447-1173 Toronto, ON M3C 1S6 [email protected]

Feed Peas Green Peas Marrowfat Peas Yellow Peas Great Northern

Beans Kidney Beans Navy Beans Pinto Beans Green Len:ls Red Len:ls B90 Chickpeas

Desi Chickpeas

Kabuli Chickpeas Faba Beans

St. Paul Municipal Seed Cleaninghttp://www.stpaulseedcleaning.comPh: 780-645-3939 Box 1101 Ron WirstaFax: 780-645-2122 St. Paul, AB T0A 3A0 [email protected], Exporter, Processor

Green Peas Yellow Peas White Low Tannin Faba

Beans

21 Fall 2015


An Alberta Pulse Dealer’s License does not guarantee these companies are licensed through the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). To confirm that a dealer is licensed through the CGC, please visit www.grainscanada.gc.ca

Teasdale Foods Inc. Teasdale Foods Inc.http://www.teasdalefoods.com http://www.teasdalefoods.comPh: 970-584-1821 14574 County Road 64 Joe Hanson Ph: 403-223-8133 Box 4579 Joe HansonFax: 970-351-6003 Greeley, CO 80631 [email protected] Fax: 403-223-1345 Taber, AB T1G 2C9 [email protected], Buyer Organic, Processor, Processor Organic Buyer

Black Beans Pinto Beans Red Beans

Veikle Grain Ltd.http://www.veiklegrain.comPh: 306-398-4714 Box 548 Carl VeikleFax: 306-398-2567 Cut Knife, SK S0M 0N0 [email protected]

Green Peas Yellow Peas Green Len.ls Red Len.ls

Victoria Pulse Trading Corp.http://www.victoriapulse.caPh: 604-733-1094 600 - 850 West Hastings St.

Vancouver, BC V6C 1E1 [email protected], Buyer Organic, Exporter, Exporter Organic, Processor, Processor Organic

Green Peas Yellow Peas Eston Len0ls Green Len0ls Red Len0ls Chickpeas Soybeans

Viterra Inc.http://www.viterra.comPh: 306-569-4596 2625 Victoria Avenue Blair RothFax: 306-569-4888 Regina, SK S4T 7T9 [email protected]

Feed Peas Green Peas Yellow Peas Black Beans Great Northern Beans Pink Beans Pinto Beans Small Red

Beans Large Green

Len;ls Medium

Green Len;ls Red Len;ls Small Green Len;ls

Desi Chickpeas

Kabuli Chickpeas Faba Beans Soybeans

Westlock Terminals (NGC) Ltd.http://www.westlockterminals.comPh: 780-349-7034 Box 5809Fax: 780-349-7056 Westlock, AB T7P 2P6 Rod FischerBuyer


Wilde Bros. Ag TradingPh: 403-752-0115 Box 150 Scott Ralph / Joy LoweFax: 403-752-0191 Raymond, AB T0K 2S0 [email protected] [email protected]

Feed Peas

Windy Acre Holdings Ltd.Ph: 403-886-4301 RR 1, Site 4, Box 9 Doug ParcelsFax: 403-886-2251 Penhold, AB T0M 1R0 [email protected]

Feed Peas Feed Beans Feed Len+ls Feed Faba Beans

22Fall 2015

Agriculture Can Grow our Economy

BUT RAIL SERVICE MUST RESPOND TO MARKET DEMAND

OUR REPUTATION AS A GLOBAL SUPPLIER OF FOOD AND FEED PRODUCTS IS AT STAKE.The market for Canadian grains, oilseeds and special crops is global. The domestic market is not large enough to consume the majority of Canada’s agricultural production; we must export. Our consistent high quality, assured safety, and trusted reputation sets the benchmark that our competitors strive for. Transporting our product from farm to customer requires a complex supply chain with multiple actors to operate in a timely, efficient and cost effective way. Unfortunately, Canada’s trading partners and competitors have taken notice of our transportation challenges. When grains and oilseeds are not delivered in full quantities on time, it means lost sales domestically and internationally. To safeguard Canada’s reputation into the future, we must ensure our global customers that our domestic supply chain can deliver on time, every time.

FARMERS RELY ON CANADA’S RAIL SYSTEM TO GET THEIR PRODUCTS TO MARKET.On an annual basis, roughly 50% of Canada’s total grain crop is exported, with 94% of it moving by rail. Of these exports, 77% are exported by rail to port, 17% are direct rail (e.g. into the U.S.) and approximately 5% are by road. Close to 70% of wheat is exported, and some commodities are even more export dependent. Over 90% of Canadian canola (seed, meal and oil) is exported annually; over 90% of Canadian oats are exported to the U.S.; and Canadian pulses are exported to over 150 countries – we are the world’s largest exporter of lentils and peas, and a top five exporting nation of beans. In 2014, Western Canada exported more than $20 billion in grain and oilseed products, a number that has seen sustained growth over the last five years.

OUR DOMESTIC AGRI-FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES DEPEND ON RAIL SERVICE.Wheat millers, canola crush plants, oat millers and barley maltsters are critically reliant on domestic shipments of raw product via the rail system. In many cases, they also depend on rail to transport the finished product to domestic and export markets. Many of these facilities operate lean production lines (employing just-in-time delivery), with smaller amounts of raw and finished product moving in and out on a timely basis. The Canadian canola processing industry in 2014 exported $1.7 billion in oil and $1.3 billion in meal into the U.S. alone.

AGRICULTURE’S GROWTH WILL CONTINUE, DRIVEN BY EXPORTS.Western Canadian grain production has seen steady growth of about 3% per year for more than a decade, a trend we expect to continue. Future growth in production is not only contingent on farmers’ ability to access and utilize new technology, but also our ability to capitalize on growing opportunities in established and new export markets, many supported by Canada’s active trade agenda.

At home, agriculture is a significant contributor to the national economy. In 2012 it accounted for 6.7% of Canada’s GDP and at the regional level, is a vital part of Canada’s rural communities and western economies. When grains and oilseeds are not picked-up and delivered on time, it means lost revenue for farmers and a drop in rural economies.

Grain Growers of Canada provides a strong national voice for over 50,000 active and

successful grain, oilseed and pulse producers through its 14 provincial and regional grower

groups from across Canada.

The Alberta Wheat Commission is a producer-directed organization dedicated to improving

the long-term profitability of Alberta’s 14,000 wheat producers.

Prairie Oat Growers Association is a voluntary organization of prairie oat growers established to promote the interests of oat growers and oat

marketing. It consists of producers, and associate members from the handling, milling and

supply sectors.

Pulse Canada is the national industry association that represents growers, processors and

traders of pulse crops (peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas) in Canada.

CCGA represents more than 43,000 canola farmers on national and international issues,

policies and programs that impact farm profitability.

Western Canadian Grain & Oilseed Exports

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23 Fall 2015

Making our morning oatmeal is a North American ritual. Canadian oats supply companies in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico with great product. Indeed many Canadian crops are integrated into the mill-ing, malting and processing businesses right across the continent. Surprisingly then, for a country so heavily dependent on trade with the U.S., our grain transportation system continues to struggle to make our only neighbour a priority, despite the demand from both America and Mexico.

All shippers know well the struggles of getting your hands on a rail car, and American traffic continues to lag well behind the other cor-ridors. The de-prioritization of American orders is a long-standing issue; long turnaround times facing shippers moving their product to the U.S. and the smaller size of shipments to this market, means they need special attention.

