Innovation Adoption Lags in Agriculture
Every innovative product of technology that is commercialized eventually reaches what is known as “full adoption”. This is the point at which the peak percentage …
Trade
Bill C-282: Revoking the Bargaining Power of Canada’s Trade Negotiators
Introduction Supply management is a hotly debated and long-standing agricultural institution in Canada. As I will explain further on, supply management was introduced over 50 …
A Bovine Dispute – The “Beef” Regarding Cheese Trade with the United Kingdom
Introduction Improving upon the quantity of trade through expanded volume or number of trading partners is important for the export-reliant Canadian agriculture industry. However, throughout …
Olymel was Inevitable (and Other Pork Realities)
In May of this year, Canadian pork giant, Olymel, announced that its series of processing plant closures in eastern Canada would be expanding into the …
Welfare Impacts from Mexican Canola Imports
Canola trade between Mexico and Canada has a significant history and continues to be an important aspect of their bilateral trade relationship. Canola, a crop …
Little Food Price Relief Anticipated in 2023
Canada’s Food Price Report Canada’s Food Price Report 2023 was released yesterday, regrettably, it shows little in the way of relief from rising food prices. …
Export Bans Just Compound Problems
Preventing trade in food products creates more harm than good Bans on exported food products seem to be announced on a near-monthly basis. In December …
2022’s Global Potash Production Market
Concerns arising from unstable potash markets Times of conflict and war create chaos, uncertainty, and disruptions for markets. Markets hate uncertainty! One market that has …
World Leading Exporter Not Always a Good Thing
Canada needs to increase its value-added processing Canada is the 5th largest global exporter of agricultural and food products, trailing the EU, US, Brazil and …
Richardson Milling’s Desiccant Ban Could Seed Further Consumer Mistrust in Agriculture
By Warren Seib, University of Saskatchewan In June 2020, Richardson Milling informed farmers that it would no longer be buying oats that have been desiccated …