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Canada Packers name reemerges as Maple Leaf spins off pork division

Oct. 11, 2024 at 10:59 am CDT

Maple Leaf Food's pork division, set to separate into an independent company, will be named Canada Packers.

Saskatchewan company pitches decarbonized fertilizer

Oct. 11, 2024 at 10:17 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Ukraine grain exports to fall by more than 10 million tonnes due to smaller crop, official says

Oct. 11, 2024 at 10:08 am CDT

By Pavel Polityuk Reuters

California confirms fourth human case of bird flu

Oct. 11, 2024 at 9:56 am CDT

By Reuters

Harsh weather curbs global wheat output, buoys prices

Oct. 10, 2024 at 10:15 am CDT

By Naveen Thukral Reuters Tom Polansek

ICE canola weekly outlook: Rising market hits resistance

Oct. 9, 2024 at 3:55 pm CDT

The ICE Futures canola market climbed to its highest levels in two months to start October, but ran into resistance and may now need an outside catalyst to continue the uptrend.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Heavy rain saturates Fort Myers as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect

Hurricane unlikely to fuel long-term fertilizer price increase, analyst says

Oct. 9, 2024 at 2:59 pm CDT

While the price of urea fertilizer has spiked at the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, that increase is unlikely to affect Canadian farmers much, said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett.

By Geralyn Wichers

Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat

Oct. 9, 2024 at 10:51 am CDT

Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.

By Lucy Craymer Peter Hobson Reuters