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Prices for ag imports and services have soared during COVID and the Ukrainian war years.
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Comment: War is expensive both on and off the battlefield

However you describe it, war is expensive. For some, it’s extremely profitable, too

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Union general William T. Sherman once famously said, “War is hell.” However you describe it, war is expensive. For some, it’s extremely profitable, too. Shooting wars aren’t the only type of warfare that are costly, deadly and often without a winner. In January 2022, the International Monetary Fund estimated the total cost of the COVID-19
Editor’s Take: Emissions reduction needs a lifeline
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Editor’s Take: Emissions reduction needs a lifeline

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Nobody likes to change, especially not when they’re comfortable and things are going well. But that attitude can lead to complacency and inertia as the world passes by. This is the delicate balance that farmers are being asked to strike, with little evidence that it’s going to pay them dividends of any kind. The issue
Comment: Horse health research will help humans stay healthy too
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Comment: Horse health research will help humans stay healthy too

The body of work can provide insights on reining in issues like diabetes and obesity

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As a veterinary science researcher, equine surgeon and sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist, I’ve seen firsthand the similarities between horses and humans. Both horses and people with endocrine disorders like Type 2 diabetes can suffer multiple types of musculoskeletal issues. For example, horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction – similar to Cushing disease in people
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Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Cattle at a tipping point

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COVID-19 gave everyone a new archetype for the phrase, “may you live in interesting times.” Or, to sum up a few social media posts at the time, living through a historic event isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. That’s what it feels like when looking at the cattle sector. In Saskatchewan and Alberta, ranchers
A corn farmer in China in 2015: ‘…it has been proven that when we try to conquer the land and severely disrupt watersheds, challenging the biodiversity that makes critical events like pollination possible, the opposite of food availability occurs.’
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: The increasing danger of forced farming

Autocratic regimes seem hell-bent on returning to the scary past

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A troubling trend is creeping up on global farmers as governments control food production and eliminate crop diversity. In China, “non-grain” farming has become the target of the Rural Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Brigade, or nongguan, which exercises agricultural administrative penalties and related inspections for the Agriculture and Rural Development ministries. Rules include no burying
A seaport grain terminal damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes in Odesa region, Ukraine on July 19, 2023.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine

What does the move mean for the global food system?

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The Russia-Ukraine grain deal that has been critical to keeping global food prices stable and preventing famine is now in tatters. On July 17, Russia said it was pulling out of the year-old deal, which allowed shipments of grains and other foodstuffs to travel past the Russian naval blockade in the Black Sea. To make
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Stronger actions needed on Lake Winnipeg

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In response to the Co-operator’s July 13 article, “Water strategy action plan launched”. During a press event on July 17, Manitoba Environment and Climate Minister Kevin Klein noted that, in 2013, Lake Winnipeg was designated the most polluted lake in Canada. He went on to say that, since 2016, the Manitoba government has been working
As Canada’s competition watchdog, the Competition Bureau can review mergers to determine if they will be harmful to competitiveness. But since its introduction in 1986, it has only challenged 18 mergers and has never won a challenge on final judgment.
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Comment: Lack of competition makes for sick market

Increasing monopoly power poses a threat to Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery

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Canada is grappling with a significant economic issue: market concentration. A select few corporations dominate key sectors, leading to reduced competition, rising prices and limited purchase options for consumers. Canada’s grocery industry is a prime example. A recent report from the Competition Bureau found that lack of competition in the grocery sector is resulting in
‘There are reams of data in the report, particularly in three key focus areas: seeds, meatpacking, and food retail. We — the “us” outside of the USDA — need to draw our own conclusions.’
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Agribusiness competition and the danger of the middle road

Hemming and hawing avoids tougher action and ‘us’

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After plowing through a 57-page U.S. Department of Agriculture report titled “Concentration and Competition in U.S. Agribusiness,” I asked an agronomist friend who had also read the report why it seemed that its writers used so much “hem-and-haw” language in analyzing, for example, the rise of today’s powerful seed companies. “I’m less interested in the
A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Grain deal withdrawal weaponizing food insecurity, again

Russia’s abandonment of the Black Sea grain deal spells trouble for global hunger

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Russia’s recent decision to terminate the Black Sea grain agreement that allowed tonnes of Ukrainian grain to be shipped to 45 nations, has raised concerns over global food security. As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages, nearly half of Ukraine’s food exports, which are mainly directed toward developing nations, could be adversely affected. Despite

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