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How do farmers and their associations work to enhance collaboration across the border?
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Comment: A most important relationship

Farmers on both sides of the border will benefit if they work together

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Relationships matter. This might sound like a cliché to some, but that does not make it any less true. Agriculture in Western Canada is dependent on trade. Maintaining our relationships with our partners in other countries is one of the most important things agriculture representatives do, and no relationship is more important than with our
The end of the Indonesian palm oil ban is an important first step to return the situation to normal.
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Comment: Politics fuelled palm oil export ban

The impact of Indonesia’s move, designed to quell domestic unrest, reverberated across the globe

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Amid an ongoing global food price crisis, vegetable oils are registering record-breaking highs. According to data compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the price for edible oils rose to almost 250 per cent of standard price levels. Over the past two years, labour restrictions, climate change and violent conflict have
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Comment: China’s population is about to shrink

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The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one-sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China’s population swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is on track to turn down this year, for the first time since the great famine of 1959-61. According
There are some steps that government can take to help rein in rising food prices.
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Comment: Few food price solutions

When it comes to food prices, the Canadian government’s hands are tied

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The rhetoric around inflation and increasing food prices has become a point of emphasis for politicians, particularly for those in opposition to the incumbent government. Even pundits and non-profit organizations are pressuring the government into taking specific actions on food prices. This begs the question: Should governments take steps to reduce food prices? And more
Many nations across the Middle East and North Africa are major wheat importers and buy much of their supply from Russia and Ukraine.
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Comment: The humanitarian fallout of war

War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions for other countries, many of them thousands of miles away. Together, Russia and Ukraine account for almost 30 per cent of total global exports of wheat, nearly 20 per cent of global exports of corn (maize) and
“Narratives play a role in spreading inflation exponentially like a virus, turning it into a mass phenomenon with feedback loops and self-fulfilling prophecies.” – Pascal Blanque, Amundi Institute.
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Comment: Inflation narrative a ‘virus’ and policy headache

Once the expectation of inflation is established, it’s tough to root out

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Reuters – Central banks risk losing the battle for stable prices as long-dormant inflation narratives and memories reawaken, adding a more complex psychological twist to task than simply tightening monetary policy. Far from being solely an excess money thing, as strict monetarists insist, many economists reckon the return to a high inflation regime relies as
Statistics Canada recently pegged Canada’s 2022 canola plantings at 20.9 million acres, down seven per cent from last year.
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Comment: Canada’s light canola acres deal another blow for tight vegoil market

It’s the latest supply constraint to face the global edible oil complex

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Thinning vegetable oil supplies have driven global prices to record levels this year, so Canadian farmers’ intentions to cut canola plantings this spring are not among helpful remedies. Canada was a top contributor to the supply squeeze last year as severe drought cut canola output to a 14-year low. Canada is the top exporter of
‘We need more initiatives that enable equitable distribution of land, water and income globally.’
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Comment: ‘Too many people, not enough food’ isn’t the cause of hunger

Inequality and war are the root causes of global food insecurity

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Nearly one in three people in the world did not have access to enough food in 2020. That’s an increase of almost 320 million people in one year and it’s expected to get worse with rising food prices and the war trapping wheat, barley and corn in Ukraine and Russia. Climate change-related floods, fires and
Food literacy in Canada has increased since the start of the pandemic.
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Comment: COVID has changed us, but has it really changed the food industry?

Canada’s food landscape has changed as consumers have gained more food literacy

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The food industry is gathering now at different trade shows and events. It is the first time in two years that it has come together to figure out what consumers are now thinking, believing, hoping and most important, fearing. Trends, flavours, and tastes have changed since March 2020. But after more than two years of
Ukraine is considered one of the big four corn suppliers along with the United States, Brazil and Argentina.
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Comment: Export losses give Ukraine leeway in its upcoming corn harvest

Carry-over resulting from closed ports means there’s some cushion in supplies

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Reuters – Ukraine’s corn exports basically ground to a halt several weeks ago when Russia invaded the country, leading to the closure of its critical seaports. While that is causing a global supply crunch in the near term, it is also leading to an unprecedented buildup of stocks in the country. That could leave room

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