Reading Time: 3 minutes Cam Dahl argues Canadian agriculture must break out of commodity silos and present united policy solutions to government.
OPINION: Agriculture needs to lead its own solutions
Canadian agriculture needs a clear and united voice in the face of global uncertainty and a looming CUSMA review, the author writes
Alberta potato growers face rising costs, trade uncertainty and global competition
Input costs have surged, global competitors are gaining ground, and the U.S. trade relationship remains Alberta's biggest concern, Potato Growers of Alberta leaders told a regional meeting in Taber
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta potato growers are navigating surging input costs, new global competitors, and an uncertain U.S. trade relationship.
War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency
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.
Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says
A Russian ship carrying wheat that was believed to have sunk in the Sea of Azov after a Ukrainian drone attack has been found and towed to shore.
Shares slump, bonds skid as oil surge threatens inflation shock
Wall Street opened lower Monday as the inflationary jolt from surging oil prices threatened to raise living costs and interest rates around the globe, while investors desperate for liquidity fled to the U.S. dollar.
Women who fed a nation
More than 40,000 young women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.
The forced Japanese-Canadian farmers of the Second World War
Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War
Canada’s ‘Harvest for Victory’ in the Second World War
Propaganda posters celebrating farming show the legacy of Canadian agriculture during the Second World War.
Ukraine introduces minimum export prices for major agricultural goods
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine has introduced a new system for exporting key agrarian goods, including grains, which implies a ban on shipping consignments of goods at prices below those set by the agriculture ministry. Ukraine is a major grain and oilseeds grower and exporter and the new system became operational on Dec. 1. The government […] Read more
The environmental cost of conflict
Farmers around the world pay the price for the wars they didn’t start
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers around the world pay the price for the wars they didn’t start