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A renewed commitment to the WTO — mainly by the U.S. — is necessary to reinvigorate global agriculture trade.
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U.S. leadership needed to push freer agriculture trade

Trade negotiation insiders say bilateralism won’t go away, but overarching rules enforcement needed

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Huge gains in freeing up global agricultural trade in the 1990s and early 2000s came about through American leadership — and it’s needed again. So says Mike Gifford, Canada’s chief agricultural trade negotiator before retiring in 2000. “I know it’s in some ways easier to do bilateral or regional trade agreements, but you’ve got to
“Be aware that once this land is taken from agricultural use, chances are it won’t come back to ag production.” – Bill Campbell, KAP.
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From fields to houses: As Manitoba’s population grows, so does the desire to convert farmland

The province’s growing population needs homes, and frequently they’re built on former farmland

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Over the last 20 years, Manitoba has shaken off decades of slow growth and posted sustained and significant population expansion. In 2000 there were 1.14 million citizens, according to figures from the most recent report on population by the provincial government. As of July of this year the same report estimated there were 1.41 million
Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn at Abbotsford, B.C. are rescued on Nov. 16, 2021 by people in boats and on a jet-ski after rainstorms lashed the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters)
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B.C. calls emergency, expects more deaths from 500-year flood

Some livestock die, more are expected to be euthanized

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Abbotsford | Reuters — The death toll in Canada from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the province declaring a state of emergency on Wednesday. Authorities have so far confirmed one death after torrential rains and mudslides destroyed roads and left several mountain towns isolated. At
“If you don’t have observations, then you are not able to provide good forecasts.” – WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas.
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Climate change extremes spur UN plan to fund weather forecasting

Large weather data gaps exist around the world, particularly in poorer nations

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Reuters – As climate change triggers deadly heat waves, droughts and floods, three UN agencies will roll out funding plans to improve weather forecasting in vulnerable countries. The initiative, announced at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, aims to plug gaps in weather monitoring and data collection so developing countries can better prepare for possible
An aerial view shows a damaged road as a flood sweeps through, near Lytton, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021. (Handout photo from B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Reuters)
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B.C. rains shut CN, CP mainlines and Highways 1, 7

Repairs already underway, CN says

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The effects of rainstorms pelting southern British Columbia’s Interior have reached into the Prairies by effectively cutting off grain traffic to Vancouver. Canadian National Railway said Tuesday that heavy rainfalls in the region have led to mudslides and washouts on its network. Crews are inspecting affected areas and “carrying out repairs which are critical to
A jump in price for corn, soybean and other crops has brightened the financial outlook for farmers...
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Corteva raises sales view again as seed, insecticide demand booms

As farmers fear supply chain woes, they’re buying earlier than usual

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Reuters – Corteva raised its 2021 sales forecast for a second time this year Nov. 3, and posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss, benefiting from higher prices and strong demand for its insecticides and seeds. A jump in price for corn, soybean and other crops has brightened the financial outlook for farmers who have started pre-buying
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Bank of Canada plans new tools to assess climate impact on economy

Increases in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events seen in coming years

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Reuters – The Bank of Canada will develop new models and data sources to better understand how climate change is impacting Canada’s economy, and will include these findings in its quarterly forecasts to help markets price risks. The central bank, in a release tied to the UN’s COP26 global climate summit, said it will assess
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
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COP26: Nations make new pledges to cut methane, save forests at climate summit

Dozens of countries join U.S.-led methane reduction effort, over 100 leaders pledge to halt deforestation by 2030

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Reuters – Leaders at the COP26 climate conference have pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decade and cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane to help slow climate change. In the early days of the two-week summit in Glasgow, Scotland, wealthy nations took some overdue actions to provide long-promised financial help
Flooded roads are seen near Chilliwack, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021 after rainstorms lashed parts of the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
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Severe B.C. rainstorms spur landslides, shut roads

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian helicopters carried out multiple missions on Monday to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles on a highway after huge rainstorms sparked landslides in British Columbia. The rainstorms that started on Sunday triggered landslides, shut roads, prompted the evacuation of an entire community, forced an oil pipeline to close
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Resource-rich Canada grapples with key commodity shortage: workers

From agriculture to the oilpatch, lack of labour is driving up wages

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Reuters – Canada’s economic recovery from the pandemic is being hampered by labour shortages across industries ranging from energy to aviation to agriculture, forcing companies to consider multiple salary hikes and offer other perks. Statistics Canada data Nov. 5 showed the national unemployment rate hit a 20-month low in October. The shortage of skilled and unskilled workers

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