Featured

Russia says there will be no extension of the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal beyond May 18th, unless the West removes a series of obstacles to the export of Russian grain and fertilizer. The Ukraine grain Black Sea export deal was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last July, to help alleviate a global food crisis worsened by […]

Quebec pork producer Olymel says it will close a major slaughterhouse south of Quebec City and lay off 994 workers. The company says the Vallée-Jonction plant in the Beauce region will be the latest factory to shutter, after previously announcing the closure of several other facilities in recent months. Olymel CEO Yanick Gervais told reporters […]

The merger of Canadian Pacific Railway with Kansas City Southern Railway is now official. The fusion, under the banner of Canadian Pacific Kansas City, marks the continent’s first major railroad rail merger in more than two decades.  It combines the two smallest of North America’s seven Class 1 railroads, after the U.S. rail regulator approved the $31-billion […]

An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of cattle is the deadliest barn fire recorded since the Animal Welfare Institute began tracking the fires. Castro County Sheriff Salvador Rivera has says the Monday fire and explosion at Southfork Dairy Farm near […]

Meatpackers and other companies in the food-supply chain need to do a better job taking steps to ensure illegal child labor isn’t being used in their operations, or by their suppliers, subcontractors or other vendors. That’s according to US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. In a letter to 18 of the country’s largest meat and poultry […]

According to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary, there is presently little upside to new-crop November canola on ICE Futures. Anderson points to losses in Malaysian palm oil and weakness in China’s soymeal market as weighing on ICE canola values, with more pressure coming out of South America. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on […]

Colorado is the first US State to pass right-to-repair legislation for farmers. The Consumer Right to Repair Agriculture Equipment Act passed 46-14 in Colorado’s Senate late Tuesday night. Colorado Governor Jared Polis has 10 days to sign the bill into law and he is expected to do so, according to a spokesperson. Equipment makers have […]

The Government of Saskatchewan welcomes the announcement that Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) will expand its canola crushing facility at Yorkton. “This major investment by LDC is good news for Saskatchewan canola growers and good news for workers and the economy in Yorkton and right across the province,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said. […]

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods, announced today the expansion of its canola processing complex in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, reinforcing its capacity to supply food, feed and energy customers. “This investment supports the Group’s strategic growth plans by reinforcing core merchandizing activities, in this case with additional capacity […]

Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced $221 million for strategic agricultural initiatives in Manitoba under the new the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP). The Sustainable CAP is a five-year, $3.5-billion investment by Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments that supports Canada’s agri-food and agri-products sectors. This […]