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With Canada’s carbon tax cancelled and crude oil prices at their lowest since the pandemic, Prairie farmers should see relief in their energy bills.
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Potential benefits from U.S. maritime executive order
Executive order to resurrect U.S. shipbuilding industry could give Canadian agri-food exporters a competitive advantage
Canadian farmers and exporters could greatly benefit from one of Donald Trump’s latest executive orders.
Positive sign for biofuel sector
‘Big Oil’ joins biofuel and farm groups in their call for a big increase to biobased-diesel mandate
United States oil industry and biofuel groups are pushing for a massive increase in the country’s biodiesel and renewable diesel mandate.
Brazilian tour proves fruitful for Alberta visitors
Farming Smarter organized the tour to shed light on how farming works in this ag powerhouse
Feeding the planet is a global responsibility, and more than 20 Alberta producers travelled to the southern hemisphere last fall to see how agriculture is done in that part of the world.
Mexican bean crop rebounds after multi-year drought
Mexico’s production has been hampered by lack of certified seed, inadequate irrigation and adverse weather conditions
Mexico’s bean production was 1.01 million tonnes, a 41 per cent increase over the previous year, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Pulse acres juggled because of Chinese pea tariffs
India’s lentil tariff could be reduced or eliminated depending on pulse production in India and Australia
Farmers are likely doing some pulse acreage juggling in the wake of China’s 100 percent tariff on Canadian peas.
Trade war not going away, anytime soon
A veteran of political and policy battles in Washington, D.C. is convinced that the Trump vs. The World trade war will stick around — possibly for many months.
Trump temporarily lowers tariffs for most countries, raises them for China
UPDATED: April 10, 2025 – 0745 CST – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico won’t be subject to the same 10 per cent tariff as many other countries, despite initial White House reports. CBC, along with the Wall Street Journal, reported on Wednesday afternoon that 10 per cent tariffs were set to be applied to […] Read more
Canadian farmers unscathed from ‘tariff dodgeball’
Grain markets have essentially moved sideways through the past week, despite Trump’s tariff announcements
Canada’s agriculture sector has emerged from last week’s U.S. tariffs announcement largely unscathed.
Roundup of the world’s spring crop weather
The daily change in the tariff situation makes it difficult to produce a column that will remain relevant for a week so I’ll take the opportunity to look at global weather that could affect grain markets.
