Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in February, after prices in the same period a year ago had risen sharply when the government’s sales tax relief ended, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
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Canada’s annual inflation rate eases to 1.8 per cent in February ahead of expected energy shock
Strong 2025 could mean complications for Canadian grain sector in 2026 says analyst
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carryover supply of many crops in Canada could complicate the market in 2026
Egyptian wheat imports to be firm as domestic output increases
Reading Time: 2 minutes As Egyptian wheat imports in 2026/27 are expected to remain relatively steady from the previous marketing year, the country’s wheat production is projected to bump up, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Cairo reported on March 12.
Federal government to ease some restrictions on temporary foreign workers
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government will allow more temporary foreign workers in some rural regions to address acute labour shortages it said on Friday.
Canola, U.S. soybean crushes expanding
Reading Time: < 1 minute In calendar year 2025, the canola crushes in Canada and the United States remained above their respective five-year averages, Statistics Canada reported on March 13. While the U.S. soybean crush continued to expand, StatCan didn’t include any soybean crush data for 2025 due to confidentiality requirements under the Statistics Act.
U.S. farmers rush to sell crops as Iran war fuels rally
Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. grain prices have surged since the Iran war began, triggering a flurry of corn and soybean sales by farmers who squirreled away last year’s harvests due to weak prices.
China taps fertilizer reserves as Hormuz closure disrupts global supply
Reading Time: 2 minutes China will release fertilizers from national commercial reserves ahead of spring planting, it said on Friday, as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the conflict in the Middle East disrupts global supplies.
Path cleared to Mexico for fresh Canadian potatoes, supplanting U.S. spuds
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new agreement between national food safety agencies would allow Canada to export fresh potatoes to Mexico, whose imports of fresh potatoes for years have been solely from the U.S.
Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Agricultural HR Council (CAHRC) is one of 14 groups set to receive federal funding to develop sector-specific information and HR tools to support workforce development, the federal government announced on March 9.
Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Twenty farm and commodity groups are calling on the government to pause cuts to Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) research for two years.