Across Canada, farmers, ranchers, and industry look to Statistics Canada to provide information on what is happening in the industry. Whether it is acre intentions, production reports, or export volumes, Stats Can provides another layer of market information to inform decisions being made up and down the agricultural value chain. This is not only the... Read More
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The stereotypical Canadian winter can be really tough on citizens of all ages in most of the country. Many farm families jet south for a winter reprieve, and even more have family members that spend the entire winter in warmer regions of the United States. Whether it's Arizona, Florida, or California, older Canadians love the... Read More
The Canadian fertilizer industry says it's taking steps to ensure farmers will have access to fertilizer supplies for seeding this spring, as supply chains are impacted by measures to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Fertilizer Canada, which represents manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of nitrogen, phosphate, potash, and sulphur, says its members have... Read More
Grain Farmers of Ontario has named Crosby Devitt to serve as chief executive officer as of April 1, 2020. Devitt will replace retiring CEO, Barry Senft. Ontario's largest commodity organization, representing 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean, and wheat farmers, says Devitt was the successful candidate following a five-month CEO search. “The CEO search brought forward... Read More
The Wall Street Journal is reporting Bayer has agreed to draft settlement terms with several law firms representing tens of thousands of people who allege the popular glyphosate-containing weedkiller Roundup causes cancer. While Bayer remains adamant that three California jury decisions on the matter have not been based on scientific evidence, the company has been... Read More
The Bank of Canada took a step to attempt to soften the blow of COVID-19 on the economy by dropping its key rate by another 50 bps to 0.75 per cent — the second cut in as many weeks. The Bank of Canada also took additional measures with banker acceptances to keep the short term... Read More
As schools, parliament, businesses, and entire sports leagues shut down, the concern over supply chain interruption grows. Health concerns aside, what production-level concern worries you most for agriculture during this COVID-19 outbreak? Have your say!
Editor's note: Bill C-4 received Royal Assent Friday (see below). In the interest of expediency in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak, Canada's House of Commons tabled a single motion to: adopt four bills, an opposition motion, cancel all committee meetings, and adjourn. The motion passed. Included in the list is Bill C-4, the bill... Read More
In the move towards slowing the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, several agriculture events have been cancelled or postponed. Here is a shortlist of what we've been informed about, and we will update it as more information becomes available. The following have been cancelled or postponed: The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan's (APAS) Policy Conference... Read More
Machinery sales for 2020 have started off on a much weaker tone than 2019, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The current agricultural profitability outlook is bleak due to market access concerns, a bearish tone to commodities in the face of trade disruption, and rising protectionism elsewhere in the world. Without extra disposable income... Read More