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Canadian cattle herd at its lowest in three decades: Stats Canada

Feb 27, 2024

The Canadian cattle herd has fallen to its lowest level in more than 30 years.Statistics Canada reports on January 1st, there were 11.1 million cattle and calves on farms, down 2.1 percent from the previous year. That is the lowest…

More time granted to export yellow peas to India

More time granted to export yellow peas to India

Feb 26, 2024

India has extended the timeline for duty-free imports of yellow peas by one through the end of April.There have been duty-free imports on yellow peas since early December. It was part of New Delhi’s intervention to cool the prices of…

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Word of yellow mustard being phased out at Subway trends on social media

Feb 26, 2024

There are trending topics every day on social media, on Friday it was Subway and yellow mustard. A Friday morning post on X—formerly known as Twitter—by Canada’s Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois at Dalhousie University in Halifax started the ball…

Sask Ministry of Environment raising awareness of invasive species

Sask Ministry of Environment raising awareness of invasive species

Feb 26, 2024

Making the public aware of what invasive species are and the potential negative impacts it can have on the environment is what the Saskatchewan government is focusing on this week, as it declared Monday to Sunday Invasive Species Awareness Week.…

Major Canadian Railways Still Have Issues With Grain Deliveries: Ag Transport Coalition

Major Canadian Railways Still Have Issues With Grain Deliveries: Ag Transport Coalition

Feb 26, 2024

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 77% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 29, unchanged from the prior week.  While overall system performance was unchanged from the prior week, this reflects modest improvement for CN and no change…