Sales of combines are a handy gauge for farmer optimism. This winter, farmers aren’t feeling it.
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Tractor, combine sales face downward trend
Sales of farm tractors and combines have declined over the last year in North America
Farm leader hopes for stronger trade once dust settles
Trade wars are erupting on multiple fronts for Canada, but there is hope that the future will bring steadier times for the agriculture industry when it comes to separating fact from fiction on the international stage.
Farmers pay price as railway delays deepen
Farmers pay the price, but regulatory demands called moot without quantifiable data
Frustration is mounting within Canada’s grain industry as persistent rail delays continue to disrupt shipments and inflate costs, particularly at ports on Canada’s west coast.
Lutnick suggests U.S. to eventually make new bilateral trade deals
Minnesota governor says the U.S. has become untrustworthy
As NATO secretary general Mark Rutte sat quietly beside U.S. president Donald Trump in an Oval Office press conference March 13, the president declared that Canada, a key NATO nation, should willingly submit to American dominance.
New national potato wart plan in place for 2025 growing season
The new National Potato Wart Response Plan is complete and will take effect for the 2025 potato crop.
Farmers face variety of economic risks this year
Bayer official says tariffs, canola dumping charges, realistic sustainability among agriculture issues on international scale
Agriculture producers are always facing risks when it comes to their profession and the current landscape in 2025 is no different.
Growers show flax interest amid canola turmoil
Statistics Canada forecasts an acreage drop, but a processor says farmers have been phoning since the U.S. trade war erupted
Statistics Canada has projected that flax acres will decline in 2025. That could happen, but with the trade and tariff uncertainty surrounding canola this winter, more growers are contacting Tyson Fehr and asking questions about the crop.
Alberta researchers looking to find uses for yellow field pea byproducts
An Agriculture Canada scientist in Lethbridge thinks yellow field pea byproducts could change the future of food packaging
Pea processing leaves a lot of byproducts behind, and researchers believe those byproducts could be put to better use.
Tariffs mute Manitoba welcome for new potato processor
European potato company Agristo will break ground on a new North Dakota plant this year, but U.S. tariffs may stop Manitoba producers from taking advantage
With a driving distance 234 kilometres south of Manitoba’s southern border, the recently announced Agristo potato processing plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, should be exciting news for the province’s potato producers.
Wheat exporters watch tariff threat
Ottawa urged to ensure farmers are protected in case access to the U.S. market is disrupted
There are a number of developments in some of Canada’s top markets for wheat, according to a webinar hosted by Cereals Canada.
