D'Arce McMillan

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Markets editor, Saskatoon newsroom

Stories by D'Arce McMillan

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Markets, Tariffs

U.S. trade unavoidable; bigger domestic market would help

Trump’s decision to launch a trade war against Canada has again forced Canadians into self-examination

Canadians are again bemoaning our overwhelming trade dependence on the United States and asking ourselves why we don’t consume more of our own products and why we don’t sell more to other countries.
The loonie has weakened recently due to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats and more aggressive interest rate cuts in Canada than those in the United States. | File photo
Markets, Tariffs

Crop markets follow weather, tariffs, currency fluctuations

Crop markets in early 2025 will likely be subdued as production prospects in South America appear good and the outlook for global trade is on edge, fearing U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threats about levying harsh tariffs and a potential renewed trade war with China. In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia has mostly completed its harvest with […] Read more
Australia was once a modest canola player, but has since greatly expanded its exports. It produced only 2.3 million tonnes In 2019-20, but is now regularly growing more than twice that amount. | File photo
Markets, Tariffs

Canola might have an Aussie problem replacing China

Canadian canola exporters might need to urgently look for alternative markets in 2025, but they might find oilseed users are already well supplied by Australia. Another situation might also develop in which Australia and Canada simply switch markets, although there will likely be a period of uncertainty and disruption. Either way, a reckoning is certainly […] Read more
Canola
Markets, Tariffs

Smaller canola crop raises price and rationing questions

A disappointing canola harvest is in the bin, judging by the November Statistics Canada crop survey released last week, setting up a potential supply squeeze later this crop year. However, with the Chinese anti-dumping investigation hanging over the market as well as the many worries associated with the incoming Trump administration, it is impossible to […] Read more
The holiday meal that the American Farm Bureau Federation recently used to reflect food costs in the United States was a far cry from what most people consider to be a Thanksgiving feast. | Getty Images
Markets

Talking turkey about the actual cost of a holiday meal

A recent news story about the cost of an American Thanksgiving meal that triggered a social media response was interesting in several ways. It highlighted the public’s continuing concern with food inflation as well as its misunderstanding of how news operations work. Granted, this was a social media squall, not a storm, but it was […] Read more

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