Insights and Stories on Canada

Pulse weekly outlook: India’s tariff elimination has little effect on Canada

Jun. 2, 2021 at 6:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A temporary elimination of some import duties on three pulses currently has little effect on Canada, according to Mac Ross, director of market access and trade policy for Pulse Canada. Earlier in mid-May, the Indian government ordered the suspension of tariffs on pigeon peas, mung beans and urad/black […]

JBS Canada plant up and running after cyberattack

Jun. 2, 2021 at 4:43 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Trans-Pacific trade partners agree for U.K. to start joining process

Jun. 2, 2021 at 3:28 am CDT

By Reuters

Ransomware attack on JBS halts Canadian, U.S. slaughter

Jun. 1, 2021 at 12:46 pm CDT

By Jeff Mason Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Canada’s barley exports show no signs of slowing

May. 28, 2021 at 8:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatsCan shows 2020 farm income up significantly

May. 27, 2021 at 10:22 pm CDT

Canadian farm income, no matter how it’s measured, was up a lot in 2020, data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada show. Canadian net farm income of $18.1 billion is up $4.8 billion from 2019 — a 36.5 per cent increase. Another measure — realized net farm income (RNFI) — saw […]

By Allan Dawson

OIE ruling turns page on BSE in Canada

May. 27, 2021 at 6:56 pm CDT

The international body overseeing countries’ animal disease control measures has assigned Canada the lowest level of risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) — a move which stands to help clear away lingering trade barriers against Canadian beef. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on Thursday announced it has delivered […]

By Dave Bedard

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

U.S. requests CUSMA dispute panel on Canadian dairy quotas

May. 25, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration on Tuesday escalated a simmering trade dispute with Canada over dairy import quotas, requesting that the first dispute settlement panel under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement be formed to review the matter. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said its complaint alleges that Canada was improperly […]

By David Lawder

Dry weather may cut into Canadian crop prospects, AAFC says

May. 21, 2021 at 9:25 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Dry weather conditions across Western Canada could cut into production prospects in the region, according to updated supply/demand tables released Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “Extremely dry conditions prevail in large parts of Western Canada, allowing for rapid seeding progress which is trending ahead of normal; however, […]