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File photo of a pedestrian crossing in front of the World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

U.S. wants WTO dispute system fixed by 2024

Appeals body frozen since Trump era; Washington 'very committed' to reform

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Geneva | Reuters — The United States is entering a third phase of talks with countries to reform the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) hobbled trade dispute arbitration system and aims for it to be “fully functioning” by the end of 2024, the U.S. ambassador to the WTO told Reuters on Thursday. The WTO’s appeals bench,
A Saskatchewan-based tech company is offering a suite of solutions in an app that’s suitable for growers and buyers.
Crops, News

Making every bushel count

Unrepresentative grain samples are costing farmers big bucks, tech startup claims

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Unrepresentative grain samples are costing producers as much as $100 per acre and a small Saskatoon-based company aims to change that. “If growers had better information as to what they have stored in their bins, there’s a lot more revenue they could be getting on some percentage of their crop,” says VeriGrain CEO and founder Ken
File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices up ahead of India harvest

Early outlook calls for more Canadian acres in 2023

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MarketsFarm — Western Canadian chickpea prices are still on the rise while prices for other pulse crops are coming down as supply increases. High-delivered bids for Kabuli and B-90 types of chickpeas rose four cents per pound over the past week, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire on Jan. 23. As a result, the nine- and
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Crops

AgriInsurance coverage expected to rise in 2023

Crop insurance amendments laid out at Ag Days in Brandon

AgriInsurance coverage is expected to reach $5.3 billion in 2023, up from the $4.7 billion projected last spring, the provincial ag minister announced at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon on Tuesday. “The costs and risks related to farming in Manitoba continue to climb,” Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson said in a release. Average coverage is estimated
Yellow peas. (Victoria Popova/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: New Year’s pressure drags on North Dakota peas

Pea prices relatively higher north of border

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MarketsFarm — Pea prices in North Dakota have been feeling pressure from the New Year, according to Landon Lechler of Beach Co-operative at Beach, N.D., about 360 km south of Weyburn, Sask. Besides the turning of the calendar New Year, Lechler said the upcoming Chinese New Year has slowed export demand for yellow and green
A container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. (FangXiaNuo/E+/Canada)
Crops, Markets

Ocean freight rates falling

Baltic index at lowest since mid-2020

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MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates are under pressure to start 2023, with the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) dipping to its lowest level since June 2020 as poor demand for vessels weighed on values. A seasonal slowdown of cargo movement ahead of the Chinese New Year was seen as contributing to the latest softness, despite easing
The 4R strategy can reduce emissions but other changes will be needed too.
Crops

No consensus on 30 per cent emissions target

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Agronomists agree that 4R agricultural practices can take a bite out of nitrous oxide emissions, but exactly how big a bite depends on who you ask. Central to this question is the federal government’s target for a 30 per cent reduction in nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions on farms by 2030. Fertilizer emissions are a relatively
A farmer in China piles wheat. Photo: Reuters/File
Crops, Markets

China to launch grain reserves company in 2023

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Reuters — China’s state-owned grains trader COFCO said on Thursday a new joint venture it has set up with state stockpiler Sinograin to manage the country’s huge grain reserves will officially begin operations next month. The China Enterprise United Grain Reserve Co. Ltd. was established in September, according to the COFCO statement on its public

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