The President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is back following a trip to Ottawa meeting with MP's and cabinet ministers about a wide range of issues.

Bill Huber says one of the issues was about China's tariffs on Canadian canola. A news release from SARM said since the imposition of the Chinese tariffs, "farmers are contending with full storage bins, limited marketing options, and incomes that cannot meet financial obligations such as mortgages, crop input costs, and operating loans—with no clear resolution in sight."

Huber claims not one shipment of the new canola crop has been transported to China due to the tariffs. While it's been shipped to other countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, Huber said they don't compare to Canada's second-largest market

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