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A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)
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U.S. border reopens to Canadian land travelers

Travel business sees 'tremendous pent-up demand'

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Toronto | Reuters — A steady stream of Canadian visitors, particularly retirees headed to U.S. sun spots, crossed the U.S. border by car on Monday for the first time in 20 months as Washington lifted travel restrictions. Traffic was heavy at times at some U.S. border posts such as Bluewater Bridge, Michigan near Sarnia, Ont., […] Read more
From left: Monique Benedict, Kieran Shannon, Lindsay Forbes.
Features, Guide Business

The class of COVID

These three new graduates are as passionate as ever, and even more resilient

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Reading Time: 3 minutes In Canada’s colleges and universities, the last two years have seen unprecedented challenges coupled with myriad struggles to convert to virtual teaching. Few programs have been more impacted than agriculture, which relies on such an intense combination of classroom, lab, and field and barn training. But was there a silver lining from “COVID-19?” According to […] Read more
Professional farming
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Professional farming

You see it at post-secondary schools all across the country. Agriculture has a new swagger

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Reading Time: 6 minutes When parents ask Rickey Yada if their sons and daughters will find jobs after college or university graduation, his answer is always yes — as long as they’re studying agriculture.  As dean of the faculty of land and food systems at the University of British Columbia, Yada is constantly amazed at how quickly undergraduate and […] Read more
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Baltic Dry Index drops to three-month lows

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm – Ocean freight rates have dropped significantly over the past month, with declining demand out of China behind much of the weakness. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), which is a major indicator of shipping rates, settled at 3,187 points on Nov. 2, marking its lowest level in three months and well off the 13-year […] Read more
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U.S., UAE lead $4-bln effort to help farming adapt to climate change

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Johannesburg | Reuters – The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday used COP26 climate talks  to launch efforts to channel funding into making agriculture resilient to climate change, as well as to cut its emissions. The farming industry, a major part of the U.S. economy, is already battling the effects of climate change, including […] Read more
The emotional and financial sides of farming are inseparable, Jared Gardner and Hilary Foote say. In fact, it can be a path to success.
Guide Business

Keep the money

Here’s a concept that’s making this Oregon farm community more profitable. Could it help you?

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Reading Time: 10 minutes This is not a typical Country Guide story. It couldn’t be. Jared Gardner didn’t start out as a farmer. It’s just that every step of his life has moved him inexorably and sometimes surprisingly towards not only building up a livestock farm but also a regional food system that promises to put more money in […] Read more
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Canada economy seen weaker than expected as supply chain woes weigh

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters – The Canadian economy most likely underperformed expectations in the third quarter amid ongoing supply chain woes and a brutal drought, official data suggested on Friday, prompting analysts to forecast the Bank of Canada could move slower on rate hikes. The economy expanded by 0.4 percent in August, missing estimates, and looked […] Read more
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Hanson Acres

Hanson Acres: It never rains but it pours somewhere

What can you say when a truckload of 4-H’ers catch you in the act?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes “We never should’ve gone to the lake,” Jeff grumbled. Way back in August, the Hansons thought they would be finished harvest in record time. After a long stretch of hot, dry days with no breakdowns, they surprised even themselves by shutting down early one day to spend an afternoon and evening at the lake. But […] Read more
Over the last decade Canadian pension funds have been highly active in Australia.
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Canadian investments in Australia – A focus on agriculture

Canadian investment funds see smart growth in Aussie agriculture

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Over the past decade Canadian companies and pension funds have increasingly chosen Australia as a destination for investment, and they have been strategic in their approach, targeting key assets. The amount of Canadian investment in Australia outstrips Australian investment in Canada by a rate of about three to one. The commercial relationship is built on […] Read more
File photo of a container vessel being unloaded at a U.K. port. (Sterling750/iStock/Getty Images)
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Britain, New Zealand strike free trade deal

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Reading Time: 2 minutes London/Wellington | Reuters — Britain and New Zealand have reached agreement in principle on a free trade deal designed to reduce tariffs, improve services trade, and take London one step closer to membership in a broader trans-Pacific trade agreement. Prime ministers Boris Johnson and Jacinda Ardern sealed the deal in a Zoom call on Wednesday […] Read more

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