Reading Time: < 1 minute India hopes to start talks on a free trade agreement with Canada during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India later this week, the South Asian nation’s trade minister said on Tuesday.
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India and Canada to begin free trade talks during Carney’s visit, minister says
Strong grain shipments by rail offset freight losses in 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Strong cereals volumes — particularly wheat — helped offset sharp declines in freight received from U.S. rail connections in 2025, with total freight moved by rail in Canada during the year down only marginally from 2024, Statistics Canada reported on Feb. 24.
New U.S. tariffs start at 10 per cent, Trump administration working to hike them to 15 per cent
Reading Time: 3 minutes The United States began collecting a temporary new 10 per cent global import tariff on Tuesday but the Trump administration was working to increase it to 15 per cent, a White House official said, sowing confusion over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court defeat.
Klassen: Feeder market remains firm
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending February 21, Western Canadian markets for yearlings or backgrounded cattle traded steady to $10/cwt higher. The calf market was mixed with values quoted $5 higher to $10/cwt lower. Feedlot margins appear to be improving in the short-term which supported the yearling market. Extremely cold temperatures across most of Alberta may have […] Read more
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea found on a southern Alberta farm
Reading Time: < 1 minute Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus has been detected at a southern Alberta farm, Alberta Pork said Feb.23.
Indonesia opens market to Canadian pork, expands beef access
Reading Time: < 1 minute Indonesia has opened its market to Canadian pork and expanded access for beef imports, the Canadian government announced Monday.
IGC February report adjusts world data
Reading Time: < 1 minute There were several revisions made to the International Grains Council monthly supply and demand report issued on Feb. 19, most notably in soybeans.
U.S. cattle ranchers search for feed as wildfires burn grazing lands
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pasture lands have been stripped down to a sea of sand after wildfires tore across the U.S. Plains, killing cattle and wiping out their food sources, and threatening a historically small herd already linked to rising beef prices.
Funds move to net long in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculative fund traders moved to a net long position in canola for the first time in five months in mid February, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released Friday.
OPINION: Three ways Canada can navigate an increasingly erratic and belligerent United States
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Canada navigates this belligerent U.S. government, a lingering question is whether this history of interwoven reciprocity is deteriorating into a complex entanglement of vulnerability.
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