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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its latest supply/demand projections on Friday. Canola ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023-24 were raised slightly. The government agency lowered its canola export forecast for 2022-23 by 200,000 tonnes from March, now pegging movement at 8.4 million tonnes. With domestic usage left unchanged at 9.738 million tonnes, ending […]

Grain markets were showing downward movement this week. P.I. Financial commodity futures advisor Adam Pukalo says the July canola contract is down 20 dollars per metric ton, while spring wheat futures (July Minneapolis Wheat) have declined about 20 cents a bushel, at under $8.50 a bushel. There are two factors, Pukalo says, for the canola […]

Syngenta Canada announced today that it will release a limited amount of Matador® 120EC insecticide and Voliam Xpress® insecticide in Western Canada with a focus on horticulture and pulse crops in time for the 2023 growing season. The products will also be available in Eastern Canada with a focus on horticulture crops. This distribution decision is in response […]

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association wants the federal government to find a resolution to the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike as quickly as possible. President Gunter Jochum, who farms west of Winnipeg, is calling on Ottawa to ensure Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) employees within the PSAC Union return to work immediately. Jochum […]

The new leadership team for 2023 Canadian Western Agribition was selected at yesterday’s annual meeting in Regina. Kim Hextall from Grenfell goes into her second term as president. She joined the board in 2014. She and her husband raise purebred and commercial black angus cattle near Grenfell. Michael Latimer of Olds, Alberta was elected vice […]

M-Ps are defending Canada’s supply management system and say it could be a good option for lower-income countries to be less reliant on imports.  A House of Commons committee is meeting today to talk about a Bloc Québécois bill that would make it harder for new trade deals to chip away at the system. Since […]

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is raising concerns with the potential impactsof strike action taken y members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada(PSAC) on Manitoba farmers and the agricultural sector.“PSAC represents thousands of public service employees who play a key role in thedelivery and administration of agricultural programs and services, including the suiteof business risk […]

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is heading to Japan to meet with her counterpart to promote Canada as a trade partner of choice and discuss the current Canada-Japan trade relationship. Bibeau will discuss Canadian agricultural opportunities with Japanese agri-food stakeholders, Canadian industry associations, and Canadian businesses in Japan. Bibeau will also meet with her peers […]

Viterra is planning to make an $18-million upgrade to its Moose Jaw facility. Moose Jaw City Council approved Viterra’s discretionary use application, according to minutes from the March 27th meeting. Work includes building a 12,500 foot double-loop track to make terminal operations run more efficiently. Construction expected to begin sometime this month. The facility, first […]

The Saskatchewan Government announced a pilot partnership to further support agricultural technology development and economic growth in the province. This new collaboration between Innovation Saskatchewan, Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN), and Cultivator powered by Conexus, will establish a connection to the U.S. grain belt. The province says through WHIN’s connections, the partnership will also act […]