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Think global, act local: Supply and demand factors in commodity markets
Global and U.S. stocks-to-use ratios are powerful tools to understand future commodity price trends. Marketing commodities...
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U.S. not trying to get Canada to end supply management: agriculture secretary
MIDGELL, P.E.I. - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Canada's Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay emerged from...
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Get ready for the 'internet of cows': Farmers use technology to shake up agriculture
MONTREAL -- Get ready for the "internet of cows." Generations of farmers have relied on knowledge and family expertise to...
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Genetically modified wheat found in Alberta, Japan halts shipments
CALGARY -- The Canadian government is trying to reassure Japan and other trading partners that genetically modified wheat...
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Why more farmers are going digital
Darcy Herauf of Odessa, Sask., has a good memory for inputs. But he was glad to have electronic production records backing...
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Flea beetles and cutworms emerge as Prairies’ top pests
The top pest vexing Canadian Prairie crop producers so far this growing season is the flea beetle, but cutworms aren’t far...
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Competitive pea price support demand
Canada exported 346,000 tonnes of peas in April, with 189,000 tonnes going to China and 86,000 tonnes to Bangladesh. We are...
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Island man gets jail time for dumping human sewage on farm field
An Island man was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay over $10,000 in compensation in provincial court...
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Italy won't ratify EU free-trade deal with Canada, says new farm minister
Italy will not ratify the European Union's free trade agreement with Canada, its new agriculture minister said on Thursday,...
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June's killer frosts wiped out more than half of N.S. blueberry crop
The killing frosts of June have been “disastrous” for blueberries and the families who grow them. In Nova Scotia, they say...