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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not be intimidated by China following tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions by Ottawa and Beijing. Ottawa expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei on Monday over allegations related to foreign interference, and hours later, China asked a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai to leave by Saturday in response to what it called Ottawa’s “unreasonable actions.” […]

Saskatchewan Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison announced that exports to the United States hit an all-time high. Exports in 2022 were valued at $29.3 billion, a 74 percent increase since 2018. The provincial government says crude oil ($13.3 billion), potash ($6.5 billion) and canola oil ($2.8 billion) are the 3 most common exports […]

Ukrainian grain farmers in areas now free from Russian occupation are wondering if they should risk their lives to clear explosives before the critical spring planting season.  They are also dealing with soaring production and transportation costs caused by Russia’s blockade of many Black Sea ports.  Experts predict losses, a reduction in output and potentially […]

Flax fields will be fewer and farther between in Western Canada this year, according to Statistics Canada’s First survey-based seeding intentions report for 2023-24. In a report released late last month, StatsCan projected only 689,000 acres of flaxseed to be planted this spring, an 11.6 per cent decrease from the year before. More significantly, the total […]

Farmers and agronomists have a new tool to calculate nutrient requirements of crops, thanks to the University of Saskatchewan. The Prairie Nutrient Removal Calculator is an online tool, USask says in a news release, that provides a critical piece of information to help make on-farm fertilizer decisions. It was developed by Two USask soil scientists […]

Minnesota farmer James Wolf will not have his farm equipment returned to him for the 2023 growing season after a federal judge on Thursday denied a motion in an ongoing organic crops conspiracy case. Wolf was indicted by a grand jury last year on three counts of wire fraud as a result of an alleged conspiracy […]

Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is encouraging companies to submit projects that can foster growth in the country’s plant-based food sector. CEO of Protein Industries Canada Bill Greuel says they’re is accepting a second round of Expression of Interest letters for it’s Technology Leadership Program, starting today (Mon). He says the EOI’s are ideas and concepts […]

Rick Mitzel is the new President of the Flax Council of Canada. Mitzel will replace Wayne Thompson, who has become the Executive Director at the Western Grains Research Foundation.  Mitzel will also continue to serve as the Executive Director of Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission and CEO of Mustard 21. Mitzel has a Bachelor of Science in agriculture […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 95% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 39, marginally lower than the previous week’s 99% order fulfillment performance. The slight decline reflects no change in performance for CN, and a modest decline for CPKC. In supplying 98% of hopper cars ordered on time in week 39, CN’s performance […]

Grain markets this week performed better than expected. P.I. Financial Commodity Futures Advisor Adam Pukalo says the Canola July contract was as low as 693.10 on Monday, but rebounded to around 735, while the July Minneapolis wheat contract was up by 30 cents a bushel to 8.28 for the week. Pukalo said one of the […]