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Ukraine says Russia threatened civilian vessels in second week without grain deal

Jul. 28, 2023 at 9:40 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia on Friday of threatening civilian vessels in the Black Sea, and urged the international community to condemn what he said were “the methods of terrorists”. Russia last week quit a U.N.-brokered deal allowing Ukraine, a major global grain producer, to […]

Grain groups find common ground over grading changes

Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

U.S. Lawmakers seek to limit corporate, foreign ownership of farmland

Jul. 27, 2023 at 8:54 am CDT

By Leah Douglas

Bibeau out, MacAulay in as AAFC Minister

Jul. 26, 2023 at 11:14 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Artist rendering of the Prairie Crops and Soils and Crops Research Facility.

Feds, Manitoba pledge $6.4M to ag research facility

Jul. 26, 2023 at 9:46 am CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

EU looks to cover transport costs for Ukraine grain exports by land

Jul. 25, 2023 at 12:22 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters – The European Union is ready to export almost all of Ukraine’s farm produce via “solidarity lanes” and help cover costs after Russia withdrew from a U.N.-backed Black Sea grain deal, EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said on Tuesday. Solidarity lanes are rail and road transport connections […]

By Geert De Clercq Julia Payne

Russia attacks Ukraine’s vital Danube grain export route

Jul. 24, 2023 at 9:37 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – Russia destroyed Ukrainian grain warehouses on the Danube River in a drone attack on Monday, targeting a vital export route for Kyiv in an expanding air campaign that Moscow began last week after pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal. Last week’s attacks mostly struck […]

By Olena Harmash Olga Popova Tom Balmforth

Rain in China’s northeast brings relief for corn, drought risk remains

Jul. 21, 2023 at 1:30 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters – Recent rainfall in China’s northeastern breadbasket has relieved drought across most of the region, an agriculture ministry official said Friday, but risks remain with the El Nino weather pattern potentially bringing more extreme weather this summer. China is the world’s second-biggest corn producer and about 40 […]

By Andrew Hayley Qin Ningwei

Russian diplomat accuses Ukraine of using Black Sea grain corridor for attacks

Jul. 21, 2023 at 9:21 am CDT

Moscow | Reuters – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin on Friday accused Ukraine of using a grain export corridor in the Black Sea to launch “terrorist attacks” against Russian interests, including one this week on the Crimean Bridge. Vershinin was addressing a briefing about Russia’s decision on Monday to […]

By Reuters

At Ag in Motion: ‘Small iron’ revolution brings bikes to farms

Jul. 20, 2023 at 9:13 pm CDT

There’s a “small iron revolution” happening on farms across Canada. Even though most farmers and people in agriculture probably see “fat bikes” and “e-bikes” as urban phenomena, these new versions of bicycles are leaping into the farmyards and farm fields in hundreds of places. “I have some farm friends who […]

By Ed White