Insights and Stories on Canada

Canada, U.S. fear economic damage from border crossing protest

Feb. 9, 2022 at 4:37 pm CST

Windsor/Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — Truckers blocking U.S-Canada border crossings risk hurting the auto industry and agriculture, the White House said on Wednesday as Ottawa urged an end to the 13-day demonstration against coronavirus mandates. After nearly two years of pandemic measures in many countries, opposition has sprung up in different […]

Pandemic border protests strand cattle and car parts

Feb. 8, 2022 at 5:20 pm CST

By Julie Gordon Rod Nickel

Pork industry looks ahead from turbulent 2021

Feb. 4, 2022 at 8:00 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Single lanes opened at Alberta border crossing, Mounties say

Feb. 2, 2022 at 8:37 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices decline, may shift in spring

Feb. 1, 2022 at 3:26 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Early signs point to larger Canadian crops

Jan. 25, 2022 at 7:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Early signs point to a sizeable increase in Canadian pulse production in 2022-23, but co-operative weather will be needed to meet those expectations. Strong returns over the past year relative to other crops should encourage farmers to seed more peas and lentils in 2022, according to the first […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Study finds no data to show change in butter consistency

Jan. 21, 2022 at 10:56 pm CST

Updated, Jan. 24 — A panel tasked with reviewing complaints of changes in Canadian butter’s consistency has found there’s not enough data out there to support those complaints — nor to support the allegation that palm byproducts in cows’ rations were the cause. The Expert Working Group on Feed Supplementation, […]

By Dave Bedard

Vaccine mandate to lead to inflation, empty shelves, trucking executives say

Jan. 20, 2022 at 5:41 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian consumers should soon see higher prices and some empty shelves in supermarkets and other retail outlets because of disruptions stemming from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers, top trucking executives warned this week. The mandate, imposed by Ottawa to help curb the spread of […]

By Steve Scherer

South Korea lifts temporary suspension of Canadian beef

Jan. 19, 2022 at 1:19 pm CST

Reuters — South Korea is lifting its temporary suspension of Canadian beef imports that it imposed after Canada detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Wednesday. South Korea halted the shipments after Canada last month reported its first BSE case in […]

By Rod Nickel

Oat prices, acres to rise in 2022, analyst says

Jan. 14, 2022 at 8:15 pm CST

MarketsFarm — An independent crop market analyst told Saskatchewan oat growers he is bullish for the crop in 2022. Brennan Turner, founder and former CEO of online crop marketing platforms FarmLead and Combyne Ag, delivered a presentation at the Saskatchewan Oat Development Commission’s (SaskOats) annual general meeting in Saskatoon on […]

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