By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Monday March 14, 2022

Mar 14, 2022 | 11:10 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — Canada’s agriculture minister said Russian forces are targeting Ukrainians’ food supply, including their stores of grain.

Marie-Claude Bibeau made the comment after attending an emergency meeting of G7 agriculture ministers.

She said Ukraine’s minister told the group Russian forces are hitting grain silos, ports and the infrastructure needed to gather and distribute the harvest.

Bibeau condemned the action and said it is a further sign that Russian targets are not just military.

She said Canada, a big exporter of wheat, is stepping in to help supply grain to the UN World Food Program, as well as supplying humanitarian aid to Ukraine itself.

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Bibeau warned that Canadian farmers could face shortages of fertilizer, which it usually buys from Russia, while consumers should expect a spike in the cost of bread and pasta due to the conflict.

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McCain Foods is ending a project to build a production facility in Russia and suspending shipments of its products to the country because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Canadian company said it stopped construction at the Russian production facility on Feb. 24 and has now made the decision to discontinue the project entirely.

The decision by the french fry maker comes as countries around the world stop work in Russia or with Russian companies because of the invasion and global economic sanctions.

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