Exporters of some of Canada’s minor crops, including peas, durum, flax and mustard, could benefit from new import duties the European Union will place on Russian exports on July 1.  |  File photo

EU tariffs could boost exports here

SASKATOON — New European Union tariffs on grain from Russia and Belarus could create opportunities for Canadian exporters. “For the period of application of this regulation, which is undetermined, this certainly opens new export opportunities, including for Canadian producers,” Olof Gill, spokesperson for trade and agriculture with the European Commission, said in an email. Related […] Read more

Grain is loaded into a bulk carrier ship's hold.

Russian wheat exports set torrid pace

Country could be the world’s largest exporter in 2022-23, topping the EU’s 34.5 million tonnes and Australia’s 31 million

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations, recently told a meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia is blackmailing the world by disrupting the Black Sea Grain Initiative and pretending to suffer from its existence, while in fact its grain exports are soaring.

Wheat is loaded into the hold of a bulk carrier ship.

Russian wheat exports set torrid pace this year

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations, recently told a meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia is blackmailing the world by disrupting the Black Sea Grain Initiative and pretending to suffer from its existence, while in fact its grain exports are soaring.