Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s agriculture sector is heavily reliant on the US. A new report outlines how diversifying agri-food exports to new markets could boost Canada’s economy by billions and secure its place as a global food leader.
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Trade tensions highlight need to diversify, strengthen Canada’s food export markets says RBC
New RBC report outlines recommendations to reclaim Canada’s sagging global marketshare and create new agri-food exports
Canadian Foodgrains Bank calls for supporters to advocate for international aid funding
U.S. funding freeze takes largest donor out of global humanitarian community leaving deadly gaps
Reading Time: 3 minutes In face of U.S. foreign aid funding cuts that are devastating humanitarian groups, Canada can't back down from its commitments to help the hungry says the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
People-first winery plays the long game
This Nova Scotian winery proves that focusing on the right things at the right time leads to success
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, an hour north of Halifax, seems an unlikely place to find a thriving winery making world-class wines from locally grown grapes. But Benjamin Bridge, which began as a passion project for the founders 25 years ago, has grown into a successful and innovative winery. Keltie MacNeill is the director […] Read more
Ontario sisters strike farm business partnership
Business partnerships can be tricky to navigate at the best of times. Throw in family members, a new on-farm business and a growing family legacy, and it’s a whole other level
Reading Time: 7 minutes For several years, sisters Kori de Boer and Casie Kuypers were informally part of their family’s original dairy farm in Palgrave, Ont., run by their dad and uncle. When their dad and uncle’s partnership wrapped up a few years ago, they knew that if they didn’t want the dairy to stay small (which would mean […] Read more
McDonald’s posts biggest US sales decline in nearly five years
International sales rise, driven by Middle East and Japan
Reading Time: 2 minutes McDonald's posted a steeper-than-expected drop in quarterly U.S. comparable sales on Monday, as demand took a hit from a brief E.coli outbreak while diners remained watchful of their spending.
ADM quarterly profit falls on weak crush margins, announces layoffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland ADM.N reported a drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, pressured by weak oilseed crush margins and uncertainty over U.S. biofuel policy, and said it would be laying off up to 700 employees globally this year. Chicago-based ADM said it aimed to cut costs by $500 million to $750 […] Read more
Trump set to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Feb. 1 White House says
A White House spokesperson said that no tariff announcements were planned for Friday
Reading Time: 4 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday will implement tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10 per cent on Chinese goods with immediate effect, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Friday.
EU and Mexico revive stalled trade deal as Trump tariffs loom
The two parties are seeking to add farm produce, services, investment and other goods to the agreement
Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Union and Mexico revived a stalled free trade agreement on Friday, days before the return to the White House of Donald Trump, who has threatened both sides with tariffs.
Sask. creamery turns ice cream dream into reality
Sometimes your childhood dream can come true — and turn a delicious profit
Reading Time: 8 minutes It all started with a scoop of blueberry cheesecake ice cream from a creamery in Sicamous, B.C., more than ten years ago. About 13 years old, John Pruim was on a family road trip back to the province where he had spent his early years when the taste of farm fresh ice cream stirred something […] Read more
Indonesian government tells ranchers to import cattle for school meals program
Reading Time: < 1 minute Indonesia is encouraging domestic cattle ranchers to import breeding cows, targeting 400,000 head in 2025, to supply meat and milk for the government's free school meals program, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.