Reading Time: < 1 minute Corn production in Mexico is projected to increase 6.5 per cent in 2025/26, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Mexico City reported. Meanwhile, the country’s imports are expected to dip 1.4 per cent.
USDA notes shifts in Mexican corn
Production up, imports dip
Bill to protect supply management passes, exporters disappointed
Bill C-202 must receive Royal Assent before it can be put into force
Reading Time: 2 minutes Exporters feel Bill C-202 undermines the country's commitment to rules-based international trading and sends the wrong message to trading partners.
In Chile’s Atacama, world’s driest desert, growing lettuces with fog
Reading Time: 2 minutes In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a net to catch drops of moisture from fog.
Canada’s annual inflation unchanged at 1.7 per cent in May, core measures slightly ease
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s annual inflation rate in May was unchanged from the previous month at 1.7 per cent as a drop in gasoline costs continued to keep the overall index stable. Prices of shelter, food and transportation also cooled.
Klassen: Feeder market rally stalls on softer fed cattle market
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending June 21, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were unchanged to $10 lower on average compared to seven days earlier. However, prices for August and September delivery were unchanged from the previous week.
U.S. livestock: Live cattle slip; feeders, hogs make small gains
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago live cattle futures slipped on Monday while feeder and lean hog contracts eked out gains.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slump on ‘greenhouse’ weather in US
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures eased on Monday as favorable U.S. crop weather took the focus away from U.S. strikes on Iran conducted over the weekend.
Toronto MP named agriculture committee chair
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ontario MP Michael Coteau will chair the next House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Saskatchewan considers AgriRecovery request in bovine TB case
The move by Sask. would help producers with the cost of cleaning and disinfection after the disease is found on their farms
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan may ask to trigger AgriRecovery for producers affected by bovine tuberculosis.
Alberta crops 21 points below average but soil moisture improving
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prior to Alberta getting rain over the weekend of June 21 and 22, the province's crops were well below the five-year average for ratings. As of June 17, Alberta Agriculture said they were listed as 50 per cent good to excellent overall compared to the average of 71 per cent.
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