Insights and Stories on Canada

Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade pact week after China

Sep. 22, 2021 at 1:56 pm CDT

Taipei | Reuters — Taiwan has formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the government said Wednesday, less than a week after China said it too had submitted an application. Taiwan has been angling to join the grouping for a while and had already […]

Supply/demand pushing up flax prices

Sep. 20, 2021 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. extends travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico borders

Sep. 20, 2021 at 2:39 pm CDT

By David Shepardson

China applies to join Trans-Pacific trade pact

Sep. 16, 2021 at 2:10 pm CDT

By Reuters

CP, Kansas City lock in new deal as CN steps out

Sep. 15, 2021 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans climb

Sep. 15, 2021 at 2:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures climbed on Wednesday, supported by strength in the crude oil market and firming wheat futures. Wheat climbed as Russia joined France and Canada this week in reducing its production forecast for wheat at a time of strong global demand. Soybeans firmed, though gains […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat firms on global supply cuts

Sep. 14, 2021 at 3:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures firmed two per cent on Tuesday, strengthened by global supply concerns amid strong demand, while a weaker U.S. dollar supported U.S. trade. Corn inched higher after a weekly decline in U.S crop conditions reported by the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA). Soybeans traded both […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Drought maps show little change at end of August

Sep. 10, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Much of Western Canada remained in some state of drought at the end of August despite widespread rains late in the month, according to updated maps compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The area mapped out as dealing with ‘exceptional drought’ in south-central Manitoba’s agricultural regions contracted slightly […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Singapore clears all Canadian beef for import

Aug. 25, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

Canada’s new official international status as a “negligible risk” country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy now has its first recognition from a beef-importing nation. Singapore has approved the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s certificate for exports of all Canadian beef, including beef offal, with no restrictions on the age of the cattle […]