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Counter tariffs threaten fertilizer prices

Mar. 12, 2025 at 4:22 pm CDT

Canada's proposed retaliatory tariffs could end up hurting the country's grain farmers.

Former assistant commissioner claims harassment at Canadian Grain Commission

Feb. 19, 2025 at 1:47 pm CST

By Sean Pratt

EV tariffs raise Chinese retaliation worries

Aug. 30, 2024 at 3:38 pm CDT

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Tariffs on Chinese EVs prompt canola worries

Aug. 27, 2024 at 9:08 am CDT

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Good demand expected for Canada’s two biggest crops

Jul. 22, 2024 at 12:54 pm CDT

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Ag Tech Breakfast panelists at Ag in Motion 2024 near Langham. PHOTO: SEAN PRATT

Entrepreneurs tout products at Ag in Motion event

Jul. 17, 2024 at 4:43 pm CDT

Entrepreneurs pitched their products at Ag in Motion’s AgTech Breakfast today.

By Sean Pratt

Breen Neeser of Farmers Business Network. Taken at AIM '24. PHOTO: SEAN PRATT

FBN planning expansion of product line

Jul. 17, 2024 at 4:16 pm CDT

FBN is planning a future expansion of its product line to include things like financial products and more inputs including canola seed.

By Sean Pratt

New pulse varieties incoming

Jul. 16, 2024 at 1:35 pm CDT

Limagrain has some small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show.

By Sean Pratt

Global crop yields have not kept up with increasing demand

Jul. 9, 2024 at 11:26 am CDT

The global stocks-to-use ratio for the major crops, excluding China, has been trending down since 2018, Jason Newton, Nutrien’s chief economist, told delegates attending the 24th International Farm Management Association Congress in Saskatoon.

By Sean Pratt