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Editor’s Take: Time for an Agpec trade agreement?

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It would seem times are about to get tough for ‘trading nations’ as Canada has styled itself for the past few decades. That designation makes sense, and in many ways is inevitable. After all, we’re talking about a land mass of nearly 10-million square kilometres, the second-largest country in the world. And on that enormous
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Cotton latest casualty in China-Australia spat

Australian barley, cotton and wine producers are now all under the gun

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In the latest round of a China-Australia spat side-swiping agricultural trade, China has ordered cotton mills to stop buying Australian supplies. That word came Oct. 16 from an Australian government source and two China-based cotton traders briefed on the matter. Relations soured after Canberra accused China of meddling in domestic affairs, and worsened when Prime Minister Scott
An inflatable model of a "Trojan horse" with the slogan "Stop CETA" is placed in front of the European Parliament during a protest against the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada in France, Feb. 15, 2017.
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EU trade deal: High hopes replaced by frustration

Instead of billions in extra trade, agreement 
bogged down in fruitless talks on ‘technical’ trade barriers

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Glacier FarmMedia – CETA is short for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, but for many it’s become a term for frustration and disappointment. “When CETA was signed and ratified three years ago, there were lots of promises,” said Doug Sawyer, a cow-calf producer from Pine Lake, Alta. and co-chair of the foreign trade committee
Strong soybean performance is primarily what bolstered a record August.
Comment, Markets

Comment: China making good on Phase 1 trade deal

U.S. farm exports to China hit new August record thanks to soybeans

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U.S. agricultural exports to China had a sluggish start to 2020 relative to the lofty expectations set forth by the Phase 1 trade agreement, but the August value soared substantially over that of the prior months owing to strong soybean shipments. U.S. cotton exports to China hit a 7-1/2-year high in August, while corn shipments
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Ukraine grain exports down so far in 2020/21 season

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Ukraine’s grain exports fell 11.2 per cent in the first three months of the 2020/21 July-June season to 11.78 million tonnes, the economy ministry said Sept. 30. The volume included 4.258 million tonnes of grain exported in September, the ministry’s data showed. The data showed that the overall export volume included 8.2 million tonnes of
China’s near-insatiable appetite for canola won’t be met with domestic production.
Grain Markets, News

Political posturing can affect grain prices

China is still buying Canadian canola through the various back doors it’s found to exploit

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When you cut through the politics and posturing, China still needs some of what Canada is selling. “They are repopulating their hog herd so they need feed,” Darren Bond, a farm enterprise management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, told the CropTalk Webinar Sept. 16. “They have developed a taste for canola oil. At
Comment, Opinion

Comment: ‘How much evidence do you need to vaporize a zombie?’

Farm & Food File: U.S. ag trade policy has a ‘zombie idea’ infestation

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While “zombie ideas” isn’t a phrase you often see in farm publications, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has popularized it to describe a uniquely American political condition. Zombie ideas, the Nobel Prize-winning economist explained in a 2018 column, are,” ideas that should have died long ago, yet still keep shambling along, eating politicians’ brains.”
Although China curbed its Canadian canola imports, canola values were able to draw strength from exports to other markets.
Grain Markets, Markets

2019-20 crop year could have been worse for canola

A recent Prairie crop tour points to a strong canola harvest

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It can be said that things weren’t all that bad for canola during the 2019-20 marketing year. Given the grim outlook there was for canola over the fall and winter, it’s been a decent marketing year overall for the crop. Prices dropped because of China, but strong exports elsewhere, plus a larger domestic crush, combined

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