With eye on China, Canadians will plant more wheat, less canola

Canadian farmers plan to slash canola plantings by 7 percent this year because of a trade clash with China and to greatly expand their sowings of spring wheat, said Statistics Canada on Wednesday. The report was based on the agency’s March survey of 11,500 growers. “Record-high year-end stocks for the 2018 calendar year, coupled with… » Read More

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