During the 2013/14 crop year, rail movement volumes for oats fell compared to the five year average, even though crop production was up by almost 40%. In an attempt to maintain sales commit-ments for these typically smaller shipments to the U.S., farmers were forced to turn to substantially more expensive options. Oat exports to the U.S. by truck went up 69%, adding strain to an already overworked trucking system and producer car orders soared. Meanwhile, American customers turned elsewhere to fill the demand gaps. Oats were brought to the American Midwest from Sweden because that was more viable than getting them from Western Canada, while Australia has made massive gains in the Mexican market.

Even today, with many rail shipping corridors experiencing im-provements, the U.S./Mexico corridor continues to see only about three-quarters of the car orders being fulfilled, and many of them delivered weeks later than requested. This is not a lingering effect of the 2014/15 crisis, but a systemic issue faced by shippers reli-ant on southern traffic.

Analyzing the problem is a challenge because public information regarding movement to the U.S. is woefully insufficient. There are anecdotal stories about turnaround times for cars that head south, but no concrete figures that can be relied upon to accurately as-sess the problem. Understanding the complexities of southern traf-fic would allow for a more open and productive discussion about deficiencies, as well as allow for potential solutions to be discussed.

Innovative ideas have been proposed by the railways, particularly the Commercial Fleet Integration Program, which could help improve regular movement, however issues remain. Agriculture groups hope to see shippers, railways, and policy makers share an open discussion about problems and solutions.

Canada’s reputation as a reliable exporter has been damaged, and American customers must now consider regularizing non-Canadian shipments to hedge against the unreliability of our system. When American customers ask Canadian shippers if they can rely on get-ting that order of oats or barley or other crops on time, it’s hard to answer with anything but a “maybe”. We need a better answer.

GETTING GRAIN SOUTHMovement to our neighbours needs priority The Maximum Revenue Entitlement (MRE), often referred to as the “revenue cap”, has been in effect since August 1, 2000. It is a dynamic and elastic regulation that ensures the two major

railways derive a profit and are compensated for their investments related to transporting Western Canadian grains to export positions. The complicated nature of the MRE causes a great deal of misunderstanding about how it works and perpetuates a number of misconceptions about rail service in Canada. Below we set the record straight on the MRE.

MYTH 1: The MRE sets a fixed shipping rate for grain shipped to a portThis is not the case. In fact, railways can apply differential rates to regulated grain movement as long as the overall ‘average’ revenue per tonne, as established under the MRE, is not exceeded. It is pro-portional, in that the more grain moved, the more revenue earned. In the 2013-14 crop year, the two major railways moved almost 38.5 million tonnes of regulated grain, with an average haul of 1,520 kilometres earning them $33.69 per tonne for a combined revenue of almost $1.3 billion.

MYTH 2: Competitive market forces should determine rail shipping ratesAt its core, the MRE is a policy response to the lack of competitive market forces in the Western Canadian grain transportation system. It is established to counteract the monopoly market power that the railways can exert. In the absence of a true competitive market, the structure of the grain supply chain, and the distances required to move grain and oilseed products from country to export, it is in-tended to keep Canada competitive in global markets and to provide a degree of price protection to Western Canadian grain farmers while ensuring a reasonable return to the railways.

MYTH 3: Removing the MRE would improve rail serviceEvidence from grain products that are shipped outside of the MRE prove otherwise, and clearly indicate that there is absolutely no relationship between the cost of rail freight and the provision of service. One obvious example is that Canadian grain, special crops and some value-added products (such as canola oil and meal) that

are not shipped under the MRE (this includes Schedule II grains and non-regulated movements such as rail shipments to domestic loca-tions or to the U.S. or Mexico) do not receive superior service while paying consistently higher rates.

MYTH 4: Poor railway service is linked to the regulated limits on pricingRailway pricing and service are not linked. Extensive analysis shows that railways apply differential pricing, and shippers who pay higher freight rates are not guaranteed better service. In fact:

Rates for grain under the MRE are not the lowest rates applied by railways to movement of Canadian commodities,

Some other commodities pay less than grain and some pay much more, with many factors influencing rates such as: direct competition, available transportation alternatives (such as trucking), available market alternatives, location, and the value of the product and its ability to support higher freight rates, etc.

Only the railways and the Canadian Transportation Agency know what it actually costs the railways to move grain. MRE grain rates are somewhere in the middle of the pack for average rates per tonne so it is incorrect to single out grain as holding back railway profit without disclosure of their costs. It is a one-sided argument.

MYTH 5: The MRE is a hindrance to railway investment in CanadaThe MRE is not a hindrance to railway investment. In fact, it is structured so that the railways are compensated for their invest-ments in hopper car replacement and industrial developments, such as joint infrastructure projects with a company at a grain elevator or port terminal facility. The singular drive for low operating ratios, as a measure of success in the railway business, influences the approach taken to investment in capacity. Due to their market dominance, the railways do not establish capacity to meet the needs of the users of the system but at levels that will maximize railway profits through minimum investments in capacity and aggressive asset utilization.

Setting the Record StraightThe removal of the MRE would certainly increase grain rates with no guarantee of better service. It is not possible to determine the relationship between a grain company paying higher freight rates and the impact on producer price. At the sector level, higher freight costs will most certainly get passed back to producers, the degree to which is difficult to estimate.

Since the inception of the MRE, the grain industry has significantly invested in the modernization of the grain handling and transporta-tion system which has greatly helped the railways’ efficiency and bottom line. In 2014, agricultural products represented 12% of total carloads moved by Canada’s railways while contributing 16% of their total revenue.

The MRE is an easy target for blame or causation of problems in the rail supply chain, but its removal would not improve service nor guarantee future investment which are the real issues.

1,520 kmAverage distance Canadian-grown

grains travel to reach a Canadian port.

STATISTICS

Percentage of grain and process elevators that are served by only ONE railway.

How many routes do you have to your customer?

99%

The bulk supply chain is complex. Meeting one customer’s order requires commitment by many individuals to get the right product to the right place, at the right time. 5 unit trains

1 Panamax shipdestined for Japan650 farmers

(each has 80 tonne delivery contract)1,250 semi-trucks

(each truck hauls 40 tonnes) (110 rail cars @ 90 tonnes canola per car) (holds 50,000 tonnes of Canola)

Only about three-quarters of the rail cars ordered for delivery to U.S. and Mexican customers are delivered and many of those arrive weeks later than requested. Our most important and closest trading partners are underserved.

Canada’s reputation as a reliable exporter has been damaged, and American customers must now… hedge against the unreliability of our system.

FARMERS FEEL THE PINCH ON RAIL SERVICE PROBLEMSWhen railways can’t deliver on service, farmers are directly affected:

1. Cash prices that farmers receive drop

2. Unable to sell grain or deliver on existing grain contracts

3. Bills go unpaid when cash flow is limited

4. Spending drops in rural economies

DID you KNOW?Trucking is not an optimal solution for transporting bulk agricultural commodities to export. The cost to truck grain is 5X higher than shipping by rail and the logistics are simply impractical when shipping to port.

5xH I G H E R

Delivered in week requested1 – 3 weeks late4 or more weeks late

Only 45% of rail cars are delivered when requested and 40% are delivered

4 weeks late or longer.

MISSING the MARK

$21 billion

$20,000 per day The value of Canada’s grain crop exports.

Typical demurrage cost - charges paid by suppliers, and ultimately farmers, when boats are not loaded

according to contract timelines.

DOLLARS & CENTS

Myth or Fact: Setting the Record Straight on the MRE

WESTERN CANADIAN CROP PRODUCTION: SUSTAINED ANNUAL GROWTH

1% per year - average growth 1989 to 2001


Grain production varies from year to year, but has expanded consistently during the last 25 years. Source: Statistics Canada

USA/Mexico

Source: ATC railway performance data

1% 3%

The challenges faced by Canadian oats serves as an example of agriculture’s difficulties shipping to our closest customers.

