Reading Time: 2 minutes There were only small changes in the latest supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released on Feb. 18.
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Minor tweaks in AAFC supply and demand report
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.
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.
Beef industry weighs in on AAFC research cuts
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Cattle Association and Beef Cattle Research Council said cuts to federal research centres and programs will have long-term debilitating consequences for the beef industry.
Government silence loud on AAFC cuts
Fiscal responsibility should mean owning the responsibility for fiscal decisions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s federal government trumpets fiscal responsibility; their silence on a day of massive Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada cuts was baffling at best.
Seven research sites to close, Agriculture Agri-Food Canada confirms
Reading Time: 6 minutes Saskatchewan agricultural research centres appear to be hard hit by job losses and closures announced Jan. 22, according to initial reports filtering out.
AAFC to cut more than 600 staff
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to cut over 600 positions
Agriculture Canada expects farmers to plant more canola, less pulses in 2026/27
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian farmers will plant more canola in 2026/27, while lowering their pulse and special crop area, according to the first supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for the upcoming marketing year.
Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year
Reading Time: < 1 minute Oat acres in Canada are likely to recede this spring with cash prices to remain low, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.
Large gap in canola ending stocks between AAFC, USDA
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a 760,000-tonne difference in the ending stocks for Canada’s 2025/26 canola crop respectively estimated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the United States Department of Agriculture. Aside from that, the canola data from AAFC and the USDA remain quite similar.
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