Reading Time: < 1 minute Concerns about canola getting too expensive have crept into the Canadian oilseed’s recent rally on the Intercontinental Exchange.
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ICE Canada Weekly: Canola needs to back away from highs
Agriculture department officials address research cuts; to hold emergency study
Reading Time: 3 minutes Members of the House of Commons agriculture committee from all parties expressed concern about the recently announced cuts and closures at federal research centres as they began an emergency study on the matter Feb. 10.
FCC platform to tell story of Canadian agriculture, food brand
Reading Time: 2 minutes FCC launches Let’s Grow Canada platform to tell the story of Canadian agriculture
Fine against B.C. ostrich farm dropped on tribunal review
Reading Time: < 1 minute The $10,000 fine against Universal Ostrich Farms has been dropped after review by the Canada Agriculture Review Tribunal
FCC-led coalition to invest $5 billion into agriculture innovation
Reading Time: 2 minutes FCC announces $5 billion into agriculture innovation by 2030
New federal funding to open for agriculture, agri-food market diversification
Reading Time: < 1 minute A total of $75 million over five years will be available under the AgriMarketing program’s market diversification streams, federal Agriculture Minister Heath Macdonald announced in a news release on Feb. 10.
Canadians worked first 39 days of 2026 to pay for year’s grocery bill says CFA
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sunday marked “Food Freedom Day,” the date by which the average Canadian household earned enough money to cover its annual grocery bill as per calculations from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.
Biodiversity loss a risk to global economy, IPBES report says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Biodiversity loss is emerging as a systemic risk to the global economy and financial stability, a landmark report said on Monday, urging companies to act now or potentially face extinction themselves.
Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner
Reading Time: 2 minutes As pulse growers consider what to plant this spring, Chuck Penner of Leftfield Commodities Research said there is some optimism in the Canadian pulse market. Penner gave a presentation at the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers meeting in Swift Current on Feb. 4.
Grain Growers of Canada calls for clarity, transparency on AAFC research cuts
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain Growers of Canada is calling for more clarity from the federal government following cutbacks to Agriculture and Agri-Food staff and research centres.