Reading Time: 3 minutes John Weekes stressed how important international cooperation is to beneficial trade agreements in a talk given to the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN).
Former trade negotiator says Canada must find new markets
Threats facing agriculture need a Team Canada approach
Ag leaders, business leaders, politicians descend on Ottawa for annual event
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pride in Canadian agricultural production and a "Team Canada" approach were front-and-centre at the Future of Food Conference in Ottawa.
Soil carbon measurement and verification system launched
CANZA project to give producers quick, cost-effective tool to help measure, manage and monetize soil carbon
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) is launching a measurement verification reporting (MRV) system for reporting soil carbon.
Ag sees small representation at tariff summit
Looming threat of U.S. tariffs discussed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture had some ambassadors at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tariff summit in Toronto, Feb. 7, though some said more representation would have been better.
U.S. Fertilizer group calls for tariff exemption
Canadian and American fertilizer groups oppose tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fertilizer industry representatives on both sides of the border are upset with U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, which have recently been postponed.
Tariffs will be ‘devastating’
Farm groups react as U.S. inches closer to tariffs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian farm groups react to Trump tariffs. The Canadian government has announced plans to impose its own tariffs on U.S. imports as soon as the American tariffs go into effect
Temporary foreign worker system called ““Inherently exploitative”
Amnesty International report claims some treatment of Ontario, Quebec workers violates anti-slavery and anti-trafficking legislation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's temporary foreign worker (TFW) program is "inherently exploitative and discriminatory"; and violates Canada's international obligations according to a report from Amnesty International released today.
Federal government extends On-Farm Climate Action Fund
Reading Time: < 1 minute The On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) will be extended to provide an additional $300 million over the next three years, the federal government announced this week.
Trump says tariffs planned for Feb. 1; Trudeau says everything on the table for response
Reading Time: 2 minutes After making no move to impose tariffs against Canada on his first day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump has signalled his intention to bring the promised economic measures into effect at the start of February.
No immediate tariffs means more time to engage, prepare say ag, food leaders
Reading Time: 2 minutes No immediately-imposed tariffs means more time to engage with American officials on the importance of free trade and to prepare for future negotiations say agriculture industry groups say.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
