Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canadian Agri-food exports are expected to post another record year despite challenges from Covid-19. She says there are indications Canada is on track to surpass last year’s record of 67 billion dollars in agriculture and agri-food exports. She says shipments are approaching the government’s goal of 75 billion dollars […]
Regina-based Farm Credit Canada has released a report showing major opportunities to expand Canadian farm trade. Chief agricultural economist J.P. Gervais says the export pace for Canadian farm exports has been steady this year despite the coronavirus. He says there are big opportunities in China and Europe to export more Canadian canola oil, as well […]
Saskatchewan Stock Growers are worried about a threat to cattle exports to the U.S. This week U.S. president Donald Trump suggested help for U.S. ranchers by limiting cattle imports. Saskatchewan Stock Growers manager Chad MacPherson says the North American cattle industry is fully integrated and a limit to shipments to the U.S. would be very […]
Thanks to the resilience of Saskatchewan people, the province is dealing with COVID-19 better than others. Trade Minister Jeremy Harrison is making that statement as the province is in the first stages of Phase 2 of its re-opening plan. Harrison says the province has found a way to balance the impact COVID-19 has had when […]
Prairie grain companies say there is a major backlog of grain movement to port due to recent rail blockades. The executive director of the Western Grain Elevators Association, Wade Sobkowich, says the disruptions to grain movement come at a steep cost to farmers and grain companies in contract penalties. He says estimates the losses […]
According to Statistics Canada preliminary trade data 2019, Saskatchewan exported nearly $30 billion worth of products to international markets in 2019 and continued to provide the food, fuel and fertilizer the world needs. While strong, the numbers are still a three percent drop from 2018 numbers due mainly to trade actions by China which resulted […]
Saskatchewan farmers are worried the price of peas may be affected by new import restrictions imposed on shipments to India. India is setting a minimum price for imported peas and limiting shipments to only one port in Northeast India. Lee Moats is an outgoing director with the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. He says there could be […]
Canada, the U-S and Mexico have signed a revised North American free trade deal in Mexico City. The chair of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Jim Wickett, says the trade deal is important to ensure stability for marketing Saskatchewan farm products. Wickett says the U.S. exports about 50 thousand tons of grain to Canada, […]
A senior CN Rail official says it will be two to three weeks before grain shipments are caught up from the 8-day strike, which ended on Tuesday. CN executive vice president Sean Finn says grain shipments are returning to normal after being cut by 90 per-cent on CN during the strike. Finn says CN Rail […]
A new report from Farm Credit Canada says there is still room to expand and diversify for the top four farm exports from Canada. FCC chief agricultural economist J.P. Gervais says there will be some challenges to diversify beyond the traditional markets but there are opportunities. He says Canadian wheat and pulse crops are already […]
