Alberta agriculture minister Oneil Carlier is heading to India to discuss looming trade and fumigation issues with that country. While he said changing India’s mind immediately might be tough to do, he’s confident the province and the federal government can make some progress. “I have no doubt India realizes the importance of the Canadian pulse […] Read more
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Alta. ag minister to go to India to discuss trade, fumigation issues
Oneil Carlier will also promote Canadian pulse products
Canola dips ahead of USDA report
Winnipeg (CNS Canada) – The ICE Futures Canada canola complex finished lower in choppy trading on Wednesday. Traders were positioning themselves ahead of tomorrow’s USDA supply and demand report as weakness in other vegetable oil markets pointed the way lower. Rising estimates for the size of Brazil’s soybean crop were bearish. The front-month contract slid […] Read more
India raises chickpea import duty to 40 per cent
WINNIPEG (CNS) – The Indian government has raised the import tariff for chickpeas from 30 per cent to 40 per cent. Published in the Gazette of India on Feb. 6, the government said the tariff is to be imposed immediately, with existing circumstances making it necessary. Chickpea prices have continued to fall over the last […] Read more
Pulse funding welcome in face of Indian tariff: Stewart
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart says the federal injection of more than half a million dollars to find new pulse markets is welcome in the face of India’s tariffs and a large carryover. His federal counterpart, Lawrence MacAulay, announced $575,000 for three projects for Pulse Canada at the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers regional meeting in Regina […] Read more
Feds announce regions eligible for livestock tax deferral
Livestock producers affected by drought, flood or excess moisture conditions in 2017 may be eligible for 2017 tax relief. Agriculture Canada on Feb. 6 released the final list of regions designated under the Livestock Tax Deferral Provision, adding regions in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The initial list, posted Nov. 6, 2017, also listed regions in […] Read more
Alta. declares February distracted driving month
Talking on a hand-held phone or texting while driving can cost Alberta motorists $287 and three demerit points. That penalty is important to remember, particularly in February, which has been designated as “distracted driving month” by the provincial government. Alberta statistics indicate driver distractions contribute to 20 or 30 percent of collisions. Distracted drivers are […] Read more
U of S food centre completes $17.5 million expansion
The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre has expanded its operations at the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon. The food centre officially opened a new agri-food innovation centre that contains new lab space, a pilot plant for product and process development and expanded capacity for pulse and cereal processing. The new 43,000 sq. foot expansion […] Read more
ADM mum on Bunge rumours
American commodities trader Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) said Tuesday it will look for ways to grow its business through strategic mergers and acquisitions, but it declined to comment on a rumoured takeover involving rival company Bunge Ltd. In a Feb. 6 conference call with investors, ADM’s chief executive officer Juan Luciano said he would not […] Read more
Pulse report: Prairie farmers selling before road bans hit
WINNIPEG, Feb. 6 (CNS) – Demand is picking up as pulse crop producers in Western Canada look to sell what’s left of last year’s crop before spring. “(Farmers) need to get some cash flow going. They’ve got payments probably in February and March and then they want to beat the road bans,” said Allan Johnston […] Read more
Brazil court overturns injunction against live cattle exports
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has won a court decision allowing the export of live cattle, overturning an injunction obtained by an animal rights group, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday. “Victory for Brazilian farming. Exports freed,” Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said in a statement announcing that a Sao Paulo appeals court had allowed […] Read more
