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Reporter’s Notebook: Times are changing everywhere

Corn, soybeans and a changing society on the other side of the border

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In late July, I flew to Nebraska to get an idea of what the ag industry looks like in that state. Before I even left my hotel in Omaha, I had my first clue. The Omaha World-Herald ran a front-page story on the $12 billion ag aid package with a rhyming headline. “Farmers: Thanks for […] Read more
Tariffs from both trading nations took effect amid mid-level talks in Washington. Photo: claffra/iStock/Getty Images
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U.S.-China talks on trade war resume as new tariffs kick in

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Beijing/Washington | Reuters – The United States and China escalated their acrimonious trade war on Thursday, implementing punitive 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion worth of each other’s goods, even as mid-level officials from both sides resumed talks in Washington. The world’s two largest economies have now slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on a combined $100 billion of products […] Read more
China will be looking to other markets to fill its annual shortfall of 90 million tonnes of soybeans, a third of which the U.S. had traditionally supplied. Photo: Thinkstock
Markets, Reuters

China expects its U.S. agricultural imports to fall sharply

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Beijing | Reuters – China’s imports of U.S. agricultural products will fall sharply once Beijing implements retaliatory trade measures and the country is able to cover its demand for cooking oil and animal feed, vice agriculture minister Han Jun said on Friday. The trade dispute will have a limited impact on China’s agriculture sector, but hit its U.S. counterparts […] Read more
China has proposed tariffs that would include LNG, semiconductors, beef, aircraft. Photo: Darwel/iStock/Getty Images
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China plans tariffs on $60 bln of U.S. goods in latest trade salvo

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Beijing | Singapore | Reuters – China proposed retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods ranging from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to some aircraft on Friday, as a senior Chinese diplomat cast doubt on prospects of talks with Washington to solve their bitter trade conflict. The Trump administration tightened pressure for trade concessions from […] Read more
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General, Markets, Reuters

World’s ‘affection’ for Canada will help in trade diversification: Carr

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Ottawa | Reuters — There is “an awful lot of affection for Canada” around the world that will help the government’s push to diversify exports away from the United States, the country’s new trade minister said on Thursday, as ties with Washington become more strained. Winnipeg MP Jim Carr, previously the minister for natural resources, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Firm, steady flax prices seen in the cards

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CNS Canada — Farmers with flax in the ground should be pleased come autumn. Statistics Canada revised its seeded acreage estimate downward in late June and that, combined with lower carryout stocks and several other factors, should bring strong prices. “Given the demand in the market from China, the United States and potentially even the […] Read more

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