Canada is the world’s largest producer of canola, supplying 23 per cent of the global market, with Saskatchewan producing 55 per cent of the Canadian crop. Photo by PETER WILSON/Postmedia

China’s escalation of a trade dispute with Canada threatens to take a significant bite out of Saskatchewan canola farmers’ income with this year’s harvest shaping up to be better than expected.

China imposed a 75.8 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed on Thursday, the latest move in a trade war that’s left the country’s canola industry on edge for nearly a year, and which threatens to further wound the country’s

In March, China imposed a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian canola meal and oil, following a domestic “anti-discrimination” investigation launched in Sept. 2024. The Government of Canada

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