https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT-0gGLwHQI/ashley-robinson RSS for Node Thu, 07 May 2026 18:53:06 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-30/global-agriculture-has-a-planting-problem https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-30/global-agriculture-has-a-planting-problem Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:00:36 GMT Xiaofei Zhang, a postdoctoral plant breeder at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus, labels and harvests biomass in an experimental field of kernza in St. Paul, Minnesota on Oct. 1, 2015. Photographer: Scott Takushi https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/canada-s-canola-planting-prospects-dim-after-china-trade-tussle https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/canada-s-canola-planting-prospects-dim-after-china-trade-tussle Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:00:00 GMT A worker operates a Caterpillar Inc. Lexion combine harvester to straight cut canola on a farm near Grosse Isle, Manitoba, Canada, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Canada's canola inventory rose to a record at the end of the crop year as China shunned imports of the oilseed following a diplomatic row over the arrest of a Huawei Technologies Co. executive. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-31/wild-weather-helped-make-niche-commodities-big-winners-in-2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-31/wild-weather-helped-make-niche-commodities-big-winners-in-2019 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT Sacks of rice sit stacked inside a State Logistics Agency (Bulog) warehouse in Karawang Regency, West Java, Indonesia, on Saturday, April 6, 2019. Indonesia's government is set to export rice for the first time in more than a decade -- not because the country has turned in a bumper harvest but because it's been importing the grain based on faulty data collection, resulting in an oversupply of stocks. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/edible-oil-rush-saves-canola-from-trade-distress-in-crazy-year https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/edible-oil-rush-saves-canola-from-trade-distress-in-crazy-year Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:00:00 GMT A canola field is seen in this aerial photograph taken above Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/billionaire-pattison-pulls-canfor-bid-after-shareholders-balk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-17/billionaire-pattison-pulls-canfor-bid-after-shareholders-balk Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:42:36 GMT Jim Pattison, chief executive officer and founder of Jim Pattison Group Inc., listens while speaking with the sales team at a Deere & Co. Pattison Agriculture dealership in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Pattison has often been dubbed Canada's Warren Buffett -- a trope which underscores how relatively unknown he remains outside of Canada despite a conglomerate that operates in 85 countries across a dizzying array of industries: supermarkets, lumber, fisheries, disposable packaging for KFC, billboards across Canada and ownership of the No. 1 copyrighted best-seller of all time, the "Guinness World Records." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-16/billionaire-pattison-s-bid-for-canfor-faces-mounting-opposition https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-16/billionaire-pattison-s-bid-for-canfor-faces-mounting-opposition Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:22:53 GMT Jim Pattison, chief executive officer and founder of Jim Pattison Group Inc., speaks with a worker at a Deere & Co. dealership in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Pattison has often been dubbed Canada's Warren Buffett -- a trope which underscores how relatively unknown he remains outside of Canada despite a conglomerate that operates in 85 countries across a dizzying array of industries: supermarkets, lumber, fisheries, disposable packaging for KFC, billboards across Canada and ownership of the No. 1 copyrighted best-seller of all time, the "Guinness World Records." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-12/honey-supply-shrinks-in-canada-after-cold-wet-weather-chart https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-12/honey-supply-shrinks-in-canada-after-cold-wet-weather-chart Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:00:00 GMT A Buckfast honey bee climbs on a frame in a beehive in Merango, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. Beekeepers in the U.S. reported an increase in honeybee deaths over the last year, possibly the result of erratic weather patterns brought on by a changing climate. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/canada-farms-reap-precision-data-to-cut-lending-insurance-costs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-11/canada-farms-reap-precision-data-to-cut-lending-insurance-costs Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT A worker operates a Caterpillar Inc. Lexion combine harvester to straight cut canola on a farm near Grosse Isle, Manitoba, Canada, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Canada's canola inventory rose to a record at the end of the crop year as China shunned imports of the oilseed following a diplomatic row over the arrest of a Huawei Technologies Co. executive. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/french-fry-squeeze-hits-north-america-after-poor-potato-harvest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/french-fry-squeeze-hits-north-america-after-poor-potato-harvest Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/italy-s-pasta-lovers-can-t-quit-excellent-north-american-wheat https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-02/italy-s-pasta-lovers-can-t-quit-excellent-north-american-wheat Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:16:48 GMT Spaghetti is produced at the Filiberto Bianconi pasta factory in Giano dell'Umbria, Italy, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Twenty-six pasta makers were fined 12.5 million euros ($17.9 million) for operating as a cartel. