Reading Time: 2 minutes India and the United States have finalized the terms of reference for the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement to be concluded late this year, with a view to reaching bilateral trade worth $500 billion by 2030.
Potatoes
What are the thorny farm issues in India-US trade negotiations?
Trade instability likely to tighten 2025 crop profit margins says FCC
Farmers in both west and east unlikely to deviate much on seeded acres of canola, wheat, soy and corn despite volatility
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tight margins could get tighter amid trade instability as farmers prepare to seed this year’s crop, say Farm Credit Canada economists.
White House says Trump will impose tariffs on April 2 ‘Liberation Day’
Canadian farmers, agri-food sectors in flux as multi-front trade war evolves
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Canadian agricultural sector is under pressure as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce more tariffs on April 2. Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged retaliation.
Ten years on the farm
Canadian producers share the biggest lessons after a decade of farming
Reading Time: 8 minutes Ten years. It breaks down into 3,652 days, or over 87,000 hours. In that way, 10 years can seem like a lot of time. Yet in others, such as when managing a busy farm, it can pass in the blink of an eye. And that decade is certainly filled with vast knowledge acquisition, unexpected surprises […] Read more
New national potato wart plan in place for 2025 growing season
Reading Time: < 1 minute The new National Potato Wart Response Plan is complete and will take effect for the 2025 potato crop.
CFIA’s 2024 potato wart survey comes back clean
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian Food Inspection Agency potato wart survey turns up no cases of the disease for 2024.
How these Canadian farms thrive
Like a roadmap, these farms are setting goals to make sure they end up at the right destination
Reading Time: 8 minutes Every January business partners DJ Wassenaar and Matt Bergman take a day to set goals for the coming year. It’s a practice that’s proven successful for their partnership and an integral part of their planning process. “We always need something to aim for, and whether the goal is attainable or not, giving ourselves a direction […] Read more
UN peacekeepers guard Congolese farmers working their fields
Reading Time: 2 minutes Under a scorching sun in Democratic Republic of Congo, many of the farmers tending to their fields in the troubled eastern region are guarded by United Nations peacekeepers.
‘Partner up’ to help diversify your farm
Rosemary Wotske and Cam Beard need new rules. Do you?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Farm partnerships are taking a new direction today. Of course there are still traditional arrangements — formal or informal — between farmers, like those that share the cost of equipment, and there are contractual arrangements, too, like those between a crop processor and a farmer delivering specific specs. More and more, though, farmers are partnering […] Read more
Potato growers’ feedback wanted in final response plan consultation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Potato growers are once again asked to give their feedback on a national potato wart response plan as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) launches a final round of public consultations.