Insights and Stories on Canada

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices rise amid tight supplies

Nov. 15, 2022 at 6:50 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Chickpea prices in Western Canada are on the rise due to tight supplies, according to one trader. Prices for Kabuli chickpeas rose five cents per pound from last month, with high-delivered bids ranging from 40 cents/lb. for the seven-millimetre variety to 55.5 cents/lb. for 10-mm, according to Prairie […]

Competition Bureau to probe soaring food prices

Oct. 24, 2022 at 12:58 pm CDT

By Reuters

Avian flu circles back to Quebec

Oct. 19, 2022 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Thanksgiving in a time of bird flu

Oct. 6, 2022 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Alexis Stockford

Quinoa production improves in 2022-23

Oct. 5, 2022 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s pea, lentil exports to rise while prices fall

Sep. 27, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian pea and lentil exports should see considerable increases during the 2022-23 marketing year after drought cut into available supplies in 2021-22, according to the latest supply/demand production from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). However, total movement may still come in well below five-year averages. Canadian pea exports […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada to review impact of cannabis legalization four years on

Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:34 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday launched a review of the country’s legalization of recreational cannabis use four years ago to evaluate its impact on youth, Indigenous minorities and others, and analyze its effect on the economy and the illegal marijuana market. Canada became the first developed nation to […]

By Ismail Shakil

Avian flu circles back in Western Canada

Sep. 15, 2022 at 2:05 pm CDT

A relatively quiet summer for highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada has turned for the worse, with outbreaks on commercial poultry farms in all four western provinces in the past week alone. Cases of high-path avian flu in domestic birds in Canada confirmed and reported by the Canadian Food Inspection […]

By Dave Bedard

Canada can cut fertilizer emissions 14 per cent by 2030, industry groups say

Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:41 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from applying nitrogen fertilizer by 14 per cent by 2030 through adoption of more sustainable farm practices and new technology, without any overall reduction in fertilizer use, agriculture industry groups said on Wednesday. Such reductions of nitrous oxide from […]

By Rod Nickel

Canada, China agree to suspend WTO canola dispute

Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:38 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters — Canada and China have agreed to suspend proceedings against Chinese measures affecting the importation of Canadian canola seed, according to a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint on Thursday. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel suspended its work as of Tuesday, the complaint said. Work can […]