October 19, 2021 4:39 pm Published by Gail Granger Ottawa – Soy Canada is pleased to announce that Nicole Mackellar has joined the organization as the market development manager. She will be spearheading the organization’s efforts to support Canada’s world leading food grade soybean exports, promoting the value and quality of Canada’s soybeans in our key export markets. Mackellar brings with her an extensive background in agriculture with a…
June 24, 2021 12:34 pm Published by Gail Granger Ottawa – A new Soy Canada chairperson has been elected following the organization’s seventh annual general meeting (AGM) with participation from across Canada. In addition to normal business, key individuals who’ve made significant contributions to the soybean sector and Canadian agriculture were also recognized. Jason McNaughton was elected as chair of the board. “I congratulate Jason on being elected as…
June 10, 2021 5:33 pm Published by Gail Granger Interested in knowing more about how the soy value chain is working together through Soy Canada? Please join us on June 22nd at 10-11:30 eastern for a look back at the past year for the soybean industry and the role Soy Canada has played. We’ll be recognizing people who have made a major difference and be we’ll looking forward to…
March 26, 2021 10:36 pm Published by Gail Granger Soy Canada has issued a letter that was addressed to the Minister of Labour in which the Chair of Soy Canada expresses the concerns of the Canadian soybean sector pertaining to the repercussions of the indefinite and injurious labour disputes that are continuing at the Port of Montreal. Individual copies were forwarded to the Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and…
December 23, 2020 3:44 pm Published by Gail Granger Ottawa, Ontario (December 23, 2020) – Soy Canada, a national industry association uniting all components of the Canadian soybean sector, from research to production, processing and export, is announcing the pending retirement of Executive Director Ron Davidson. After 50 years associated with the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector, Ron will step down in the spring of 2021. Davidson took the…
August 24, 2020 8:28 pm Published by Gail Granger Soy Canada has issued a letter that was addressed to the Minister of Labour in which the Chair of Soy Canada expresses the concerns of the Canadian soybean sector pertaining to the repercussions of the indefinite and injurious labour disputes that are continuing at the Port of Montreal. Individual copies were forwarded to the Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture and…
March 16, 2020 8:03 pm Published by Gail Granger The new address of Soy Canada is: 350 Sparks Street, Suite 703 Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7S8 For more information, please call us at 1-613-233-0500 or email info@soycanada.ca.
October 1, 2019 1:34 pm Published by Gail Granger With only three weeks remaining in the federal election campaign Soy Canada’s Chair is asking in an open letter, “Where is Agriculture?”. Produced only in southwestern Ontario as recently as the 1970s, research and innovation have supported a progressive province-by-province march of soybeans across the nation. Currently grown in all nine provinces from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, soybeans have…
August 26, 2019 2:12 pm Published by Gail Granger Soy Canada has released their soybean sector priorities for the 2019 federal election. The document outlines the public sector decisions that impact the Canadian soybean industry. This includes: research, production, processing, competitiveness, exports and jobs. Download the document here.
July 11, 2019 3:41 pm Published by Gail Granger Today’s announcement under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) of a $311,956 federal investment in Canada’s soybean sector will play a vital role in industry efforts to maintain and expand export markets. “The Canadian soybean sector has realized remarkable growth in recent decades and the funding announced today will allow us to sustain the expansion momentum as we endeavour to once…
