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Bayer hit with $2 billion Roundup verdict in US state of Georgia cancer case

Mar. 24, 2025 at 10:51 am CDT

Bayer was ordered by a jury in the U.S. state of Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion (C$3.01 billion) to a plaintiff who claimed the company's Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the plaintiff's law firms said late on Friday.

UK detects first case of bird flu in a sheep, stoking fears of spread

Mar. 24, 2025 at 10:32 am CDT

By Nigel Hunt Reuters

Canadian canola field between two grain bins.

Ottawa increases AgriStability compensation in face of Chinese tariffs

Mar. 24, 2025 at 10:23 am CDT

By Karen Briere

AAFC ups canola/pea ending stocks projections amid tariff woes

Mar. 21, 2025 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Chicago, Illinois, USA - March 28, 2022: Chicago Board of Trade office in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the world's oldest futures and options exchanges.

U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soy futures fall on pre-weekend selloff

Mar. 21, 2025 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

Cattle walk through a fenced channel at a feedlot

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle fall, hogs rise

Mar. 21, 2025 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures rose, then plummeted to end the day down as the USDA released its Cattle on Feed report.

By Geralyn Wichers

Tariffs called part of long game with trade negotiations

Mar. 21, 2025 at 3:12 pm CDT

As the clock continues to tick to midnight April 2 on U.S. president Donald Trump’s month-long exemption on blanket tariffs to Canada that has left many ag industries at a standstill, one U.S. insider gave his thoughts at the 2025 Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary on what he believes is the end game for the trade war.

By Greg Price

Reports showcase Canada’s environmental edge in cereal production

Mar. 21, 2025 at 12:37 pm CDT

Reports from Cereals Canada highlight the relatively small environmental footprint of Canadian non-durum wheat, durum wheat, barley, and oats, when compared to top producing countries.

By Don Norman

Canada prime minister Mark Carney at an event in Edmonton, Alberta

Carney cancels capital gains hike

Mar. 21, 2025 at 12:09 pm CDT

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that a proposed hike of the capital gains inclusion rate, controversial among Canadian farmers, had been cancelled.

By Jonah Grignon