Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Australia should produce 420,000 tonnes more wheat this year than was projected a month ago, an industry group said Friday, adding to expectations that Australia's national crop will be larger than pre-harvest estimates.
Wheat yields in Western Australia are better than expected, industry body says
Agfinity shuttered, new brokerage facing online questions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Stony Plain, Alta. grain broker Agfinity laid off employees and started the process of declaring bankruptcy in mid-October, according to former employees. Three former employees are working at launching a new brokerage firm, Grain Gateway Canada, but have run into some strangeness online.
Trump victory puts spotlight on trade
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, tariffs among policies subject to change under the Republicans
Reading Time: 4 minutes Trump’s pledges to boost competitiveness and renegotiate the United States-Mexico- Canada Agreement (USMCA) as well as the potential to impose trade sanctions could spell difficulties for Canadian producers.
Hub International acquires Global Ag Risk Solutions
Reading Time: < 1 minute Global insurance brokerage and financial services firm Hub International Limited (Hub) announced on Tuesday it has acquired Global Ag Risk Solutions Corp. and Global Ag Weather Solutions Corp. known as Parametric Ag (collectively, Global Ag Risk Solutions).
New Brunswick ag minister headed for opposition bench
Liberals topple Higgs' Tory government in election
Reading Time: < 1 minute New Brunswick's incumbent agriculture minister and opposition ag critic are bound for a legislature under new management following Monday night's election.
B.C.’s ag minister downed in fraught election
Governing party to be confirmed next week as votes recounted
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pam Alexis, the minister of agriculture and food for David Eby's New Democrats since late 2022, was defeated in her constituency of Abbotsford-Mission in Saturday night's election by Conservative challenger Reann Gasper, by a spread of almost 2,700 votes.
What sustainability lessons can Canada learn from abroad?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Panelists at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) Canadian Agri-Food in a Sustainable World conference offered international perspectives on sustainability in the ag industry.
Warmer, drier October followed by colder, snowier November
Reading Time: < 1 minute The balance of October is likely to remain warmer than normal across the Canadian Prairies, but the weather could turn colder than normal in November, Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler explained.
U.S. port strike ends leaving cargo backlog
Tentative deal includes 62 per cent wage hike over six years
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly half a century, but clearing the cargo backlog will take time.
Montreal port says strike by workers is over, clients can expect delays
Reading Time: < 1 minute A three-day strike by unionized Montreal port workers that shut down two container traffic terminals ended early on Thursday as scheduled.
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