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Canadian farmers face two-front trade war as China duties take effect

Mar. 21, 2025 at 9:39 am CDT

Canadian farmers are facing a two-front trade war, with China’s tariffs on Canadian canola oil, canola meal and peas taking effect on Thursday and U.S. tariffs expected on additional Canadian products within two weeks.

Federal government vows to crack down on spent fowl fraud

Mar. 20, 2025 at 2:09 pm CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

North American biofuels sector contracts amid trade and policy uncertainty

Mar. 20, 2025 at 1:32 pm CDT

By Ed White Karl Plume Reuters

Protein Industries Canada to fund scale-up of domestic processing

Mar. 20, 2025 at 11:47 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Canada PM Carney to call for April 28 election on Sunday, Globe and Mail reports

Mar. 20, 2025 at 11:08 am CDT

By Reuters

Tariff threats called part of U.S. race with China

Mar. 20, 2025 at 10:06 am CDT

Tariff threats against Canada and Mexico are part of a bigger struggle that the United States is in with China, says Christian Lawrence, a senior-cross asset strategist with Rabobank.

By Greg Price

A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.

Proposed U.S. port fees on China-built ships choking coal, agriculture exports

Mar. 19, 2025 at 4:24 pm CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell and stoking uncertainty in the embattled agriculture market, as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad.

By Karl Plume Lisa Baertlein Reuters Timothy Gardner

Blois makes moves to reduce agri-food red tape

Mar. 19, 2025 at 11:38 am CDT

Agriculture Minister Kody Blois says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will begin to remove some regulatory burdens including harmonizing Canada’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) enhanced feed ban with U.S. requirements, and speeding up approvals for animal feed ingredients to reduce tariff costs.

By Geralyn Wichers

Grain elevators and train on the prairie.

Crop merchant Louis Dreyfus posts drop in annual profit

Mar. 19, 2025 at 9:58 am CDT

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) on Wednesday reported a drop in annual profit, the latest global crop merchant to see earnings curbed by subdued prices last year in staple grains caused by ample harvests and easing demand in China.

By Gus Trompiz Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on U.S.-Russia call, planting intentions

Mar. 18, 2025 at 2:43 pm CDT

Chicago wheat futures traded both sides of unchanged on Tuesday, holding near a March high underpinned by concerns over U.S. crop conditions. Traders also awaited the outcome of a call between the leaders of the U.S. and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

By Renee Hickman Reuters