Tag Archives: Canadian Ag News
Negotiations between union and grain terminals resume during second day of strike in Vancouver
Labour disputes, including the ongoing strike of workers from grain terminals in Metro Vancouver, are creating challenging times for grain companies. More than six hundred employees walked off the job...
Sep 25, 2024
Plans in place to build Global Ag Technology Exchange despite some resistance
Four cereal based producer commissions in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario have announced plans to contribute a total of $13.4 million dollars to the proposed Global Agriculture Technology ...
Sep 24, 2024
Another strike looms at grain terminals in Metro Vancouver
The union representing workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver issued 72-hour strike notice on Saturday and will be in a position to strike at 7 a.m. local time Tuesday. In a notice to members posted ...
Sep 23, 2024
Traiff-free market access extended for Canadian Yellow Pea Exports to India
India is continuing to allow Canadian yellow peas to come into the country restriction-free from October 31st to December 31st this year. India's Directorate of Foreign Trade published the order on Fr...
Sep 17, 2024
Livestock producers told not to travel to U.S. due to risk of HPAI: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising cattle producers to not travel to the United States for upcoming agricultural shows, or participate in them, due to the risk of Highly Pathogenic...
Sep 17, 2024
Improving drainage the goal of newly formed SK DEN
A few agriculture groups have come together to create an organization dedicated to improving drainage in Saskatchewan. Called the Saskatchewan Drainage Extension Network (SK DEN), the privately-led in...
Sep 16, 2024
Amount Purely Canada owes producers after having licenses revoked is "significant": CGC
The Canadian Grain Commission revoked the licences of Purely Canada Foods on August 27 and has since received claims from unpaid producers against the company. Lonny McKague, Commissioner with the Can...
Sep 13, 2024
Catching up to rail car demand will "take a lot of work": President of Quorum Corporation
Two of Canada's major railways, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN), are playing catch-up following a labour disruption last month that stalled operations for ab...
Sep 11, 2024
Varying conditions and yields of wheat around the world
The harvest of spring and winter wheat around the world is either progressing or almost done with conditions and yields being mixed. The spring wheat harvest in Saskatchewan is at 28 per cent complete...
Sep 11, 2024
"All politics": President of APAS wants Canada and China to resolve dispute over product tariffs, Canadian canola
China released more details of its anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola, but a farm leader believes it's all politics and wants to see the Chinese and Canada come to a resolution before it escalate...
Sep 10, 2024
