Trade and markets
When a market closes: what canola trade disputes teach about market access
Twice in seven years China shut much of its door to Canadian canola. The record of those disputes shows how market access is lost, regained and paid for.
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Trade and markets
Tariffs, trade agreements, market access disputes and how livestock, grain and food prices are discovered.
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Dairy and supply management
What CUSMA changed for Canada's supply-managed farms
New US quotas for milk, chicken, eggs and turkey, the end of milk Class 7, caps on powder exports and two dispute panels: what CUSMA did to supply management.
Trade and markets
Interprovincial trade barriers in food: why a cheese can be foreign at a provincial border
Canada has an internal free trade deal, yet meat, milk and wine still stop at provincial lines. How the rules work, what they cost, and why they persist.
Trade and markets
How cattle and hogs get priced in Canada
Canadian cattle and hog prices start in Chicago and are converted, adjusted and graded on the way north. How cash trade, basis, auctions and formulas fit together.