Insights and Stories on Canada

Cross-border supply chains still may face disruptions from vaccine mandates

Jan. 13, 2022 at 3:20 pm CST

CLARIFIED, Jan. 13 — Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — COVID-19 vaccine requirements for foreign truckers at the U.S.-Canada border still could cause supply-chain disruptions if both countries do not decide to allow exemptions, the head of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) said Thursday. Canadian truck drivers who aren’t vaccinated may enter […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices reverse direction

Jan. 11, 2022 at 4:14 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Highs may be in on flax as attention turns to new crop

Jan. 11, 2022 at 4:06 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

India to allow imports of U.S. pork and products

Jan. 10, 2022 at 7:16 pm CST

By Andrea Shalal

Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

Jan. 10, 2022 at 1:16 pm CST

By Steve Scherer

China, Philippines suspend beef imports from Canada on BSE case

Jan. 10, 2022 at 12:12 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters –– China and the Philippines have suspended imports of Canadian beef due to Canada’s detection in December of a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a spokesperson for Canada’s agriculture department said on Monday. The moves follow an import suspension by South Korea last month, after […]

By Rod Nickel

This week on ‘Between The Rows’

Jan. 1, 2022 at 12:01 am CST

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By Laura Rance-Unger

‘Expedited’ potato wart survey helps make case for P.E.I., CFIA says

Dec. 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm CST

A national survey finding no potato wart in any “unregulated” Canadian fields should offer the reassurance on Prince Edward Island potatoes that trading partners such as the U.S. are now looking for, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. CFIA on Thursday reported it has completed this fall’s national survey for […]

By Dave Bedard

No bans expected from Newfoundland avian flu outbreak

Dec. 22, 2021 at 8:22 pm CST

Neither federal nor international animal health officials expect to see import bans imposed on Canadian poultry coming out of an avian flu outbreak at a farm on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported a confirmed outbreak of a highly-pathogenic (‘high-path’) strain of H5N1 avian influenza […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped to their highest prices in about four weeks on Wednesday, while cattle futures also advanced. Futures could come under pressure early on Thursday from monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture data that showed frozen pork supplies on Nov. 30 were down […]

By Tom Polansek

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