Articles Written by Rod Nickel

Fear, frustration on dairy farms as trade concessions sought

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 30, 2018

Winnipeg/Montreal | Reuters — Marie-Pier Vincent, a fourth-generation Quebec dairy farmer, worries it will be even harder to make ends meet if Canada allows more tariff-free imports of milk products from the U.S. under a reworked North American Free Trade Agreement. Vincent, 28, is already looking for a second job to pay back the money […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Prairies’ dry weather may stem U.S. cattle stampede north

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 28, 2018

Winnipeg | Reuters — Parched pastures and crops in Western Canada are driving up cattle-feeding costs, and farmers and analysts expect the changing economics to stem a recent stampede of U.S. cattle being brought over the border. Canada imported 65,035 head of cattle from the U.S. from January through June, nearly double the pace of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Nutrien steers potash recovery as BHP waits in wings

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 20, 2018

Winnipeg/London | Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s biggest potash miner by capacity, has helped engineer a surprising price rebound for the fertilizer by idling capacity. Now the trick will be keeping prices from appreciating too much to ensure a major would-be competitor, BHP Billiton, stays on the sidelines. BHP has been weighing an entry […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 26, 2018

Saskatoon | Reuters — Canadian farmers were on track to reap slightly larger wheat and canola yields, despite dry conditions and a wide discrepancy in growth rates, a crop tour estimated on Thursday. The inaugural Grain World crop tour, organized by FarmLink Marketing Solutions, toured the Prairie provinces on Tuesday and Wednesday. Moisture conditions vary […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada feeds Europe’s corn appetite as tariff war shrinks U.S. sales

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 24, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canadian corn is flowing into Europe at the fastest pace in four years, helped by retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. by the European Union that has shut American corn out of the bloc, traders said. Corn shipments to western European countries rose 85 per cent year over year during the nine […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

StatsCan: Canola area narrows, wheat sowings expand

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 29, 2018

Reuters — Canadian farmers seeded less canola and more wheat compared with last year, but they shifted their plans from earlier this spring to sow more land with canola. Canola plantings reached 22.7 million acres, shy of last year’s 23 million, but exceeding the average trade guess of 22.4 million acres. In spring, Statscan estimated […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 18, 2018

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Saputo, one of Canada’s largest dairies, supports ending a domestic milk ingredient pricing system that has angered the United States, CEO Lino Saputo Jr. said on Monday, showing a rare crack in solidarity among processors and the country’s dairy farmers. The Class 7 pricing agreement, struck in 2016 between Canadian dairy […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 15, 2018

Reuters — While Justin Trudeau vowed last week not to be pushed around and U.S. President Donald Trump called the Canadian prime minister “weak,” two key officials in their governments with a seemingly harmonious relationship were making fishing plans. On Friday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited the farm of Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 15, 2018

Tokyo/Winnipeg | Reuters — Japan’s farm ministry said Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after grain containing a genetically modified trait was discovered last summer in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday the wheat containing a genetically modified trait, developed by Monsanto to tolerate Roundup herbicide, […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Canadian dairy sector skimming global exports, U.S. complains

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News June 12, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canada’s surging exports of protein-rich skim milk powder have angered farmers in the U.S., as the sheltered dairy sector in Canada draws the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump for its high tariffs. Canada cannot expect to have both a protected system and compete globally, U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO Tom […] Read more

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U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market volatility continues

U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages

Manitoba harvest nearing completion

Author Archives Rod Nickel

Fear, frustration on dairy farms as trade concessions sought

Prairies’ dry weather may stem U.S. cattle stampede north

Nutrien steers potash recovery as BHP waits in wings

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

Canada feeds Europe’s corn appetite as tariff war shrinks U.S. sales

StatsCan: Canola area narrows, wheat sowings expand

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

Canadian dairy sector skimming global exports, U.S. complains

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