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Dark clouds gather in the sky before a thunder shower in Nagaon District, Assam, India, on April 10, 2025.

India forecasts above average monsoon rains in boost to crop output, economy

Apr. 15, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT

India is forecasting above-average monsoon rains in 2025 for the second year running. This is expected to increase agricultural production and economic growth.

Canada flag on a background of blue sky.

Canada’s inflation surprisingly slows to 2.3 per cent in March

Apr. 15, 2025 at 10:01 am CDT

By Promit Mukherjee Reuters

ADM halting domestic trading in China, cutting jobs in Shanghai

Apr. 14, 2025 at 4:41 pm CDT

By Ella Cao Karl Plume Reuters

Food processing plant interior with fresh pig carcasses hanging in the cold storage.

Canadian Meat Council calls for federal support for pork processors, producers

Apr. 14, 2025 at 2:13 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

What are the thorny farm issues in India-US trade negotiations?

Apr. 14, 2025 at 1:19 pm CDT

By Reuters

Railways eliminate carbon surcharge

Apr. 11, 2025 at 4:47 pm CDT

Farmers said they are happy and relieved that Canada's two major railways have removed their carbon tax surcharges.

By Karen Briere

Trade instability likely to tighten 2025 crop profit margins says FCC

Apr. 11, 2025 at 2:53 pm CDT

Tight margins could get tighter amid trade instability as farmers prepare to seed this year’s crop, say Farm Credit Canada economists.

By Geralyn Wichers

WTO chiefs past and present demand rapid reform to keep global free trade alive

Apr. 11, 2025 at 9:54 am CDT

A former World Trade Organization boss has said the future terms of global trade, rocked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping protectionist tariffs, could be decided outside the 30-year-old international watchdog unless it reforms itself fast.

By emma-farge Olivia Le Poidevin Reuters

China expands access for Spanish pork as trade tensions with US mount

Apr. 11, 2025 at 9:50 am CDT

China has signed two agricultural trade protocols with Spain covering pork and cherries as the world's second largest economy acts to bolster ties with the European Union amid an escalating trade war between Beijing and the U.S.

By Reuters

AGCO to pause equipment deliveries to the U.S

Apr. 10, 2025 at 12:50 pm CDT

AGCO has publicly stated its intention to pause equipment deliveries into the U.S. It manufactures some Fendt and Massey-Ferguson branded equipment in Germany and France, among other locations, for the North American market.

By Scott Garvey