Eight major farm groups in Canada have called on governments to end the border blockades and restore the flow of goods and animals across the U.S. border. The groups include the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Canadian Pork Council, and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Canadian Federation of Agriculture second vice president, Todd Lewis of Gray, […]
The Saskatchewan government says merchandise exports reached a record high of 37 billion dollars last year, a jump of 24.7 percent compared to 2020. The previous record was 35.3 billion dollars set in 2014. Trade and Export Development minister Jeremy Harrison says Saskatchewan is providing the food, fuel and fertilizer for growing world needs. […]
Regina-based Farm Credit Canada has released a trade report showing strong agriculture exports in 2020. FCC chief economist, J.P. Gervais, says Canada had the highest year over year increase for farm commodity exports despite the pandemic. He says world farm commodity exports contracted 9 percent due to the pandemic but Canada showed a 14 […]
A market analyst says Eastern Canadian canola processors could be importing canola from Ukraine because of the prairie drought. Mike Jubinville with MarketsFarm sees a five to ten percent drop in prairie canola supply. He expects canola exports will drop from 10 million tons last year to only 7.6 million this year due to drought. […]
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association welcomes an international health ruling on Canadian beef exports. Last week, Canada was granted negligible risk status for BSE by the World Organization for Animal Health, its the lowest level for transmission of BSE. Cattlemen’s Association chair Arnold Balicki says the status change is very important. Balicki says the change in […]
The government is announcing four new trade and investment offices are going to be set up in London, Dubai, Mexico City and Ho Chi Minh City. In a release, the government says these priority markets will give Saskatchewan a stronger regional presence in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe, the Middle East and North Africa […]
Saskatchewan exports to the world reached 30.4 billion dollars in 2020, up 2.5 percent from the previous year. Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership president Chris Dekker says Saskatchewan was the only province in Canada to record an increase in exports. He says farm products led the way with wheat up 15 percent, durum rising 32 […]
Saskatchewan farmers exported a record amount of agricultural products in 2020 despite the coronavirus. Agriculture minister David Marit says the biggest exports were canola, wheat, and pulse crops. He says farm exports reached 16.9 billion dollars last year. He says it is incredible to see such an increase in one year, 31 percent increase […]
CP Rail is reporting record grain movement in January. CP Rail says 2.2 million tons of grain were shipped last month, surpassing last years record in January by six percent. Since August first, CP Rail has shipped 16 million metric tons of grain this crop year, surpassing the previous year by more than 13 percent. […]
New merchandise export sales for November show Saskatchewan was up by 12.6 percent compared to the previous November. The Saskatchewan government says the number is the highest percentage increase among the provinces, and more than double the increase from the second closest province. Nationally, exports were down 2.5 percent. The value of exports in November […]
