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The Kharkiv Tractor Plant assembly line, during more peaceful times. (Kharkiv Tractor Plant photo)

Farming behind the lines: Hostages of globalization

By Ihor Pavliuk April 4, 2022

Imagine — even if it looks unrealistic — that one day Canada will be cut off from the rest of the world. And all import deliveries to the country will […] Read more

More than 95 per cent of Ukraine’s crop is winter wheat and it was already in the ground before the conflict began. The fate of that crop is more likely to be determined by spring rains than war, according to Rich Nelson, Allendale Inc.’s chief strategist.

Markets, News

Fate of Ukrainian wheat crop uncertain

Winter wheat will be more dependent on rains but war will affect spring-planted crops

By Sean Pratt March 22, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – Ukraine’s Maritime Administration has announced that the country’s ports will remain closed until the Russian invasion is over, putting a halt to old crop exports. That is […] Read more

Claire Cowan's biggest concern right now is the safety of her colleagues in the Ukraine. Cowan is chief executive officer of North American Plant Genetics, an Ontario company that sells corn seed to Ukrainian farmers.

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Canadian company watches from afar as Ukrainian colleagues take shelter

By Stew Slater March 3, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have “very long-term impacts on global supplies” of some agricultural commodities, says the CEO of an Ontario company active in the agricultural seed sector in […] Read more