Reading Time: 3 minutes Though some might call it weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to lift the retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods covered under CUSMA while retaining tariffs on auto, steel and aluminum, is arguably a wise strategy says economist Nargess Kayhani.
Mark Carney lifted some tariffs against the U.S. Was that a wise tactical move, or a bad blunder?
Strong borders bill could increase temporary foreign worker vulnerability says National Farmers Union
Bill C-2 would give federal government ability to cancel or modify swaths of immigration documents, permits
Reading Time: 3 minutes The National Farmers Union (NFU) says Bill C-2, called the Strong Borders Act, might increase the vulnerability of temporary foreign workers.
Carney says he will take part in bid to resolve China canola dispute
Reading Time: < 1 minute Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said he and other senior officials would work to resolve a dispute with China over tariffs that Beijing has imposed on canola.
Conservatives would scrap temporary foreign worker program says Poilievre
Party’s plan includes a phase-out period and new, standalone agriculture worker program
Reading Time: 2 minutes Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program should be scrapped and a standalone agriculture program should be created.
Australian crops to surpass 10-year averages
Canola 34 per cent above 10-year average
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australian farmers are forecast to grow slightly more canola and barley this year, while wheat production may dip, according to the latest estimates from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
Louis Dreyfus buys oilseed assets from Bunge in Poland and Hungary
Reading Time: < 1 minute Louis Dreyfus Company has acquired grains and oilseeds processing, storage and trading activities in Hungary and Poland from rival agricultural commodity merchant Bunge Global, fulfilling conditions Bunge needed to meet to get approval of its merger with Viterra.
Farm cash receipts rise in first half of 2025 on livestock gains
Crop receipts roughly level, direct payments fall on reduced crop insurance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm cash receipts in the first half of the year were up 3.3 per cent over the same period last year buoyed by livestock receipts. Overall receipts between January and June totalled $49.6 billion, up $1.6 billion from the same period last year, Statistics Canada reported.
China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid U.S. trade war, sources say
China has yet to book US soybean imports for fourth quarter
Reading Time: 2 minutes China's soybean importers are boosting purchases from Argentina and Uruguay over the next year to fill the supply gap left by the absence of U.S. shipments as the trade war drags on.
Canada appoints new envoy to India
India also announces new high commissioner to Canada in sign of improving ties
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada announced on Thursday it had appointed a new high commissioner, or ambassador, to India in the latest sign of improving ties between the two trading partners.
Ukraine 2025 wheat crop seen at 21.8 million tons, corn at 28 million-29 million says farm union
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine’s 2025 wheat harvest is forecast at a maximum of 21.8 million metric tons, down from 22.7 million tons in 2024, the UAC farmers’ union said on Wednesday, slightly raising its outlook for this year’s corn crop.
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