24Fall 2015

Making our morning oatmeal is a North American ritual. Canadian oats supply companies in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico with great product. Indeed many Canadian crops are integrated into the mill-ing, malting and processing businesses right across the continent. Surprisingly then, for a country so heavily dependent on trade with the U.S., our grain transportation system continues to struggle to make our only neighbour a priority, despite the demand from both America and Mexico.

All shippers know well the struggles of getting your hands on a rail car, and American traffic continues to lag well behind the other cor-ridors. The de-prioritization of American orders is a long-standing issue; long turnaround times facing shippers moving their product to the U.S. and the smaller size of shipments to this market, means they need special attention.

During the 2013/14 crop year, rail movement volumes for oats fell compared to the five year average, even though crop production was up by almost 40%. In an attempt to maintain sales commit-ments for these typically smaller shipments to the U.S., farmers were forced to turn to substantially more expensive options. Oat exports to the U.S. by truck went up 69%, adding strain to an already overworked trucking system and producer car orders soared. Meanwhile, American customers turned elsewhere to fill the demand gaps. Oats were brought to the American Midwest from Sweden because that was more viable than getting them from Western Canada, while Australia has made massive gains in the Mexican market.

Even today, with many rail shipping corridors experiencing im-provements, the U.S./Mexico corridor continues to see only about three-quarters of the car orders being fulfilled, and many of them delivered weeks later than requested. This is not a lingering effect of the 2014/15 crisis, but a systemic issue faced by shippers reli-ant on southern traffic.

Analyzing the problem is a challenge because public information regarding movement to the U.S. is woefully insufficient. There are anecdotal stories about turnaround times for cars that head south, but no concrete figures that can be relied upon to accurately as-sess the problem. Understanding the complexities of southern traf-fic would allow for a more open and productive discussion about deficiencies, as well as allow for potential solutions to be discussed.

Innovative ideas have been proposed by the railways, particularly the Commercial Fleet Integration Program, which could help improve regular movement, however issues remain. Agriculture groups hope to see shippers, railways, and policy makers share an open discussion about problems and solutions.

Canada’s reputation as a reliable exporter has been damaged, and American customers must now consider regularizing non-Canadian shipments to hedge against the unreliability of our system. When American customers ask Canadian shippers if they can rely on get-ting that order of oats or barley or other crops on time, it’s hard to answer with anything but a “maybe”. We need a better answer.

GETTING GRAIN SOUTHMovement to our neighbours needs priority The Maximum Revenue Entitlement (MRE), often referred to as the “revenue cap”, has been in effect since August 1, 2000. It is a dynamic and elastic regulation that ensures the two major

railways derive a profit and are compensated for their investments related to transporting Western Canadian grains to export positions. The complicated nature of the MRE causes a great deal of misunderstanding about how it works and perpetuates a number of misconceptions about rail service in Canada. Below we set the record straight on the MRE.

MYTH 1: The MRE sets a fixed shipping rate for grain shipped to a portThis is not the case. In fact, railways can apply differential rates to regulated grain movement as long as the overall ‘average’ revenue per tonne, as established under the MRE, is not exceeded. It is pro-portional, in that the more grain moved, the more revenue earned. In the 2013-14 crop year, the two major railways moved almost 38.5 million tonnes of regulated grain, with an average haul of 1,520 kilometres earning them $33.69 per tonne for a combined revenue of almost $1.3 billion.

MYTH 2: Competitive market forces should determine rail shipping ratesAt its core, the MRE is a policy response to the lack of competitive market forces in the Western Canadian grain transportation system. It is established to counteract the monopoly market power that the railways can exert. In the absence of a true competitive market, the structure of the grain supply chain, and the distances required to move grain and oilseed products from country to export, it is in-tended to keep Canada competitive in global markets and to provide a degree of price protection to Western Canadian grain farmers while ensuring a reasonable return to the railways.

MYTH 3: Removing the MRE would improve rail serviceEvidence from grain products that are shipped outside of the MRE prove otherwise, and clearly indicate that there is absolutely no relationship between the cost of rail freight and the provision of service. One obvious example is that Canadian grain, special crops and some value-added products (such as canola oil and meal) that

are not shipped under the MRE (this includes Schedule II grains and non-regulated movements such as rail shipments to domestic loca-tions or to the U.S. or Mexico) do not receive superior service while paying consistently higher rates.

MYTH 4: Poor railway service is linked to the regulated limits on pricingRailway pricing and service are not linked. Extensive analysis shows that railways apply differential pricing, and shippers who pay higher freight rates are not guaranteed better service. In fact:

Rates for grain under the MRE are not the lowest rates applied by railways to movement of Canadian commodities,

Some other commodities pay less than grain and some pay much more, with many factors influencing rates such as: direct competition, available transportation alternatives (such as trucking), available market alternatives, location, and the value of the product and its ability to support higher freight rates, etc.

Only the railways and the Canadian Transportation Agency know what it actually costs the railways to move grain. MRE grain rates are somewhere in the middle of the pack for average rates per tonne so it is incorrect to single out grain as holding back railway profit without disclosure of their costs. It is a one-sided argument.

MYTH 5: The MRE is a hindrance to railway investment in CanadaThe MRE is not a hindrance to railway investment. In fact, it is structured so that the railways are compensated for their invest-ments in hopper car replacement and industrial developments, such as joint infrastructure projects with a company at a grain elevator or port terminal facility. The singular drive for low operating ratios, as a measure of success in the railway business, influences the approach taken to investment in capacity. Due to their market dominance, the railways do not establish capacity to meet the needs of the users of the system but at levels that will maximize railway profits through minimum investments in capacity and aggressive asset utilization.

Setting the Record StraightThe removal of the MRE would certainly increase grain rates with no guarantee of better service. It is not possible to determine the relationship between a grain company paying higher freight rates and the impact on producer price. At the sector level, higher freight costs will most certainly get passed back to producers, the degree to which is difficult to estimate.

Since the inception of the MRE, the grain industry has significantly invested in the modernization of the grain handling and transporta-tion system which has greatly helped the railways’ efficiency and bottom line. In 2014, agricultural products represented 12% of total carloads moved by Canada’s railways while contributing 16% of their total revenue.

The MRE is an easy target for blame or causation of problems in the rail supply chain, but its removal would not improve service nor guarantee future investment which are the real issues.

1,520 kmAverage distance Canadian-grown

grains travel to reach a Canadian port.

STATISTICS

Percentage of grain and process elevators that are served by only ONE railway.

How many routes do you have to your customer?

99%

The bulk supply chain is complex. Meeting one customer’s order requires commitment by many individuals to get the right product to the right place, at the right time. 5 unit trains

1 Panamax shipdestined for Japan650 farmers

(each has 80 tonne delivery contract)1,250 semi-trucks

(each truck hauls 40 tonnes) (110 rail cars @ 90 tonnes canola per car) (holds 50,000 tonnes of Canola)

Only about three-quarters of the rail cars ordered for delivery to U.S. and Mexican customers are delivered and many of those arrive weeks later than requested. Our most important and closest trading partners are underserved.

Canada’s reputation as a reliable exporter has been damaged, and American customers must now… hedge against the unreliability of our system.

FARMERS FEEL THE PINCH ON RAIL SERVICE PROBLEMSWhen railways can’t deliver on service, farmers are directly affected:

1. Cash prices that farmers receive drop

2. Unable to sell grain or deliver on existing grain contracts

3. Bills go unpaid when cash flow is limited

4. Spending drops in rural economies

DID you KNOW?Trucking is not an optimal solution for transporting bulk agricultural commodities to export. The cost to truck grain is 5X higher than shipping by rail and the logistics are simply impractical when shipping to port.

