Statistics Canada has projected that flax acres will decline in 2025. That could happen, but with the trade and tariff uncertainty surrounding canola this winter, more growers are contacting Tyson Fehr and asking questions about the crop.
Growers show flax interest amid canola turmoil
Statistics Canada forecasts an acreage drop, but a processor says farmers have been phoning since the U.S. trade war erupted
Canada initiates WTO dispute complaint on US steel, aluminum duties
Canada has requested WTO dispute consultations with the U.S. over its imposition of import duties on certain steel and aluminium products from Canada, the trade body said on Thursday.
Potash miner K+S says US farmers to foot the bill for Trump’s tariffs
Germany's K+S, which exports potash to U.S. farmers from Canada, on Thursday said it would pass any tariff-related costs onto customers, after its 2025 earnings forecast disappointed investors.
Farm machinery associations respond to retaliatory proposals
Agriculture equipment may soon be widely tariffed for the first time since the Second World War
The North American Equipment Dealers Association says Canadian counter-tariffs on farm machinery could severely impact the sector.
U.S. dairy exports to Canada up 67 per cent
While Donald Trump may believe the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement is ripping off ordinary Americans, data shows that it's helping U.S. dairy farmers.
ICE Weekly: No end in sight for canola’s downfall
U.S., China tariffs sink canola prices
Tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal imposed by the United States and China have sunk the futures for the oilseed at the Intercontinental Exchange.
Tariffs make pork business more complicated, Smithfield Foods CEO says
Exports to China, imports of Canadian weanlings caught in tariff crossfire
Tariffs make it more complicated for Smithfield Foods, the biggest U.S. pork processor, to sell all parts of a pig, CEO Shane Smith said on Wednesday, and may disrupt imports of Canadian weanlings.
Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs take effect
EU to impose counter tariffs on $28 billion of US goods, including agricultural products
U.S. President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday as prior exemptions, duty free quotas and product exclusions expired.
Changes to Advance Payments Program pleases Canadian Cattle Association
The Canadian Cattle Association says it’s pleased to see the interest-free portion of the Advance Payments Program continue at $250,000.
China tightens trade rules as Canadian tariffs spark price volatility
Zhengzhou Exchange on Tuesday raised the trading margin requirements for some rapeseed (canola) meal futures contracts to 9 per cent from seven per cent after Beijing's 100 per cent tariff on Canadian imports triggered a two-day rally that pushed prices to a five-month high.
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