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Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala makes history as new head of WTO

Feb. 15, 2021 at 10:47 pm CST

Geneva/Washington | Reuters — Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to become the first woman and first African director-general of the World Trade Organization. A self-declared “doer” with a track record of taking on seemingly intractable problems, […]

Foreign workers to lose some travel exemptions in March

Feb. 12, 2021 at 8:57 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

CFA seeks continued ag support in next federal budget

Feb. 12, 2021 at 4:23 am CST

By D.C. Fraser

Federated Co-op buying into ag retailer Blair’s

Feb. 12, 2021 at 3:27 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Glacier’s outdoor ag shows preparing digital event lineup

Feb. 12, 2021 at 1:21 am CST

By GFM Staff

Ford cuts output of F-150s due to semiconductor shortage

Feb. 4, 2021 at 4:03 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it is cutting shifts at two U.S. plants that build its highly profitable flagship F-150 pickup trucks starting next week due to a global shortage of semiconductor chips, raising fears the problem could be worsening. The No. 2 U.S. automaker said […]

By David Shepardson

Long-range forecast points to cool, wet spring for northern Prairies

Feb. 1, 2021 at 8:08 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Central and northern agricultural regions of Saskatchewan and Alberta are forecast to see cooler-than-normal temperatures with above-average precipitation over the next three months, according the latest long-range outlook from Environment Canada. The department’s latest seasonal weather maps, dated Sunday, show a 40-50 per cent chance of above-normal precipitation […]

By MarketsFarm Team

GM aims to end sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered light trucks, cars by 2035

Jan. 28, 2021 at 6:47 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — General Motors said on Thursday it was setting a goal to sell all its new cars, SUVS and light pickup trucks with zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, a dramatic shift by the largest U.S. automaker away from gasoline and diesel engines. GM, which also said it […]

By David Shepardson

U.K. to ask to join Trans-Pacific trading bloc ‘shortly’

Jan. 20, 2021 at 6:36 pm CST

London | Reuters — Britain will soon submit its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc, trade minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday. Since deciding to leave the European Union, a process it completed at the end of 2020, Britain has been seeking […]

By William James

Provinces’ feet held to fire on AgriStability

Jan. 19, 2021 at 6:09 pm CST

The co-chairs of Canada’s agriculture ministers’ meeting are pushing to get proposed improvements to AgriStability in place sooner than later. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her Ontario counterpart, Ernie Hardeman, “urge all provincial and territorial ministers to support the proposed changes to the AgriStability program,” they said in a […]

By Allan Dawson