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Food prices in Canada will continue to escalate in the new year, with grocery costs forecast to rise up to seven per cent in 2023, new research predicts.
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Food inflation: Tight grain, oilseed supplies to keep prices elevated

Demand will remain high and production will face challenges in the coming year

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Reuters – Drought or too much rain, the war in Ukraine and high energy costs look set to curb global farm production again next year, tightening supplies even as high prices encourage farmers to boost planting. Production of staples such as rice and wheat is unlikely to replenish depleted inventories, at least in the first
“I think it would be great if it could be expanded. The more grain that gets out into the world, the better ...” – Martin Griffith, United Nations.
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Ukraine grain deal unlikely to include new ports in near term

More grain movement and fertilizer production needed to feed world

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Reuters – United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said Dec. 15 it was unlikely the Black Sea grain deal would be expanded in the near term to include more Ukrainian ports or reduce inspection times. Kyiv has called for an expansion of the deal with Moscow that was mediated by the United Nations and Turkey and allows
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Fertilizer firm seeks grain giant assets

Uralchem wants to buy grain assets from Viterra, Cargill if they leave Russia

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Russian fertilizer producer Uralchem would be interested in buying the Russian assets of global grain traders Viterra and Cargill if they decide to leave Russia, the company said in a letter seen by Reuters. Spokespersons for Cargill’s and Viterra’s Russian operations said their respective companies do not plan to leave the country. Uralchem declined to
A combine destroyed by a fire following a Russian rocket attack.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

From Ukraine: Rebuilding in the ashes

Farmer Yuriy Vovchenko survived occupation and siege and now must overcome the damage to his farm and himself

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Ukrainian farmer Yuriy Vovchenko survived the Russian occupation and constant shelling for eight months, but his life has changed immeasurably. I have known him for many years, and since the invasion I have wanted to phone him many times but each time I dialed, I stopped, because I was afraid to hear that he was
The FAO has lowered its forecast for global cereal production to 2.756 billion tonnes in 2022, marking a three-year low.
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World food prices ease further in November, says FAO

Cereals meat and dairy down, vegetable oils and sugar up

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The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell marginally in November, marking an eighth straight monthly fall since a record high in March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 135.7 points last month, down from 135.9 for October,
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Ukraine grain exports down nearly a third on crop year to date

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Ukraine has exported almost 18.1 million tonnes of grain so far in the 2022-23 season, down 29.6 per cent from the 25.8 million tonnes exported by the same stage of the previous season, agriculture ministry data showed Dec. 2. The volume included more than 6.9 million tonnes of wheat, 9.7 million tonnes of corn and
Ukrainian soldiers capture the moment when Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the liberated city of Kherson on Nov. 14, 2022.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

From Ukraine: Watermelons, raccoons and laughter through tears

FIRST PERSON: The people of Ukraine are coping with adversity any way they can as winter's grip deepens

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I can imagine how Canadians feel when they watch news from Ukraine on television.  Not long ago, we in Ukraine watched reports from Iraq and Syria, and it seemed to us like a broadcast from another planet – a planet of cruelty and destruction. Now we live on this planet.  To maintain a healthy mind,
Zante, a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain, transits Bosphorus, in Istanbul, Turkey in this Nov. 2 file photo.
Grain Markets, Markets

Russian hypocrisy and the wheat market

Will the Black Sea shipping deal hold or fail?

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Wheat prices went for a wild ride during the week of Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 due to Russian machinations over the Black Sea export agreement. During the weekend of Oct. 29 and 30, the Russian Black Sea fleet was apparently attacked at its base at Sevastopol. Russia quickly levelled accusations that Ukraine perpetrated the
Pedal planes will occupy the youngest visitors to the museum.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

PHOTOS: Remember veterans with a visit to the Commonwealth Air Museum

Winston Churchill called the pilot training program Canada’s greatest contribution to the war effort

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If you’re looking for an activity to help recognize Remembrance Day, consider a visit to the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum and RCAF WWII Memorial at McGill Field (Brandon Municipal Airport). This was the site of a training school for pilots and other aircraft crews of the British Commonwealth during the Second World War. It

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