5xH I G H E R

Delivered in week requested1 – 3 weeks late4 or more weeks late

Only 45% of rail cars are delivered when requested and 40% are delivered

4 weeks late or longer.

MISSING the MARK

$21 billion

$20,000 per day The value of Canada’s grain crop exports.

Typical demurrage cost - charges paid by suppliers, and ultimately farmers, when boats are not loaded

according to contract timelines.

DOLLARS & CENTS

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WESTERN CANADIAN CROP PRODUCTION: SUSTAINED ANNUAL GROWTH



Grain production varies from year to year, but has expanded consistently during the last 25 years. Source: Statistics Canada

USA/Mexico

Source: ATC railway performance data

1% 3%

The challenges faced by Canadian oats serves as an example of agriculture’s difficulties shipping to our closest customers.

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Canada’s grain, oilseed and special crop farmers critically rely on rail transportation. Every order for a grain hopper car counts. In a complex supply chain, spanning an average of 1,520 kilometres, the ability of the railways to get agricultural products to an export position is crucial to every player in the value chain – especially to the farmer.

Rail is the most economical and efficient way to ship bulk grain. Unfortunately, Canada’s rail system is not consistent nor reliable and has not proven to be adept at handling the grain industry’s growth. For example, 2013’s record-breaking harvest should have resulted in a positive outcome for the grain industry, but subsequent poor rail performance threatened our reputation as a reliable supplier of quality products, and compromised the livelihoods of farmers and the growth of the Canadian economy.

The Information GapFor years grain shippers have struggled to address the challenges presented by the spatial monopolies under which Canada’s two na-tional railways operate. The nature of the grain transportation system has always meant very limited competition. Of the 370 primary and process elevators in Western Canada, only four are directly served by both railways (excluding elevators affected by the temporary extension of interswitching rules). This means almost all of the elevators and process facilities in Western Canada are captive to one of the two major railways in Canada.

Information is critical for markets to function efficiently. Information enables better decision-making and can help solve transportation disruptions and prevent damaging public policy interventions. In the Canadian railway marketplace, one-sided data and lack of publicly available information are fundamental problems that have long existed. The two major railways report publicly on their view of supply chain performance, according to their selective metrics.

Producer groups and grain companies in the agricultural sector have long recognized the problems associated with this information gap. The weekly Performance Measurement Report from the Ag Trans-portation Coalition (ATC) was publicly launched in January 2015, to fill this gap until a permanent solution is implemented. The reporting brings a new level of information transparency to the grain shipping supply chain and reflects true levels of railway service by comparing weekly commercial demand (customer orders) to railway service (ac-tual cars spotted). There now exists a report that all interested parties can use to objectively assess capacity and service– and ideally begin work towards improvement.

Service and EfficiencyOf no surprise to agricultural shippers, the weekly ATC Report shows ongoing challenges in the grain transportation system. Railway service to the grain sector is based on rationed supply and arbitrary timelines – as dictated by the railways, not those requested by the shipper. This scenario is played out at the expense of farmers, grain shippers and ultimately Canada’s reputation in foreign markets.

When railway car orders are not supplied to shippers in the week that they are ordered, some grain sales will be lost and some will be deferred. Grain companies plan sales programs several months in advance, specifying contracts, chartering vessels and planning for rail car capacity. Once the railcars are ordered by the shipper they are typically planned for the next week’s service, which then may or

may not occur. If the cars do not arrive, this throws the supply chain between the elevator and the port into a scramble as companies attempt to move the right product to port for loading. Lost sales can-not be recovered as international buyers will obtain this grain from suppliers outside Canada. Deferred sales may be filled by the grain company in later weeks using cars supplied later on in the year by the railway, however, they can result in extra costs to the supply chain through higher inventory carrying costs, payment of contract penalties by shippers, payment of ocean demurrage for waiting vessels and loss of goodwill with overseas customers.

The ATC Report shows that the railways are supplying less than 50% of orders in the “want week”. Another issue is the direction, or corridor performance. Movement to the U.S. and Mexico this year has been se-verely constrained, with about 75% of orders being eventually fulfilled, but only 20% occurring in the want week.

This is not conducive to operating a complex supply chain, with sev-eral commercial players that are attempting to time delivery of product from several trains to port terminals to fill ships and execute on con-tracts that have been planned for months. This type of performance is completely unacceptable, regardless of sector or line of business.

Cost to Farmers and Rural CommunitiesThe lack of railway performance has real costs (including demurrage and penalties) that are absorbed by the supply chain and ultimately by farmers. When the supply chain breaks down, farmers see the very visible effects negatively impacting their revenue and their cash flow. The actual price paid for their grain will be affected by constrained transportation supply, as the grain companies lower the net price they pay to the farmer to signal that supply is not wanted. Addition-ally, when grain supply is unable to move during a given crop year, it is “carried over” into the next and this can have longer-term effects on the price farmers receive. In addition, farmers do not get paid until delivery. Deferring delivery means that the farmer must carry the cost of that grain, and finance operations in lieu of expected cash flow.

Furthermore, grain, oilseeds and special crops are perishable com-modities. There is inherent risk of spoilage when long-term storage is required due to inability to deliver grain.

Links to Economic GrowthCanada’s grain is a significant contributor to the economy. In 2012, the agriculture and agri-food industry accounted for 6.7% of Canada’s GDP. With continuing investment in new and innovative technology and crop varieties, the trend of larger harvests and expanding Canadian exports will continue to drive the Canadian economy.

Canada competes in a global marketplace, and even though our grain, oilseed and special crops are renowned for their quality, and often command premium prices, some are broadly substitutable. When reli-able delivery of supply is affected, the buyer’s confidence in our ability to meet reasonable delivery timelines is imperiled. As an exporting nation, this is unacceptable to the nation’s farmers, the grain trade, and our global customers, and should be to policy makers as well.

Real Facts on Grain Transportation in Canada

When the supply chain breaks down, farmers see the very visible effects negatively impacting

their revenue and their access to cash flow.

Ag Transport Coalition (ATC) Weekly Performance Measurement ReportThe ATC weekly report covers 90% of grain movement that originates in Western Canada. It is produced by an indepen-dent third party using grain shipper and railway industry data.

The report explains railway performance from the shipper’s perspective using key measurements such as: cars ordered versus cars supplied, timeliness of railway car supply in response to weekly customer orders (e.g. “want week”), and corridor performance amongst others.

The ATC Weekly Performance Measurement Report is part of a five-year initiative supported by eight agriculture groups with matching funds from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

More information on the ATC, including the weekly reports, can be found on the Ag Transport Coalition website: www.agtransportcoalition.com

The ATC Report shows that the railways are supplying less than 50% of orders in the “want week”.

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Alberta and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Establish Faba Bean Feed Benchmark for an Expanding Crop

The Alberta Pulse Growers (APG) and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) have expanded their Feed Benchmark reporting to include feed ingredient comparisons for faba beans in addi-tion to field peas.

“The decision to include faba beans in our Feed Benchmark reporting was in response to the increased interest in the crop by Alberta and Saskatchewan farmers,” explained APG Chair Allison Ammeter. “By highlighting the point at which faba beans become economi-cally feasible as feed ingredients for swine, the Faba Bean Feed Bench-mark will provide metrics for growers who are looking at selling their low tan-nin faba beans into feed markets.”

The benchmark values are intended for use as a pricing reference for buy-ers and sellers of feed faba beans by providing an indication of the "feed-ing value" of faba beans. Swine feed is used to determine the benchmark value because most of the faba beans used domestically for feed are used in swine diets.

