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Grain growers face year of contemplation: FCC

By Alex Binkley January 19, 2019

Deciding what crops to plant this year will require lots of consideration of the various economic and political forces at play in the domestic and export grain trade, says Farm Credit Canada. In its 2019 crop outlook, FCC cites many factors to think about before making final planting decisions. Chief among them are “China’s oversized[...]

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Lenders, government, railways all promise action on grain movement

By Alex Binkley March 20, 2018

Lenders are lining up to help western grain farmers who are experiencing a cash crunch due to poor rail service and the looming costs of putting in this year’s crop. Both Farm Credit Canada and the Bank of Montreal issued statements last week saying they would stand by their customers as they suffer from a[...]

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Canada signatory to biotechnology support statement

By Alex Binkley November 20, 2018

Agri-food groups are welcoming Canada’s work in formulating an international statement supporting biotechnology and regulatory agreements that support the technology and minimize trade disruptions. “Growers are excited about the potential of new plant-breeding innovations,” said Jeff Nielsen, president of Grain Growers of Canada. “We look forward to also seeing progress here at home.” New tools[...]

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Hearings planned for hemp agency

By Alex Binkley November 5, 2018

The Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC) is seeking input on a proposal for a hemp group. The Canadian Industrial Hemp Promotion and Research Agency (PRA) would be funded by levies applied to domestically produced and imported hemp products. The first step for FPCC is to collect views from interested persons or groups on the[...]

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Health Canada still on track for phasing out imidacloprid

By Alex Binkley July 11, 2018

Cereal, speciality crop and fruit and vegetable growers are gearing up for a final attempt to convince Health Canada that eliminating most agricultural uses of the neonic insecticide imidacloprid is an environmental step backward. The department said May 31 that an updated pollinator assessment by the Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency found that while the risks[...]

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Federal funding to enable Soy Canada to learn more about growers

By Alex Binkley July 16, 2018

Soy Canada has been awarded $197,400 from the Canadian Agriculture Partnership to expand its knowledge of the country’s soybean growers to help plot ways to deal with 11 risks facing the sector identified in a 2017 study. Expanding market access and striking a better balance in the protein produced across the country were pegged in[...]

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Italian opposition to Canadian durum a sore point

By Alex Binkley July 18, 2018

Other than meetings between Canadian and European cabinet ministers on the issue, there has been no action by Canada to reinforce its opposition to Italian pasta tariffs that have shut Canadian durum wheat out of what had been a key market. Cam Dahl, president of Cereals Canada, said the industry is pushing Ottawa to step[...]

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Western farmers want rail headaches fixed for the future

By Alex Binkley March 29, 2018

It’s too close to spring and planting time for a special order to the railways to move more grain to achieve much, Prairie farmers have told the Commons agriculture committee. Rural roads will soon be impassable for grain trucks and farmers will be focused on planting this year’s crop rather than hauling grain to terminals,[...]

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Prairie soy sector standing still

By Alex Binkley June 13, 2018

Western Canada’s soybean sector is experiencing its chicken-or-egg moment. Production has grown quickly over the past several years, but still nobody has stepped forward to build a soybean crush plant in the region, according to Ron Davidson, executive director of Soy Canada, even though the economics are now in support of it. He told the[...]

Crops

Agriculture can go green

By Alex Binkley January 15, 2018

When it comes to grappling with environmental issues, agriculture isn’t all that different. The old environmental mantra of think globally, act locally is the best way to approach the impact of agriculture on climate change, say two experts from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Agriculture is projected to be the second most[...]

Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce U.S. reliance, minister says

Canada and New Zealand resolve dairy trade dispute, Canada says

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

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Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce U.S. reliance, minister says

Canada and New Zealand resolve dairy trade dispute, Canada says

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

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Grain growers face year of contemplation: FCC

Lenders, government, railways all promise action on grain movement

Canada signatory to biotechnology support statement

Hearings planned for hemp agency

Health Canada still on track for phasing out imidacloprid

Federal funding to enable Soy Canada to learn more about growers

Italian opposition to Canadian durum a sore point

Western farmers want rail headaches fixed for the future

Prairie soy sector standing still

Agriculture can go green

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