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Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, May 1, 2019.

Conservatives want action on the lingering canola crisis

Appoint an ambassador and increase advance payments, opposition leader, Andrew Scheer urges

By Alex Binkley May 3, 2019

It’s time for government action on the canola file, according to the leader of the opposition. Canada needs an ambassador in Beijing and should immediately increase the funds available to farmers under the Advance Payments Program (APP), says Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. More than a month has passed since China banned imports of canola seed

Pork, peas and soybeans are now reporting trouble with shipments to China.

News, Oilseeds

Canadian farm exports run into Chinese wall

New commodities are reporting unexpected delays for importation to China

By Hallie Gu, Rod Nickel May 3, 2019

An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. China has already blocked Canadian canola from Richardson International and Viterra, two of Canada’s biggest farm exporters, saying that shipments had pests. Other China-bound canola cargoes have been cancelled,

Poultry producers say they’re bracing for a big hit from trade deals and they need clarity from government.

News, Poultry

Poultry farmers say trade response for the birds

They want the federal government to take a bigger-picture view of helping them to adjust to market losses

By Alex Binkley May 1, 2019

Chicken, turkey and egg producers say a big hit is coming and the federal government needs to help them adapt. They’re facing increased imports allowed under a series of trade deals negotiated by the federal government and say a big-picture approach is needed. That was the message Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC), Turkey Farmers of

News, Oilseeds

Why so much Canadian canola has gone to China

The economic superpower is the biggest buyer of many agricultural products

By Allan Dawson April 29, 2019

China has been buying about 40 per cent of the canola seed Canada exports, so losing that market, even temporarily, is a blow. That’s a lot of eggs in one basket. But it shouldn’t be a surprise, says Brian Innes, the Canola Council of Canada’s (CCC) vice-president of public affairs and president of the Canadian

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Back to the future?

By Gord Gilmour April 25, 2019

Trying to predict the future with any accuracy is a fool’s errand, but that doesn’t stop plenty from trying. One of the biggest fallacies people fall into is the ‘recency effect,’ when the events of the near past are assumed to be more important than earlier events. Informally, it’s become shorthand for the assumption that

News

Shifting sands on international trade

Trade times have changed — and that puts Canada in a tough spot

By Allan Dawson April 25, 2019

So what’s caused this move to protectionism after decades of freer trade? Call it the Trump effect. The United States, once the world’s leader in multilateral trade promotion, has derailed trade as it tries to win better deals for itself. “(I)n all honesty it’s affecting a lot of countries around the world because a lot

News, Other

Stuck in the middle on world trade

In a world of trade disputes between economic superpowers, Canada needs to develop its capacity to respond quickly

By Allan Dawson April 25, 2019

Industry leaders say Canada needs to step up its efforts to protect the agricultural sector’s interest in what has been characterized as “… the most protectionist era since the Great Depression.” While it’s encouraging that reference by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland shows the federal government is aware of the issues caused by rising trade

China’s decision to target canola is no coincidence.

Comment, Oilseeds

Comment: Why canola matters to all Canadians now

It’s the most Canadian of crops, a potent national symbol and now a target in a vicious diplomatic spat

By Sylvain Charlebois April 15, 2019

The SNC-Lavalin case refuses to go away and has been garnering global media attention for weeks. The case has made our political elite look like diplomatic juveniles. The Wanzhou case in Vancouver has made things much worse. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou in December, Huawei’s VP and daughter of the company’s CEO, exposed Canada to

The halt on canola shipments to China is hitting farmers first and hardest, according to KAP.

Local news, Oilseeds

KAP wants government action on canola spat

While Chinese and Canadian officials are talking, so far China hasn’t agreed to a face-to-face meeting

By Allan Dawson April 12, 2019

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is frustrated the federal government hasn’t done more to restore Canadian canola exports to China a month after the current trade dispute began. At press time Monday the Chinese had not replied to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s request to send a Canadian delegation to China led by the Canadian Food Inspection

More oversight of the grocery industry is needed to prevent practices that unfairly squeeze dairy processors, says the CEO of Parmalat Canada.

Opinion

Opinion: Dairy industry should be compensated

By Mark Taylor April 9, 2019

Excerpts from testimony by Mark Taylor, chief executive officer, Parmalat Canada, to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Feb. 26, 2019. In order to address these challenges, it’s important that the Canadian government uphold the commitment made by Minister Freeland to compensate the dairy sector, including processors for losses resulting from these trade

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle strengthen Tuesday

Larkin to step down as Grain Growers of Canada Executive Director

Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

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