Very few of us will make it through life without knowing tragedy. We are never prepared for it, and when it comes, it comes with disbelief and unbearable sadness. Our world stops. And so we watched in shock last Friday as the small city of Humboldt, Sask., coped with the death of 15 people and […] Read more
News
Canola futures move higher
Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – Canola futures moved steadily higher over the course of the week ended April 6, with new crop November hitting fresh contract highs and the front months reaching their best levels in more than four months. The gains in canola came despite, or possible because of, a choppy week in the Chicago […] Read more
Prairie wheat bids follow U.S. futures higher
Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – Wheat bids in Western Canada rose for the week ended April 6, following the lead of United States futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 percent CWRS) wheat prices rose by C$13 to C$16 per tonne across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled […] Read more
Spring road bans back on provincial highways
Spring road bans come into effect across much of Saskatchewan starting April 9. “We are resuming road bans next week in order to protect these highways for all road users,” said David Marit, minister of highways and infrastructure. Because of the extended cold weather, the province temporarily suspended road bans on provincial highways to let […] Read more
Quebec beef producers join CCA
Quebec’s beef producers association has joined the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Les Producteurs de bovins du Québec agreed to join the national organization at its annual meeting April 4-6. Membership in the CCA allows Quebec beef producers to join working committees and have more information on issues like foreign trade agreements, environment and sustainable beef production. […] Read more
Front-of-package labelling proposal has Canadian dairy farmers concerned
WINNIPEG(CNS Canada) – While trade deals have had Canadian dairy farmers concerned about losing market share domestically, a recent proposal to change food package labeling could potentially be more damaging to the industry. Health Canada launched a consultation period in February for its proposed new front-of-packaging labelling. The proposal is part of Health Canada’s Healthy […] Read more
Chinese trade dispute with U.S. could open window for CDN peas
WINNIPEG (CNS) – As trade tariffs between China and the U.S. mount, so too does the potential for other countries to swoop in and plug the gap in whatever market may need filling. While soybeans are one of the few agricultural items that have been included in the tit-for-tat trade battle by the Chinese, it […] Read more
Chinese tariffs raise tough questions for pork industry
WINNIPEG, April 6 (CNS) – Representatives from the two largest pork exporting states in the United States were in Winnipeg April 5 to take in the Manitoba Pork Council’s general meeting. The delegates, who hailed from Iowa and Minnesota, talked about the various challenges facing their industry. In 2017, over a quarter of the U.S. […] Read more
Successful Agribition earns record profit
Canadian Western Agribition’s record-breaking year resulted in a profit of $270,411. Chief executive officer Chris Lane said the show posted its highest-ever operating revenue in 2017 at $4.6 million. However, it cost the show more to operate in the new International Trade Centre, so expenses were up as well to $4.4 million. The non-profit organization […] Read more
Chinese scientist gets 10 years in U.S. prison over theft of GMO rice
(Reuters) – A Chinese scientist in Kansas was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 10 years in a federal prison for conspiring to steal samples of a variety of genetically engineered rice seeds from a U.S. research facility, the U.S. Justice Department said. U.S. District Court Judge Carlos Murguia in the District of Kansas sentenced […] Read more