“Growers have been paying close at-tention to faba beans, with a significant increase in seeded acres in the 2015 growing season,” said Tim Wiens, Chair of SPG. “Having a tool like this in place helps ensure that growers know the value of faba beans in feed appli-cation.”

The Faba Bean Feed Benchmark pro-vides a consistent, unbiased estimate of the feeding value of low tannin faba beans in Central Alberta (Red Deer & area), Central Saskatchewan (Saska-toon & area) and Southern Manitoba (Winnipeg & area), based on the value of competing feed ingredients in swine rations. Feed faba beans trade at vari-ous differentials to the benchmark based on local supply/demand, qual-ity differences and contract terms.

Bi-weekly, tradable prices of the major feed ingredients are collected for the three regions. These prices are then entered into a least cost feed formu-

lation that is typical for grower-finisher swine in Western Canada. A feeding value is then derived for feed faba beans based on their nutritional char-acteristics and the prices of the other competing feed ingredients. The least cost feed formulation was reviewed with the assistance of Gibson Capital in consultation with the Prairie Swine Centre and Gowans Feed Consulting.

“While the market price will not al-ways trade at the benchmark level, it will hopefully serve as an important reference point for both buyers and sellers,” explained Iebeling Kaastra, Research Director for Gibson Capital Inc. “It will also help to ensure that pro-ducers are receiving reasonable value for their product when it is sold into the feed market.”

Gowans Feed Consulting was also pleased to be involved in establishing a benchmark for feed faba beans.

“The Faba Bean Benchmark helps hog producers, feedmills, faba bean producers and marketers understand how valuable faba beans are in swine diets relative to other feed ingre-dients available in the market,” said Neil Campbell, General Manager of Gowans Feed Consulting, which provides the feed ingredient prices needed to calcu-late the bench-mark. “It is very encouraging to see more acres and more produc-ers across a wider geography plant-ing zero tannin varieties of faba

beans. More availability of faba beans across western Canada is exciting news for hog and feed producers who are becoming more familiar with in-cluding them in their rations and cap-turing the value of feeding them.”

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With every bite that you take from a chicken finger or fish stick your brain makes an assessment. It’s crispy, or perhaps too crumbly or too salty. Each one of these assessments can de-termine whether or not you’ll buy the product, so food companies take them very seriously.

Griffith Laboratories has been working to make sure that breaded and bat-tered products meet consumer expec-tations on all levels, and they’re using pulses to do so.

Griffith is a bulk ingredient processor with facilities in 18 countries. The facil-ity in Toronto is one of their largest and is the global research and develop-ment centre for breading. Their main focus is creating seasonings, batters and crumbs to coat meat products like chicken, fish and seafood, as well as vegetables like onion, zuc-chini and mushrooms. Your favourite chicken fingers, fish sticks and onion rings all come from places like Griffith.

Increases in food allergies, celiac disease and glu-ten sensitivities have food companies looking for new food products that appeal to a new customer segment that typically stays away from coated foods. Thanks to pulses, battered, bread-ed or thickened foods soon won’t need to be off limits to these people.

“Our goal is to deliver tex-ture, flavour and appear-ance; adding value to items being coated,” said Joachim Baur of Griffith Laboratories. “We’ve start-ed using pulse ingredients to enhance nutritional and functional properties. The allergen-free potential is a strong saleable bonus.”

Griffith began working with pulse in-gredients in April 2014 after receiving financial support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) through the Agri-Innovation Program. Pulse Cana-da led the development of the AAFC funding application for the Griffith proj-ect, as well as projects with two other multi-national food manufacturers.

“It was a combination of our resourc-es, the funding support of AAFC and the existing research that allowed us to make significant progress in the application of pulse flours, fibres and proteins in the coatings category,” Baur said.

Some of the previously-funded re-search projects looked at using ex-trusion technologies to develop puff

or crisp type snacks similar to Chee-tos. Some others worked with whole or milled puffs/crisps to create bread crumbs that could be sold to coatings companies.

Using the results of this research and their long-term experience of cooker extrusion and dough process-ing, Griffith created a line of pulse-based crumbs modelled after the Japanese-style, wheat-based crumb or “J-crumb.” Griffith examined the shortfalls of previous products and de-termined what criteria the new crumb would need to fill to perform better than the J-crumb.

They determined that the new crumb would need to meet high quality stan-

dards while remaining cost-effective. The crumb needed to be optimized for each product’s stor-age conditions, which can range from weeks of freez-ing temperatures in retail packages to hours under hot heat lamps in restau-rants. They also needed to be optimized so that qual-ity and crispy texture are always consistent when consumers prepare the products at home, whether it is in the microwave or conventional oven. Finally, the coatings needed to appeal to consumers and deliver taste satisfaction every time.

Pulses enhance the nutri-tional value of coated prod-ucts because they are high in protein and fibre. Pulse ingredients are well-suited to be used in coatings be-cause they have high wa-ter absorption and thicken-ing effects that allow them to stick well to the prod-uct. Finally, pulses also are

Innovating with Pulse Ingredients – How One Company is Elevating Batters and Breading to a New LevelAnya McNabb, Pulse Canada

The photos on this page and the next show examples of Griffith Laboratories work using pulse-base coating for chicken.

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not a recognized allergen in North America; a feature that’s important to Griffith.

The 2014 project led to the successful launch of Griffith Laboratories’ Creative Coaters product line. Creative Coaters now includes four coatings made from pulses that can be sold in both the gluten-free and regular market. Griffith ex-pects that consumers will see the pulse-based coatings of Creative Coaters on grocery shelves by January 2016.

This project is a great exam-ple of how a research partner-ship with a food manufacturer can lead to successful com-

mercialization of pulse-based foods. Partnerships like the one with Griffith provide greater potential to increase the use of pulse ingredients and sup-

port the ultimate goal of increasing pulse consumption.

Griffith Laboratories was founded in 1919 with a vision of bringing the scientific discipline to the food industry. With Superior Food Science as one of its key pillars, it continues to provide the industry with process and ingredient innovations - hun-dreds of which have been pat-ented. Located in 18 countries around the globe, Griffith em-ploys 2,800 people, exchang-ing expertise and best prac-tices between research and development personnel, sen-sory scientists, culinary chefs and the marketing teams.

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It is fitting that the United Nations de-clared International Year of Pulses 2016 to immediately follow Interna-tional Year of Soils 2015 because the two share a mutually-beneficial rela-tionship.

“I think it is a natural progression from International Year of Soils to Interna-tional Year of Pulses because when you look at the crops that are good for the soil, pulses run to the top of the list,” said soil scientist Tom Goddard, Senior Policy Advisor with Alberta Ag-riculture and Forestry. “Pulses are im-portant from a soil health point of view and from a producer’s point of view for nitrogen contribution.”

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations declared International Year of Soils (IYS) 2015, within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership and in collaboration with Governments and the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to

Combat Desertification.

The IYS 2015 aims to increase aware-ness and understanding of the impor-tance of soil for food security and es-sential ecosystem functions.

“We must manage soils sustainably,” stated José Graziano da Silva, Direc-tor-General of the FAO on its website (http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/en/ ). “There are many ways to do this. Crop diversification, which is used by most of the world’s family farmers, is one of them: this gives time for important nu-trients to regenerate.”

Goddard said that he has witnessed the difference in the soil health of neighbouring Alberta fields where one field was planted to peas the previous year and the other across the fence was not.

“Farmers who use pulses in rotation of-ten comment on how soil structure has changed,” he elaborated. “It’s good to have that diversity of root morphology and chemical makeup below ground because roots can break down at dif-ferent speeds and penetrate in differ-ent areas of the soil, thus improving soil structure, which is good for allow-ing microbes or critters in the soil to move around to increase infiltration capacity of the soil and reduce ero-sion run-off.”

