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Livestock, News, Reuters

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

By Reuters March 20, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute China’s state planner on Friday said authorities will make timely adjustments to hog reserves and continue to strengthen the management of hog production capacity.

Borrowers from the Farm Credit Canada program will be able to receive a new or additional credit line of up to $500,000 to modify terms and to defer principal payments on existing loans. Photo: File
News, Reuters

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

By Geralyn Wichers, Jonah Grignon March 20, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s federally backed farm lender is offering financial aid to farmers, agricultural businesses and food companies hit by the spike in fertilizer and energy prices, it said on Friday.


Unilever’s food business includes brands like Hellmann’s and Knorr. Photo: Hellmann’s Canada/Screenshot
News, Reuters

Unilever in talks with McCormick & Company as it seeks to sell food business

By Reuters, Richa Naidu March 20, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes Unilever is in talks with McCormick & Company about selling its foods business, in a potential deal that would bring together the British company’s Hellmann’s and Knorr brands with McCormick’s Cholula hot sauce.

Photo: File
Markets

Feed grain weekly: Barley bids rise with crude and corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 19, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed grain bids in Western Canada were showing strength in mid-March, as gains in crude oil spill into the agricultural markets.


Although commodity prices, such as those for wheat, have sharply increased due to the Middle East war, they haven’t spiked to the extent they did when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, with several limit up days. | Greg Berg file photo
Crops, Markets

CBOT Weekly: Gains in commodities amidst Iran conflict differ from Ukraine war

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 19, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes To analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D., there’s a difference in the commodity markets currently with the Middle East war and four years ago when Russia invaded Ukraine.

Egg production expanded by 7.6 per cent last year to 937 million dozen. Photo: Alexis Stockford
Livestock, News

Egg Farmers of Canada sees more hens, greater egg demand in 2025

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 19, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada added 2.92 million hens to its egg-laying flock in 2025, Egg Farmers of Canada said in its annual report released on March 18.


The Canola Council of says it maintained a working relationship with Richardson International in the years since the grain company withdrew its funding. Photo: Screencap via richardson.ca
Canola, News

Richardson back in the fold at canola council

By Sean Pratt March 19, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes Richardson International has rejoined the Canola Council of Canada after a nearly nine-year hiatus.

Photo: Greg Berg
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE Weekly: Canola to stay elevated as war persists

By Adam Peleshaty March 19, 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canola prices will stay elevated as long as there is conflict in the Middle East, said a Winnipeg-based analyst.


The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s Emergency Preparedness Hub includes resources on how to plan for natural disasters and extreme weather. Photo: David Lipnowski/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press
News

Online hub gives farmers tools to prepare for crises like extreme weather, disease outbreaks

By Jonah Grignon March 19, 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) has launched a new online Emergency Preparedness Hub, which collects information and resources in one place to help farmers prepare for crises.

Fertilizer is being loaded onto a cargo ship at Yantai Port in Shandong, China on March 16, 2026. Photo: CFOTO/Sipa USA
News, Reuters

China restricts fertilizer exports, further crimping war-tightened supply

By Reuters March 19, 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutes China is clamping down on fertilizer exports to protect its domestic market, a number of industry sources said, putting an additional strain on global markets that were already grappling with shortages caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.


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