Osler, a business law firm with offices in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver and New York, attempted to make sense of the ongoing trade chaos in a June 3 post on its website.
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Confused by Trump’s tariffs? Better ask a lawyer
A Canadian law firm is using its website in an attempt to make sense of the ongoing and difficult to understand trade chaos
Red lentil supply depends on Canada, Australia
Australia hopes its crop will recover from last year’s drought and frost, while Canada’s production is expected to be down
The 2025-26 red lentil market hinges on what happens with Australia and Canada, say analysts.
Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code
Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028
The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.
Farmers urged to use caution when spraying for ‘hoppers
Farmers who spray for grasshoppers this summer need to make sure they don’t do more harm than good, says a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge.
What we know about how wildfire smoke affects Prairie crops
Impacts depend on smoke quantity, plant progress, surrounding weather conditions
Prairie farmers don't have to go far right now to see and feel the effects of smoke in the atmosphere — but what their crops will experience this year is a more complicated matter.
Scouting can ease future grasshopper problems
Approximately only 13 per cent of species of grasshoppers do damage to crops, and it’s important to know which ones to look for
June’s arrival marks the sweet spot where farmers should start scouting their fields for grasshopper pests.
Forecasts foresee hot and dry summer for Canadian Prairies
A scorching and arid spring is set to tick over towards more of the same
As we wrap up the last month of meteorological spring and start the first month of summer, it is time for our monthly look at how the weather behaved last month, compare it to what the weather models predicted, and then look ahead to see if there are any changes to the long-range forecast for the rest of the summer.
Australia forecasts wheat output down 10 per cent on dry conditions
Barley, canola also hit
Australia's wheat production is projected to drop 10 per cent this year to 30.6 million tonnes, with barley and canola output also expected to fall due to dry conditions across several cropping regions, the agriculture ministry, ABARES, said.
India’s monsoon stalls after early start
Monsoon to pick up again around June 11
Rainfall over India is likely to remain subdued for over a week as the annual monsoon’s progress has stalled after its earliest onset in 16 years, though it is likely to pick up again from June 11, two senior weather bureau officials said on Monday.
Most crops off to good start
Some parts of the Prairies are very dry, but provincial crop specialists say it’s still early in the season
Some parts of the Prairies are very dry, but provincial crop specialists say it's still early in the season
