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Empty shelves, closed businesses, COVID testing at Cargill’s High River, and Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou heading to court in Vancouver. Just four of hundreds of factors at play as the pandemic batters economies around the world.

Pandemic fallout could get very grim before it gets better

The coming recession will be deep, and ‘revenge and blame’ will roil global markets, say experts

By Jennifer Blair August 10, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes No one needs more bad news, but the pandemic is causing upheaval around the world and will produce a ‘very deep’ recession, say two leading economic experts. “The trade sanctions and the trade issues over the past couple of years were just a precursor of what may occur into the future,” said David Kohl, professor […] Read more

A canola field near Pincher Creek, Alta. (Laughingmango/E+/Getty Images)

General, Markets

Ag industry a potential ‘bright spot,’ post-pandemic

Agriculture could lead economic rebuild, ATB official says

By Jennifer Blair, GFM Network News April 17, 2020

Alberta’s ag sector will be key in rebuilding the province’s economy once the pandemic is over, says the director of research for economics at ATB Financial. “Overall, I think one of the bright spots in a really dark economic situation in the province is our agriculture and agri-food sector,” Rob Roach said. “It’s still producing. […] Read more

MGEX September 2019 spring wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Wheat sags on abundant global supplies

By Julie Ingwersen September 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soft red winter wheat futures fell to three-month lows on Tuesday while U.S. hard wheat futures hit their lowest levels in a decade, pressured by ample world supplies and strong export competition, analysts said. Corn futures fell to life-of-contract lows on mild crop weather that bolstered […] Read more

Vanessa Kummer checks the quality of her family farm’s 2018 soybean crops near Colfax, N.D. on Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Dan Koeck)

General, Markets, Reuters

China strikes back at U.S. with new tariffs on soybeans, beef, pork, more

By Judy Hua, Se Young Lee August 23, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China said Friday it will impose retaliatory tariffs against about US$75 billion worth of U.S. goods, putting as much as an extra 10 per cent on top of existing rates in the dispute between the world’s top two economies. The latest salvo from China comes after the United States unveiled tariffs […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Global markets: Clinton opposes TPP, Chinese stocks gain

By MarketsFarm Team October 8, 2015

CNS Canada — The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. HILLARY CLINTON SAYS SHE DOES NOT SUPPORT PACIFIC TRADE DEAL — U.S. democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The deal doesn’t do enough to protect consumers from high drug prices and currency manipulation, […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high

U.S. ag secretary backs proposed meatpacking investigator

U.S. grains: Soy eases on improved weather view

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high

U.S. ag secretary backs proposed meatpacking investigator

U.S. grains: Soy eases on improved weather view

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Pandemic fallout could get very grim before it gets better

Ag industry a potential ‘bright spot,’ post-pandemic

U.S. grains: Wheat sags on abundant global supplies

China strikes back at U.S. with new tariffs on soybeans, beef, pork, more

Global markets: Clinton opposes TPP, Chinese stocks gain

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