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AI-Generated News

While our blogs are not AI-generated, we thought it could be fun to use AI to search and update us on a few topics. Below are the most recent AI-generated results.
Microsoft CoPilot (2025). Accessed 2026-06-10.
  • High lentil supply is keeping prices low and markets flat
  • Multiple weak points have dropped canola prices; futures are not promising for recovery

Livestock & Feed Trends

  • Feeder cattle weakened this week in response to market softening in the USA

  • The combined weather efforts of El Nino and monsoon season are expected to make India a major lentil buyer
  • Canada is slowly widening its trade surplus as investment and performance grow
  • India is looking to double its fertilizer subsidy funds
  • CFIA has suspended cattle imports from Texas following the identification of screwworm
  • Digital modernization remains a top priority of investment institutions
  • Over 60% of Canadian farms are expected to adopt AI-based precision technologies by the end of the year
  • Funding applications are still open for Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network Open Competition
  • AAFC is expected to reaffirm Heath MacDonald as federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Applications are still open for the Nuffield Scholarship Program for young Canadians interested in pursuing agriculture and food
  • Applications are open for AG-ACt (University of Guelph) 2026 Policy Fellowship Program

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