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Letters: Time to redefine ‘progress’

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I am a first-generation Canadian, born and raised on a Manitoba farm in the 1930s.  I did not take up farming as my livelihood, however I did learn to recognize that farm life can be extremely rewarding in so many different ways.  I also learned to appreciate and realize that water and the environment were
Consumers are trading down, and grocers know it.
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Comment: Light at the end of inflation tunnel?

Food inflation in Canada may have already peaked

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Statistics Canada hasn’t had a lot of good news for Canadian consumers. The agency put food inflation rate in the country at 8.8 per cent in June, which is still higher than the general inflation rate. Everyone is affected by higher food prices. Americans recently learned that food inflation at the grocery store was 12.4
Destroyed areas after the attacks of Russian Armed Forces in the port of Odesa, July 25, 2022. The Kremlin assured that the attacks against the port of the Ukrainian city of Odessa should not affect the export of grain, after an agreement was reached between Moscow and Kyiv on July 22, 2022.
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Comment: Black Sea grain deal exposes Moscow’s long-term diplomatic game

UKRAINE: The deal is critical for relieving an international food crisis

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The deal to open up Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, is expected to facilitate export of several millions tonnes of grain and potentially ease an international food crisis. However, less than a day after the deal was signed, Russia undermined international confidence with missile strikes on the port of
Morocco possesses more than 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate rock reserves, giving it the potential to be an even larger fertilizer exporter than it is is today.
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Comment: Morocco could hold a key to world food supply

The North African country’s potential to source fertilizer should not be discounted

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Morocco has a large fertilizer industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of the world’s top four fertilizer exporters, following Russia, China and Canada.  Morocco has advantages in phosphorus fertilizer production. It possesses more than 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate rock reserves from which to derive those fertilizers.  This
A coalition of growers is calling on the federal government to return fertilizer tariffs, or at least for those purchases made before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Comment: Farmers should not pay the price for Russia’s war

Farmers say federal fertilizer tariffs on purchases made prior to the invasion of Ukraine should be returned

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Farmers across Canada are paying a 35 per cent federal tariff on fertilizers purchased from Russia prior to the war. Those regulations have placed a huge price disadvantage for Ontario’s, and Canada’s, crops.  “We recognize the mistakes the Russian government has made in invading Ukraine, but making farmers, and ultimately Canadian consumers, pay for a
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Comment: Extremes make bad food policies

When ideologues at either end of the spectrum stifle debate, we’re all worse off

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Not a day goes by without seeing a group, or even a government, changing rules for farmers. In the name of the planet, animal welfare or our own health, rules are changing despite our farmers’ knowledge and experience. It’s an interesting phenomenon and it’s happening all around the world. Farmers have long been regarded as
“Soon, humans will go to the moon and eventually to Mars. While there, astronauts will have to grow their own food.”
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Comment: To boldly grow…

Space agriculture can help solve food production problems back on Earth

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Whether to spend money on outer space exploration or apply it to solve serious problems on Earth is a contentious debate. But one argument in favour highlights benefits that do, in fact, help study, monitor and address serious concerns like climate change and food production. As access to space increases, the potential for terrestrial benefits
Food prices will continue to rise but at a much slower pace in coming months.
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Comment: Dealing with ‘greedflation’

Consumers have a right to be skeptical but there’s not a lot of evidence

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Accusations of gouging in the food industry have reached an all-time high. According to a recent survey, 68 per cent of Canadians believe food corporations are taking advantage of the inflationary cycle to increase prices, and it’s not just in retail. While Quebec and British Columbia now have class-action lawsuits against the beef industry, many
Irrigation of corn
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Comment: Rains crucial for U.S. corn crop

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Reuters – Despite a late start, the U.S. corn crop began the growing season in strong health, though that has since declined after several weeks of dry and sometimes hot weather. That does not necessarily mean analysts need to make drastic cuts to yield assumptions, though they might consider that if rains don’t arrive. The
Soldier fly larvae like these can convert waste food into high-protein feed.
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Comment: Bugs for cows

Feeding insects to cattle could make meat and milk production more sustainable

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The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge of feeding everyone. Current projections indicate that by 2050, global food demand could increase by 59 per cent, which is 98 per cent above current levels. In particular, there will be increased demand for high-quality protein foods such as meat and dairy products. Livestock producers

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