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-29/canadian-canola-growers-are-getting-used-to-life-without-china https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-29/canadian-canola-growers-are-getting-used-to-life-without-china Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:57:47 GMT Canola is loaded into a grain cart from a Caterpillar Inc. Lexion combine harvester on a farm near Grosse Isle, Manitoba, Canada, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Canada's canola inventory rose to a record at the end of the crop year as China shunned imports of the oilseed following a diplomatic row over the arrest of a Huawei Technologies Co. executive. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-25/nutrien-s-potash-mine-closure-adds-to-bite-of-canada-rail-strike https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-25/nutrien-s-potash-mine-closure-adds-to-bite-of-canada-rail-strike Mon, 25 Nov 2019 19:02:56 GMT Rail cars sit on tracks at the Nutrien Ltd. Cory potash facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Nutrien sees potash consumption though 2023 rising faster than demand for the two other main types of fertilizer and said that demand may reach 75.5 million tons a year. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-19/cn-rail-strike-begins-in-threat-to-canada-oil-grain-cargo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-19/cn-rail-strike-begins-in-threat-to-canada-oil-grain-cargo Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:50:17 GMT Trains carrying Canadian National Railway Co. containers sit on tracks at the Intermodal Terminals in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. About 3,200 workers at CN Rail went on strike at midnight Tuesday, threatening to crimp shipments of oil, potash and grain across the country. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-08/it-s-too-wet-to-buy-tractors-in-canada-as-machinery-sales-slump https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-08/it-s-too-wet-to-buy-tractors-in-canada-as-machinery-sales-slump Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:00:00 GMT An AGCO Corp. Challenger tractor pulls a Bourgault Tillage Tools Ltd. air seeder while planting canola seeds on a farm near St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada on Thursday, May 9, 2019. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is expanding a loan program for farmers and launching a trade mission to Japan and South Korea as Canadian canola exports get caught up in a diplomatic feud with China. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-07/canadian-milk-giant-has-plant-based-beverage-business-in-sights https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-07/canadian-milk-giant-has-plant-based-beverage-business-in-sights Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:57:44 GMT Cows stand at the Lookout dairy farm in North Hatley, Quebec, Canada on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Talks between the U.S. and Canada resumed again Wednesday in Washington, and will continue Thursday as the nations push to reach a deal to update the 1994 accord amid President Trump's threats to move on without Canada. Dairy is one of the core remaining issues. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-05/canada-to-resume-meat-shipments-to-china-trudeau-says-in-tweet https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-05/canada-to-resume-meat-shipments-to-china-trudeau-says-in-tweet Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:08:13 GMT Twenty one day-old pigs stand in a trailer prior to transport to a nearby weaning-to-market barn at Lehmann Brothers Farms LLC in Strawn, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Pork stockpiles in the U.S. rose 8.8 percent at the end of February to a record from a year earlier on increased production, the government said. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-29/get-ready-for-hemp-and-cricket-burgers-as-peas-face-challengers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-29/get-ready-for-hemp-and-cricket-burgers-as-peas-face-challengers Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:00:00 GMT A burger made with a canola protein powder at Burcon NutraScience in Winnipeg on July 15, 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/china-going-through-uae-backdoor-to-acquire-canada-canola-oil https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/china-going-through-uae-backdoor-to-acquire-canada-canola-oil Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:16:40 GMT Corn, canola, and vegetable oil sit on display at a supermarket in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, June 4, 2013. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations will release its monthly food price index on June 6. The index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, consists of the average of five commodity group price indices including meat, dairy, grains, oil and sugar. Photographer: Daniel Acker https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-20/beyond-meat-supplier-mulls-fava-beans-to-tap-plant-protein-craze https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-20/beyond-meat-supplier-mulls-fava-beans-to-tap-plant-protein-craze Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:01:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-16/gluskin-s-rosenberg-sees-bank-of-canada-cutting-rates-four-times https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-16/gluskin-s-rosenberg-sees-bank-of-canada-cutting-rates-four-times Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:06:54 GMT