Global markets

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 11 (MarketsFarm News) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China is planning to launch a nationwide effort to increase pork production, following a spike in prices after African Swine Fever (ASF) ravaged pork herds. Along with preventing and controlling outbreaks of

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 10 (MarketsFarm News) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Recent data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) showed the annual rate of housing rose by 1.9 per cent in August when compared to the previous month. The rate of

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 9 (MarketsFarm News) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The United Kingdom’s Parliament will be suspended after Monday’s session, the latest tactic employed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ensure the country leaves the European Union on October 31. Parliament will

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 6 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – While most of the focus on African swine fever has been on its devastating effects on China’s hog industry, Vietnam has been desperately battling the disease that is almost always fatal to pigs.

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 4 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – The German government announced on Wednesday it will limit the use of glyphosate and then ban the weedkiller by the end of 2023. Bayer, which owns Roundup-maker Monsanto, issued a statement disagreeing with

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 3 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China’s top trade negotiator, Vice-Premier Liu He stated China doesn’t want a trade war, as it’s not good for the global economy or for China and the United States. Liu made the comment

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 29 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York on Wednesday, after a two-week journey across the Atlantic on a solar-powered yacht. Thunberg, 16, is set to speak at the United Nations Climate Action

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 27 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – A US$20 million aid offer from the G7 to help fight fires in the Amazon rain forest has been rejected by Brazil. Onyx Lorenzoni, the chief of staff to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro,

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Aug. 26 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Trade tensions between the United States and China were showing signs of easing on Monday, after increased tariffs from both sides on Friday sent equity markets sharply lower. Beijing officials were calling for

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, August 23 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – In the latest turn in the United States/China trade war, on Friday China announced it will impose tariffs of five to 10 per cent on approximately US$75 billion of U.S. goods in two