Insights and Stories on General

U.S. farmers suffer ‘body blow’ as China slams door on farm purchases

Aug. 5, 2019 at 5:36 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — Chinese companies have stopped buying U.S. agricultural products, China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday, a blow to U.S. farmers who have already seen their exports slashed by the more than year-old trade war. China may impose additional tariffs on U.S. farm products bought shortly before the […]

Crop year ends with grain export record

Aug. 2, 2019 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Staff

Ag in Motion continues to grow in fifth anniversary year

Jul. 25, 2019 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Ag In Motion Staff

Ag ministers aim for AgriStability upgrades for 2020

Jul. 22, 2019 at 6:29 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Consultations begin online for replacing Alberta’s Bill 6

Jul. 13, 2019 at 4:44 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Agriculture foreign workers get new path to residency

Jul. 12, 2019 at 12:52 pm CDT

Updated, July 15 — The federal government has announced a pilot program that will make it easier for farms and food companies to maintain workers they recruit from around the world. Ahmed Hussen, minister for immigration, refugees and citizenship, announced the program Friday at Maple Leaf Foods in Mississauga. Why […]

By John Greig

USMCA dispute panel fix must be ‘across the board,’ Mexico says

Jul. 11, 2019 at 5:38 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico sees a push to close a dispute resolution loophole in the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal as a way to protect its interests as well as helping satisfy demands by U.S. Democrats that the deal contain stricter labour measures, a senior official said on Thursday. Reuters […]

By Reuters

Cargill quarterly profit drops on trade tensions, U.S. floods

Jul. 11, 2019 at 1:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a 41 per cent drop in adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday, citing supply disruptions stemming from the U.S.-China trade war and also flooding in the central United States that hit marketing and transportation of grains and livestock. Cargill, the largest privately […]

By Karl Plume

tropical pacific sea surface temperatures

El Nino seen transitioning to neutral in next month or two

Jul. 11, 2019 at 1:13 pm CDT

Reuters — The El Nino weather pattern is likely to transition into ENSO-neutral conditions in the next month or two, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. “ENSO-neutral” refers to periods in which neither El Nino nor La Nina is present, according to the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction […]

By Reuters

FAO, OECD see swine fever in China among risks to food markets

Jul. 8, 2019 at 8:51 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The spread of a deadly pig disease in China that has disrupted the world’s biggest pork market is one of the major risks to a well-supplied global agricultural sector, the FAO and OECD said on Monday. African swine fever was highlighted in the annual agricultural outlook […]

By Reuters