Reading Time: 2 minutes World food commodity prices fell for a third consecutive month in November, with all major staple foods except cereals showing a decline, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.
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World food prices fall for third month in November, UN’s FAO says
Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026
Reading Time: 4 minutes Food prices are 27 per cent higher now than they were in 2020, the new Canada’s Food Price Report shows. Meat prices are particularly to blame for the rise.
Canada’s inflation in October eases to 2.2 per cent on lower gasoline, food prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s annual inflation rate in October eased to 2.2 per cent as gasoline prices dropped, food prices eased and mortgage interest costs came down below the three per cent mark, data showed on Monday.
Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s agriculture sector is still disconnected from policymakers in some ways, say panelists at a CAPI webinar
Canada’s Loblaw raises annual profit forecast on resilient grocery demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute Loblaw raised its annual profit forecast after beating third-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday, as the Canadian retailer bet on demand for grocery and medicines at its discount stores to remain resilient amid economic uncertainties.
Women who fed a nation
Reading Time: 6 minutes More than 40,000 young women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.
Canada’s ‘Harvest for Victory’ in the Second World War
Reading Time: 5 minutes Propaganda posters celebrating farming show the legacy of Canadian agriculture during the Second World War.
Budget cuts may signal shift away from food aid says Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 2025 budget included cuts to international aid finding, which could hurt the farmer-supported charity Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Dairy Commission will raise its farm gate milk price by 2.3255 per cent in February, the Crown corporation announced on Friday.
Organic groups release public-private action plan for sector growth
Reading Time: 2 minutes A coalition of Canadian organic groups are asking the federal government to adopt their public-private plan for sector growth and competativeness.