March 17, 2025 - Time is of the essence, Canadian farmers' livelihood is at stake. SaskOilseeds urges the Canadian government to immediately engage with Chinese officials to resolve impending tariffs ahead of a probable federal election.

March 10, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – Canadian grain farmers are facing a trade crisis on two fronts, with escalating tariffs from both the United States and China threatening billions in exports and putting the future of family farms at exceptional risk.

March 8, 2025 - China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has announced the outcome of its anti-discrimination investigation initiated against Canada in September 2024 as a result of the federal government’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel and aluminum. In response to Canada, China’s State Council Tariff Commission will impose a 100 per cent tariff rate on Canadian canola oil and canola meal along with several other Canadian agricultural commodities as of March 20, 2025.

March 4, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) is sounding the alarm on the United States’ decision to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian grain and grain products, a move that threatens the viability of family-run grain farms and drives up food costs for American consumers.

The U.S. administration’s decision to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian grain and grain products, set to take effect tomorrow, will drive up the cost of essential food staples for American families, warns Grain Growers of Canada (GGC).

February 1, 2025 - Today, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that tariffs of 25 per cent will be applied to imports of a broad range of Canadian goods, including canola seed, oil, and meal, effective February 4, 2025. The U.S. is Canada’s number one market for canola exports and also a market that is highly integrated with the Canadian canola industry. Canola is the single largest contributor to farm crop cash receipts – grown by nearly 40,000 farmers across the country.

A labour disruption at the Port of Vancouver has halted operations, severely impacting Canada’s canola farmers who rely on the port to export 90% of their crop.

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SaskOilseeds will make every effort to tirelessly advocate for an end to this work stoppage.

The Ministry of Agriculture has examined the implications of clubroot and its status as a declared pest and is proposing to deregulate clubroot as a pest in 2024.

SaskCrops remains supportive of a fully transparent process and notes that it is important that any transformative processes do not draw scare PMRA resources away from core PMRA work making crop protection tools available to farmers.

SaskCanola will continue to work for appropriate recognition of farm practices that reduce emissions and sequester carbon.