The World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the U.N. World Food Programme warn that sharp increases in oil, natural gas and fertilizer prices triggered by the war in the Middle East will cause rising food prices and food insecurity.
War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency
Producers must tread carefully when food fads come calling
Editorial: Recent changes to milk pricing show how diet trends and weight-loss drugs ripple back through the food chain to the farm gate
Reading Time: 3 minutes Laura Rance-Unger on why farmers should watch diet trends for common threads rather than chasing the next craze.
McCormick bets on flavor in $65 billion Unilever merger
McCormick’s merger with Unilever’s food business to create a US$65 billion sauce-and-spice giant is a bet that access to rising global demand for flavor-rich, healthier food can help counter a maturing U.S. market.
Food and beverage sales growth, volume decline predicted for 2026
Farm Credit Canada 2026 Food and Beverage report shows predicts rising sales and declining volumes among Canadian food and beverage manufacturers
Alberta pork producers demand blood plasma feed ban after latest PEDv case
A confirmed case of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus on a southern Alberta farm — the province's first since 2022 — has reignited calls to ban spray-dried porcine blood plasma from pig feed
Reading Time: 5 minutes PEDv case since 2022 renews calls for blood plasma feed ban.
Unilever in talks with McCormick & Company as it seeks to sell food business
Unilever is in talks with McCormick & Company about selling its foods business, in a potential deal that would bring together the British company’s Hellmann’s and Knorr brands with McCormick’s Cholula hot sauce.
Canada’s annual inflation rate eases to 1.8 per cent in February ahead of expected energy shock
Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in February, after prices in the same period a year ago had risen sharply when the government’s sales tax relief ended, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
India, Canada aim for trade pact by year-end, propose pulse protein ‘centre of excellence’
India and Canada will aim to conclude a free trade pact by the end of this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday during his first visit to New Delhi.
Protein Industries Canada funds nine food processing projects across Canada
Nine food processing companies across Canada are set to see projects funded by Protein Industries Canada.
Canada’s Loblaw misses fourth-quarter revenue estimates
Canadian retailer Loblaw on Wednesday missed analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue, signaling consumers are turning cautious and more discerning in their spending pattern as tariff uncertainty hovers.