Year in review: Take our canola, please
Agriculture groups continue to wait impatiently for any news regarding the canola trade dispute with China.
In March, China halted imports of Canadian canola seed, claiming they’d found contaminated shipments. Canadian officials and grain-handling firms have disputed those claims, but the dispute remains unresolved.
Englefeld area farmer Lane Stockbrugger said the issue is significant with China typically purchasing around 40 per cent of Canada’s canola seed exports each year, amounting to just over $2.5 billion in 2018.
Stockbrugger, who is also the chair of SaskCanola, said it was expected this would take a long time to settle.


