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Costs surge due to inflationary pressures, spiking energy costs, and the war in Ukraine

The stakes are high as Canadian farmers take to the fields to plant 2022's crop, which some are saying could find a place in the record books as "the most expensive ever."

Canada’s wheat supply looks a bit unpromising in the coming year after sowing was impacted by a severe drought in the US Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies, and by summer wildfires that burned over a million acres in British Columbia in 2021. Supply tightness in the domestic market along with concerns over volumes from Russia ...

Don’t miss a new LIVE! every weekday at 3 pm E on social media! SUMMARY Happy Friday! Stewart and his wife raise hogs just outside of Listowel. Does things a little bit different: focuses on niche markets and raises pigs for certified organic, certified humane, and RWA production system (they can’t use antibiotics) What made them decide to go this route? When Stewart finished school in Guelph he came home and raised hogs with his parents, then worked in town, then when he wanted to settle d...

Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard is likely to be published Friday, kicking off a comment period ahead of the standard becoming law. For a what-we-know and what-we-don’t discussion, we go to Marla Orenstein, of the Canada West Foundation, on this RealAg LIVE! Q&A. Don’t miss a new LIVE! every weekday at 3 pm E on social media! SUMMARY Who is the Canada West Foundation? CWF has put out a report on the “Citizen’s Guide to the Clean Fuel Standard” Lower greenhouse gas emissions, lower the c...