The soil scientist said that erosion from wind, water and tillage is an is-sue for agricultural land around the world, especially as an exploding world population demands more food and pushes agricultural operations to more marginal land as urban centres grow. Meanwhile, a changing climate, soil mismanagement and overgrazing

are contributing to the increased size of some of the world’s desert areas.

“Pulses in rotation is a great way to improve more marginal lands because most of our cities even in Alberta were built on prime land, and as cities push out now, they are acquiring prime ag-ricultural land,” Goddard said, adding that Alberta’s widely adopted no-till practices also help.

“I think farmers need to look at pulses as a first choice crop when designing their rotation,” he continued. “As price volatility of agricultural commodities is forecasted to continue, farmers need to be aware of how to mitigate the risks of pricing margins and the nitrogen benefits of pulses will speak for them-selves.”

Goddard noted that pulses improve soil quality, and better soil is more re-sistant to drought and other extreme weather conditions.

“There’s no miracle cure or silver bullet that has come out during International Year of Soils,” he said, “but a general appreciation and understanding of soil as a resource. We’re not making any more soil and we can only move into new areas for agriculture to a certain extent.”

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry re-cently added satellite photos of Alberta taken in 2013 to its Alberta online soil viewer so that producers can compare photographs of their soil condition in 2000 to those taken 13 years later. The viewer is available through the Alberta Soil Information Centre website (http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/sag6903 ).

Fitting that International Year of Pulses follows International Year of Soils as Pulses in Rotation Benefit Soil Health

Tom Goddard, Senior Policy Advisor with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.

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Storage and Handling of Pulse Crops Neil Whatley, Crop Specialist, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Following a few storage and handling guidelines will ensure that pulse crops retain their quality and maximize their marketability. Downgrading of pulse crops can occur when cracked seed coats or split seeds are present in the sample, or if a significant amount of seeds are heated or have a musty odor.

Monitoring stored pulses begins short-ly after harvest with grain spoilage risk increasing if the crop was harvested after an early frost or wet weather. To avoid heating in the bin, green seeds and dockage material should be cleaned out prior to storage. Foreign material also reduces aeration air flow.

To achieve optimal grades, long term storage of pulse crops requires seeds to contain a moisture content of 14 per cent or less and be cooled to 15 de-grees Celsius or less. Pulses having a temperature of 10 degrees C will store much longer. Lentil growers need to be aware that some buyers prefer red lentil to have a moisture content of 13 per cent to improve dehulling and splitting processes.

The following table indicates the num-ber of weeks recommended for safe storage of field pea at various grain moisture contents and storage tem-

peratures. Other pulse crops are simi-lar.

Even if moisture content is low, field pea seeds should be cooled soon af-ter binning if the seed is warm. Pulses with large seeds (field pea, faba bean and chickpea) continue to breathe or respire after being harvested as mois-ture equalizes throughout these large seeds. This causes them to go through a sweat period for several weeks after harvest which raises the temperature and moisture content of the stored grain, producing favourable condi-tions for mould growth. Usage of aera-tion bins is the most effective method to control this situation. When monitor-ing, one should not rely on readings of average moisture content through-out the bin because there may be hot spots in isolated locations where moisture is high and mould can occur. To avoid spoilage when this respira-tion occurs, bins should be routinely monitored via probing, and aeration applied as required.

If a grain dryer is required for supple-mental heat, drying temperatures should not exceed 45 degrees C to prevent seed germination problems with seed destined to be re-planted, or to prevent quality losses due to hard-ening or cracking of seed destined for

food use. Drying temperatures for faba bean should not exceed 32 degrees C. Additionally, pulse samples should not be dried more than four to five per-centage points per pass through the drier. Use extra caution with lentil seed because it can be easily damaged in the drying process. For feed pea, dryer temperatures up to 70 degrees C can be applied.

When moving pulse crops, grain au-gers operated full and at low speeds reduce seed coat cracking and seed splitting. Pulse seeds at 12 per cent moisture content and lower are more susceptible to chipping and peeling when handled.

Moisture Content (%)

Storage temperature in degrees C

12 14 15 18 21

25 31 16 7 4 2

20 55 28 13 7 4

15 100 50 20 12 6

10 200 95 38 20 21

5 370 175 70 39 20

Source: Sokhansanj, 1995

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Safe and Healthy Farms and Ranches

On April 28, Premier-to-be Rachel Not-ley stated her position on the safety of workers on farms and ranches: “The Day of Mourning is also an opportunity to remember some of the most vulner-able workers in Alberta today: farm workers. They work without the right to organize, take rest periods or receive the minimum wage, safety protections or mandatory workers’ compensation coverage.”

Alberta remains the only jurisdiction within Canada that has an exemption for farms from Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) standards and is perceived as a problem child when it comes to providing safe and healthy work environments for all farm work-ers. It is undeniable that every farm manager in Alberta places the safety of their families, hired help and them-selves first and foremost.

The current OH&S exemption does not require farmers to allow OH&S inves-tigators to enter their farms or fields following serious incidents or fatalities. Removing the exemption has been a priority of the new NDP government, not only to eliminate the stigma at-tached with Alberta’s primary agricul-tural labour sector, but also to fall in line with international trade agreement labour standard commitments.

The major crop and livestock commis-sions met with the new Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry (Oneil Carlier) and Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour (Lori Sigurdson) at the end of June to discuss the Government’s intentions in regard to farm safety. It was clear from that discussion that the government intends to remove the OH&S exemp-tion in the near future.

The major crop and livestock commis-sions reminded the Ministers that we have been working closely with the provincial government over the past

two years, representing the concerns that producers have with the introduc-tion of legislation regarding technical standards mentioned in the quotation above. A sole piece of legislation does not increase safety on farm. Only edu-cation and extension of safe and prop-er equipment operation can improve safety on farm and save lives.

What’s next? The crop commissions have communicated not only to the Ministers, but also to the Premier and her cabinet that any technical stan-dards must be measured and de-veloped in cooperation with the crop sector itself. Consultation is needed in order to be effective and allow our farms to continue operating without burdensome and costly regulations. The commissions have committed to working in the areas of education and extension of farm safe practices along with Alberta Farm Safe and the new Government.

Climate Change

Premier Notley has identified the en-vironment as an area where the prov-ince will be charting a new course. As such, she has created a Climate Advisory Panel to make recommenda-tions on how to move forward with a new climate strategy. The government has hosted two public consultation sessions in Calgary and Edmonton on September 2 and 3 respectively, as well as a closed session on Septem-ber 17, specific to Agriculture. Alber-ta Pulse Growers has been working closely with our partners at the Agri-Environmental Partnership of Alberta, as well as with our sister crop commis-sions, to inform the panel of the larg-est renewable resource in Alberta, the agriculture sector.

Premier Notley will be presenting a new architecture at the international COP 23 meeting in Paris in early December. This architecture will cover the follow-ing four pillars: How Alberta will price carbon, how Alberta will undertake a

robust energy efficiency strategy, how Alberta will grow the economy through renewables, and how Alberta will en-sure a long-term sustainability system.

What does this mean for Alberta farms? At this time, it is not clear what the changing architecture means for your operation. Best management farm practices such as no-till, GPS, sectional control and other technolo-gies represent significant opportuni-ties for agriculture to reduce emissions and help meet Alberta’s future green-house gas reduction commitments. APG will remain engaged in commu-nicating the benefits that Agriculture represents and will be working hard to ensure any legislation regarding cli-mate change does not add additional costs to our growers.

