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Canadian Farmers Hope For Rain As Crops Wither

Andy Keen's canola crop appears picturesque, bursting with yellow flowers that normally go on to produce pods of valuable seeds. But to Keen's eye, it is a...

Nervous North American Farmers Set To 'Seed In Faith' Into Parched Soils

Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the US Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising production risks in one of the world's key growing r...

Brazil's BRF Gets Nod To Export Chicken Wings To Canada

Brazilian food processor BRF SA has said that Canada has authorised chicken wing exports from two of its plants located in top farm state Mato Grosso. B...

Rapeseed Rush Sends Prices Soaring As Chinese Demand Swells

Rapeseed prices are surging to record highs as traders scour the world for supplies of the oil-rich crop, illustrating growing strain across oilseed market...

Norway's Mowi Loses Fish Farming Permits In Parts Of Canada From 2022

Norway's Mowi said it expects to lose one third of its salmon farming permits in the Canadian province of British Columbia following a government decision...

DP World, Canadian Fund Plan To Invest $4.5bn In Port Terminals

Global port operator DP World and Canadian pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec are nearing a deal to invest an additional $4.5 billion (&eu...

METRO Trusts WITRON’s Warehouse Automation Technology For The Third Time

Canada's METRO Inc. and the WITRON Group are to build another automated distribution centre, having completed two projects in the Toronto area. The comp...

Canada Sees No Beef Shortage, But Prices May Rise Due To Coronavirus

The Canadian government is not expecting a beef shortage despite the spread of the novel coronavirus in certain meat-packing plants, though prices may rise...