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Oilseed crushing and renewable diesel facilities questioned putting money into new developments.

Bigger-picture influences hover around weather market

A decision on U.S. biofuel blending mandates is pending

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 12, 2023

I was recently at the dentist to deal with a cracked tooth. After the drilling and filling was complete, the freezing took a few hours to wear off, which left me in a state of uncertainty. Will I ever eat or speak properly again? Was everything fixed? Will it still hurt to bite on that

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden next to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a G-7 meeting in the summer of 2022. Canada and the U.S. are beginning to talk about Indo-Pacific issues.

News

Crops Convention: As world fragments, ground game vital for success

The era of globalization is receding and regionalization is the order of the day

By Gord Gilmour March 20, 2023

Don’t expect a return to normal geopolitical conditions, at least not if the past several decades can be considered normal. That was Janice Gross Stein’s message March 8 in an opening address to the Canadian Crops Convention in Ottawa. The noted political scientist and founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Apocalypse soon-ish?

By Gord Gilmour January 26, 2023

It’s the job of the commentator to be a bit provocative and to make people think. Geopolitical economist Peter Zeihan, who gave a keynote address at last week’s Ag Days, certainly accomplished that. Pulling many threads together, from the war in Ukraine and Russia’s historic borders, past the sclerotic regime in Beijing incapable of adapting,

Morocco possesses more than 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate rock reserves, giving it the potential to be an even larger fertilizer exporter than it is is today.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Morocco could hold a key to world food supply

The North African country’s potential to source fertilizer should not be discounted

By Michaël Tanchum August 3, 2022

Morocco has a large fertilizer industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of the world’s top four fertilizer exporters, following Russia, China and Canada. Morocco has advantages in phosphorus fertilizer production. It possesses more than 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate rock reserves from which to derive those fertilizers. This

Canada’s military commitments can signal we’re a good partner to the U.S. Seen here a Canadian Army M777 hotwitzer firing during military exercises in Adazi, Latvia.

News, Other

More Canadian defence spending, more exports to U.S.

David MacNaughton, Canada’s former U.S. ambassador, isn’t sure Biden will be any less protectionist than Trump

By Allan Dawson March 16, 2021

The key to boosting Canadian exports to the U.S. could be more Canadian military spending, says David MacNaughton, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. from 2016 to 2019. “We have to become a better partner on security and defence if we expect to have some type of partnership and some kind of recognition on trade that

Canadians should resurrect the so-called “Third option” first proposed in 1972.

Op/Ed, Opinion, Other

Opinion: Canada needs to rethink U.S. relationship

By D.C. Fraser July 20, 2020

Recent events should force Canadians to rethink our country’s relationship with the U.S. Canada will always be a mouse in bed with the elephant, but we need to realize the elephant is sick. American leadership is deeply corrupted, with President Donald Trump making clear he values economic and personal gain over human life. He has

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Send in the clowns

By Gord Gilmour June 4, 2020

The finding of ‘double criminality’ by B.C. Supreme Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes in the Huawei case last week dashed any hopes of a quick and orderly wrap-up to Canada’s ongoing diplomatic war with China. Justice Holmes ruled that the crimes Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is charged with in the U.S. are also crimes in

An Australian farmer unloads barley at a farm near Gunnedah, 275 miles northwest of Sydney.

News

Australian barley farmers, Canadian canola growers share Chinese nemesis

China is Australia’s biggest malting barley market, but Chinese tariffs will all but stop Australian barley imports. Sound familiar?

By Allan Dawson May 28, 2020

Australian barley farmers and Canadian canola producers are on opposite sides of the world, but share a common blight: China, once their best customer is now a hostile adversary, accused of letting geopolitical goals sideline international trade rules. May 19 China, which accounts for two-thirds of Australia’s malting barley exports, imposed an 80.5 per cent

Weather disruptions can lead to production losses across major agriculture-producing regions.

News, Other

Farm Credit Canada highlights three disruptors in 2020

The federal ag lender says climate change, protectionism and automation are the issues to watch this year

By MarketsFarm Team January 27, 2020

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) believes there are three major factors that will disrupt Canadian agriculture in 2020, according to a prepared statement from the federal agency. Those disruptors are climate change, protectionism and automation, which FCC chief agricultural economist J.P. Gervais said could promote or inhibit growth in the industry. “We call them disruptors for

Columns, Editorial

The Year in Doggerel: 20-20 Foresight

By John Morriss January 3, 2020

As you may know, in each year’s first edition We follow a time-honoured farm writer’s tradition Of reviewing the past year in doggerel (that’s badly rhymed text) And giving you fearless predictions on what to expect for the next Since she’s in charge, I hesitate to criticize Mother Nature’s decisions But I wish she could

Daily Network News

Canadian beekeepers warn of advancing tropilaelaps mite

Deere forecasts weak annual profit on tariff hit

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring prices vary as durum nudges up

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