Life Cycle Assessment

The Alberta Pulse Growers, with as-sistance from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, is conducting an environ-mental footprint for Alberta pulse pro-duction using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. LCA is a formalized methodology that provides a quanti-tative approach to understanding the distribution of resource demands and environmental impacts along the food product supply chains, as well as iden-tifying opportunities for improvement. Knowing what is driving environmental impacts can help in making produc-tion and management decisions that provide the greatest financial and en-vironmental benefits.

Farm Safety and Climate Change Top Policy Priorities

Alberta producers can help with this study in support of International Year of Pulses 2016 by completing a brief survey of their farm manage-ment practices. The survey will be available in November. On behalf of APG, we thank you in advance for your assistance with this important work.

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Pulses are included in every hamper that the Islamic Family and Social Ser-vices Association (IFSSA) food bank distributes to needy families in Ed-monton. However, pulse donations are in very short supply.

The number of immigrant and refugee families seeking help from IFSSA has increased annually by 40 per cent in each of the last five years. The or-ganization expects to provide 7,000 hampers over the course of this year, with 600 families being served every month. Last year, IFSSA provided 1,800 hampers that fed 300 families a month, including 2,000 children.

Each IFSSA hamper includes an aver-age of 10 kg of pulses, most of which are dried. The most popular choices are chickpeas and lentils.

“Our challenge is how to make lim-ited donations go further,” said Omar Yaqub, President of the Islamic Family Social Services Association (IFSSA), which operates its own food bank. “We approached Edmonton’s Food Bank to work together. Right now we purchase pulses from grocery stores. One of

the things that we’re hoping to do is to kindle an interest in a farmer (or pro-cessor) to donate. A pulse donation equates to a meal for a family.”

Marjorie Bencz, Executive Director of Edmonton’s Food Bank, said that her organization distributes food to 210 agencies that deliver hamper pro-grams that feed more than 15,000 people each month, so the partner-ship with IFSSA makes sense.

“The goal is not only to meet people’s food needs, but to put more resources into the underlying issues that cause people to come to the food bank,” she said. “We don’t want to see growing numbers of people dependent on food banks. Hopefully, they’ll be recipients of these pulse donations and future purchasers of pulses by encouraging them to keep their pattern of cooking.”

Yaqub explained that a partnership with Edmonton’s Food Bank will allow more of IFSSA’s budget to address the root causes that make a food bank necessary. These areas include unem-ployment, disabilities, housing insecu-rity, language barriers, and more.

IFSSA is a registered charity started in 1992 and dedicated to providing es-sential needs and social services to marginalized and low-income communities in Edmonton, within an Is-lamic context. IFSSA is an active member of the Edmonton social ser-vices community and regularly works with the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, Catholic Social Servic-es, and others. Its youth program, The Green Room, was named one of the 40 Most Innova-tive Muslim Startups in 2014.

Bencz said that Ed-monton’s Food Bank receives some dry and

canned pulses but doesn’t include them in the general food hampers because many clients wouldn’t know how to prepare them. Her organization is increasingly working with collective kitchens to teach clients how to cook with pulses. One such program is the 10-week Basic Shelf Program, through which a small group of people is taught how to cook and shop for food on a limited budget.

“Pulses are in the scheme of things in-expensive as a food group for people to maximize their dollar,” Bencz said. “If they’re grown here in Alberta, then we’re strengthening our economy so it all makes sense.”

In addition to clients of IFSSA regularly enjoying many pulses in their diets, Yaqub noted that their food hampers would be different from those gener-ally offered by Edmonton’s Food Bank because Muslims do not eat pork or gelatin, and require that their meat be slaughtered in a certain way. However, IFSSA offers its food bank services to all people in need, regardless of reli-gious affiliation.

IFSSA serves a very diverse set of clients including fourth generation Canadians, Somalis, Syrians, Iraqis, Pakistanis, Indians and Moroccans. IFSSA’s staff members are able to help

Pulse Donations Would Help Edmonton’s Food Bank Better Address Needs of Clients New to Canada

Pulses bagged by volunteers wait to go into IFSSA food hampers. List of IFSSA food hamper contents.

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clients navigate through language and cultural barriers when seeking em-ployment.

Yaqub said that Muslims are religious-ly obligated to give to the poor in their communities, which helps support IFSSA’s activities. IFSSA also partners with the City of Edmonton and Gov-ernment of Alberta on many of its pro-grams.

IFSSA depends on many volunteers to prepare the food hampers, including bagging dry pulses from large sacks on pallets into smaller bags for distri-bution. Inshirah Mohamed is originally from Sudan and volunteers with her three children to help prepare the food hampers.

“When I was young, I was with my mother who would volunteer,” she said. “I want my kids to learn to give more than take as well.”

Hikma Abbas has been volunteering at the IFSSA food bank for the past two years, in appreciation for the as-sistance she received when she first arrived from Morocco. “I like to help people,” she said. “When I came here as a newcomer, IFSSA helped me a lot. This is my job to give back.”

Pulse Donations Would Help Edmonton’s Food Bank Better Address Needs of Clients New to Canada - Cont’d

Siblings Sara and Ibrahim Shimat fill bags with chickpeas for IFSSA food hampers.

Hikma Abbas gives back to IFSSA by helping to pack food hampers.

Inshira Mohamed scoops red lentils for food hampers.

When Pulse Crop News visited the IFSSA food bank in July, the volunteers were packing larger hampers with the addition of dates for Ramadan celebra-tions.

The needs of IFSSA’s food bank clients are evaluated each year, Yaqub explained. If a family is seen to remain dependent on the food bank for its essential needs year after year, then a social worker will get involved to help work on any underlying issues.

“Part of the increase in food bank use is the population in-crease and part of it is aware-ness,” he said. “It’s very com-mon to see someone who has a family of four taking home $1,500 and their rent is $1,400. Housing is the first priority. A pulse donation to the food bank is going to make a substantial difference and impact to people who really need it.”

More information about IFSSA is available at www.ifssa.ca . To learn more about Edmonton’s Food Bank, visit www.edmon-tonsfoodbank.com .

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Farmers and ranchers have an im-portant story to tell about how food is grown, raised, processed and pre-pared in Alberta. In order to tell the story successfully, the Alberta food industry and media has formed an in-novative partnership, Taste Alberta, to communicate and engage with con-sumers. The key to Taste Alberta’s success is building relationships with consumers, finding out what they val-ue and following up with messages about the food industry in a real, rel-evant and targeted manner.

There is an increasing cultural and social divide between urban and rural populations. As agriculture becomes more scientific, progressive and change-oriented, we find consumers know less about their food. Taste Al-berta uses a variety of ways to reach consumers, including traditional me-dia such as editorials and ads, digital media such as websites and social networks, and experiential activities such as farm tours and festivals.

From fitness apps to online banking, consumers are using digital tools in their everyday life. As their digital life evolves, Taste Alberta adapts its strat-egies to continue to reach and engage consumers. Gastropost is a good ex-ample of strategies implemented to engage food communities that use so-cial media. Gastropost was originally developed by Postmedia Labs for To-ronto’s food lovers, and then launched in Alberta with investment from Save-On-Foods, Alberta producer associa-tions and the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency. Gastropost sends its membership of food lovers on weekly “food missions” and in Alberta a Taste

Alberta Inspiration is also communi-cated that encourages consumers to use locally-produced foods. Missions and Inspirations are shared through emails to their members, in social me-dia posts and through the Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald newspa-pers. The following is an example of an Alberta-focused inspiration from 2014:

Rachel Peterson of the Alberta Pulse Growers says autumn is a perfect time of the year to include beans in your meals. Fifty-two thousand acres of beans have been harvested in Alberta this year, including pinto, black, red, and Great Northern beans. If you’re making chili with some Alberta beans and local meat, or perhaps combining Alberta beans with Alberta bacon, Ra-chel says: “Canned beans should be rinsed to remove sodium, and many recipes recommend soaking dried beans before you add them to other ingredients.” She throws black beans onto salad for a boost of protein and iron. “Black bean brownies are one of my favourites — you’d never know they have beans in them.”

