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SaskAgToday Roundtable: Canada trying to improve trade relations

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On the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable:

-China and Canada agreed to reset relations between the two countries, after trade tensions led to an exchange in tariffs on various products.

-The Prime Minister of India will be attending the upcoming G-7 Summit in Alberta.

-Former Federal Agriculture Minister Kody Blois may not have retained the role, but managed to land the role of Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, a role that Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com Kevin Hursh says could benefit the agriculture industry.

-Seeding progress in Saskatchewan is at 97% complete.

-Canola & wheat futures didn't move much this week.

-Saskatchewan Pulse Growers is collaborating with J-4 Agri-Science to improve varieties of fababeans.

-The President of the Canadian Cattle Association Tyler Fulton says calving season went well and pasture conditions look promising.

A programming note: this is the last SaskAgToday.com Roundtable as the panel will be taking some time off, but will return ahead of Ag in Motion in mid-July.