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Alberta Milk opens annual hospital fundraiser

Alberta Milk looking to raise up to $100,000 in matching-donation campaign for Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation

By Greg Price 4 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta Milk embarks on holiday season campaign to raise money for Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation

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Livestock, News

Bring focused approach to target systems, not producers says animal activist

By Jonah Grignon 9 hours ago

Darren Vanstone explains the process of reframing animal agriculture through advocacy and activism at the Human Canada One Health One Welfare Conference.

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Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026

By Alexis Kienlen 9 hours ago

Food prices are 27 per cent higher now than they were in 2020, the new Canada’s Food Price Report shows. Meat prices are particularly to blame for the rise.

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Crops, Markets, News

Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin 11 hours ago

Canadian wheat and canola production in 2025/26 (Aug/Jul) surpassed early expectations to hit new record highs, according to updated survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada released Dec. 4.

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CFIA updates plant protection regulations

By Jeff Melchior 1 day ago

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says updated plant protection regulations will allow it to be more agile.

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Corn, Markets, News, Soybeans, spring-wheat, winter-wheat

CBOT Weekly: Watching for Chinese soybean purchases

By Glen Hallick Marketsfarm 1 day ago

As activity at the Chicago Board of Trade shifts into holiday mode through the New Year, independent analyst Terry Reilly pointed to three things to watch over the next few weeks.

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Markets, News, Reuters

More U.S. soybean shipments to China due to load through mid-December

By Karl Plume, Reuters 1 day ago

Shipments of U.S. crops to China are accelerating after a tense tariff war had stalled trade for months, with at least six bulk cargo vessels scheduled to load with soybeans at Gulf Coast terminals through mid-December, according to a shipping schedule seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

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Larkin to step down as Grain Growers of Canada Executive Director

By Jonah Grignon 2 days ago

Kyle Larkin will step down as executive director of Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) at the end of December.

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Canola, Cereals, Markets, News, Pulses, Soybeans, winter-wheat

Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

By Glen Hallick Marketsfarm 2 days ago

Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based production estimates for the 2025/26 crop year on Dec. 4, with general expectations for upward revisions to most major crops from the model-based estimates in September. However, as StatCan has shown a tendency to underestimate production in its December reports, many analysts expect actual production may be revised upward in subsequent reports.

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National Farmers’ Union proposes guaranteed basic income for farmers

By Alexis Kienlen 2 days ago

The National Farmers Union (NFU) plans to lobby the federal government for farmers to be guaranteed an annual basic income of $50,000.

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