Taste Alberta provides a platform to reach a significant consumer audi-ence. Gastropost has a community of about 5,500 members, over 13,000

website and social media followers, and a broader network estimated at over three million. The Edmonton Jour-nal and Calgary Herald have a week-day readership of 586,700 (NADbank 2013). Tastealberta.ca has approxi-mately 650 new visitors each month, and reaches another 2,000 consum-ers through social media. Although difficult to measure cumulatively, Taste Alberta has engaged consumers, and is a recognized brand for credible in-formation about the food industry.

Taste Alberta manages the Alberta food conversation by listening and learning about consumer thoughts and desires. Traditional and social media sentiment and mentions are monitored, consumer focus group discussions are held, and readership and partner surveys are conducted. More subjectively, evaluation also in-cludes conversations with consum-ers at events and festivals and input from advisory committees and local influencers. Listening and learning is a continuous process, and Taste Alberta channels this information to tell a com-pelling story, to build relationships and to engage consumers in meaningful conversations about Alberta food.

Taste Alberta: Sharing the Alberta Food StoryCarrie Selin, Taste Alberta Manager

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Everything’s better with chocolate, and the 2015 Alberta Food Awards agreed that was absolutely true when it came to Alberta-made No Nuts Pea Butter.

The new No Nuts Chocolate Pea But-ter in single portion packs was named the Most Innovative product at the Al-berta Food Processors Association’s 2015 Alberta Food Awards.

Norm and Caryll Carruthers, owners of Mountain Meadows Food Process-ing in Legal, were delighted to have their new product recognized by the industry.

“It’s very exciting,” Caryll remarked. “There were a lot of excellent products that we weren’t aware of before and the competition was stiff.”

The couple developed the chocolate version of their pea butter in response to the popularity of chocolate nut but-ters. The No Nuts version continues to be free of 11 common allergens, including nuts, milk and gluten as the chocolate flavour comes from the ad-dition of only cocoa powder.

The No Nuts Chocolate Pea Butter will soon be available in grocery stores in-cluding Save-On Foods, Sunterra Mar-kets, Freson Bros and Nutter’s Stores in portion packs and full-size jars, along with two other new flavours: Cin-namon and Extra Creamy.

“We’re working on getting the portion packs in six-packs for retail,” Norm explained. “It’s handy for kids’ lunches as many schools are nut-free and the portion packs are easier for dipping.”

Norm and Caryll are working on ex-panding the number of grocery stores that carry their products, and also have plans to launch additional con-venience versions of their products, including individual portions of apples or gluten-free crackers with No Nuts Pea Putter.

The product bearing the slogan ‘The best thing on sliced bread’ is also a fantastic dip for fruit, breadsticks,

crackers, or even just a spoon, Caryll noted.

Mountain Meadows contracts farm-ers between Athabasca and Red Deer to grow mild-flavoured brown peas. Norm grew a crop of the brown peas on his 400-acre farm last year and said he likes to run a four-year rotation.

Caryll added that they like the peas for No Nuts Pea Butter to be grown on canola ground to ensure that the prod-uct remains gluten-free.

“We had enough carry-over for two years so we didn’t grow any this year,” Norm said. “We like to carry over a two or three-year supply for dry years like this.”

No Nuts Pea Butter was developed by Legal-area farmer Joe St. Denis after

he first tried hummus made with chick-peas in India about 25 years ago, Norm said of his friend.

“He thought we could grow peas in Alberta and find a variety that could replace the chickpea to produce hum-mus,” Norm explained. “In that pro-cess, he came up with a product that smelled like peanut butter and came up with this pea butter.”

Caryll worked as the new company’s business manager, and Norm helped out with the development of a process-ing plant since they were both retired at the time.

“There’s no place in the world that makes this product and we had to cre-ate everything ourselves,” said Norm, adding that he and Caryll purchased the company in 2004.

Mountain Meadows now has five full-time employees including the own-ers, and eight Legal area residents who work on the production line when a batch is being made to be sold across Canada, as well as New York and Pennsylvania.

No Nuts Pea Butter Branches Out with Award-Winning Chocolate and Other Flavours

Chocolate, cinnamon and extra creamy are three new varieties of No Nuts Pea

Butter.

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After more than a decade, the couple believe in their product more than ever.

“I really love what we’re doing,” Caryll said. “I love to cook and to bake, and being a new product you can experiment in all sorts of ways. We have a lot of recipes and started taking pictures for a recipe book but we got too busy.”

People who try No Nuts Pea But-ter usually like it, but the most dif-ficult part is getting people to try it, Norm said. He and Caryll hope that International Year of Pulses in 2016 will encourage more people to seek out products like

theirs that are made with pulses.

“International Year of Pulses is a good opportunity to educate people about the value of pulses,” Caryll said. “The North American population doesn’t know the value of pulses. They don’t realize peas and lentils are such a good source of protein and they are economical too.”

Learn more about No Nuts Pea Butter at www.peabutter.ca .

The website features pea butter reci-pes including Peabutter Rocky Roads, Peabutter Monster Cookies, Pea But-ter Cookie Dough Bars, Peabutter Ba-con Truffles, and more.

Whole pea seed, dehulled seed and pea butter single serving packs show the stages to producing

No Nuts Pea Butter.

No Nuts Pea Butter Branches Out with Award-Winning Chocolate and Other Flavours - Cont’d

Servings: 12 Ingredients: 1¼ cup cooked of each black beans, red kidney beans and white kidney beans [or 1 - 14 fl oz (398 mL) can of each, drained and rinsed]

12 fl oz (341 mL) can corn niblets, drained

14 fl oz (398 mL) can low sodium diced tomatoes

1¾ cups (425 mL) salsa

3 cloves of garlic, minced

½ medium onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

2 tsp (10 mL) cumin

2 tsp (10 mL) chili powder

6 large flour tortillas

2 cups (500 mL) grated light mozza-rella or cheddar cheese

Directions:1. COMBINE beans, corn, tomatoes,

salsa, garlic, onion, green pepper, cumin, and chili powder in a large saucepan. Bring to boil and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Remove from heat.

3. SPRAY a 9” x 13” lasagna pan with cooking spray. Cut tortillas in half. Place four halves in prepared pan, to cover bottom, flat edges facing the outside.

4. SPREAD 1/3 of bean mixture over tortillas. Repeat procedure, add-ing two more layers, ending with the bean mixture. Sprinkle cheese over top.

5. BAKE at 350°F for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Let sit for 5 minutes before cutting.

6. Optional: Serve with sour cream.

Feature Pulse Recipe: Fiesta LasagnaThis hearty, protein-packed meal is like a party in your mouth. Delicioso!

Nutrition InformationBased on serving of: 1/12 of recipe

Energy 277 caloriesFat 6.4 gSaturated Fat 2.8 gTrans Fat 0.1 gCholesterol 12.7 mgSodium 632 mgPotassium 536 mgCarbohydrates 42.2 gFibre 6.5 gSugar 3.5 gProtein: 14.4 gVitamin A: 42.8 RAEVitamin C: 18.6 mgCalcium: 217 mgIron: 3.4 mgFolate 64.6 DFE Calories from Fat 21 %

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