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Canada canola farmers squeezed by trade wars on two fronts

The canola crop grown for its oil on Boniface Kinyua's 300 acre farm in Mau Narok on March 14, 2020. Kinyua grows the crop mainly for rotational purposes with barley. [Courtesy]

To sow or not to sow? Canola farmers in Canada's vast western Prairies region have found themselves in the crossfire of trade wars with both the United States and China."We have two economic superpowers of the world having a trade war with us at the same time," Rick White, head of the Canadian Canola Growers Association, told AFP.

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