Reading Time: 2 minutes While Donald Trump may believe the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement is ripping off ordinary Americans, data shows that it's helping U.S. dairy farmers.
U.S. dairy exports to Canada up 67 per cent
Prairie equipment manufacturers adjust to tariffs
Some ag equipment makers moved U.S.-bound machines south before tariffs were imposed
Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2023, Saskatchewan exported about $834 million worth of agricultural equipment to the United States. A portion of those exports were straw choppers and weed seed control units, manufactured by Redekop at its plant near Saskatoon.
The risk of tariffs – some U.S. farmers get it and some don’t
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trump tariffs and retaliatory tariffs will likely cause financial pain for American farmers. Some farmers get it, but other producers don’t.
Anti-tariff lobbyists struggle in Washington
Reading Time: 2 minutes A prominent lobbyist in Washington, D.C., who represents manufacturers of machinery and farm equipment in America is having little success with U.S. president Donald Trump's administration on tariffs.
PTx Trimble wins agricultural technology award in Denver
Davidson Prize recognizes leading engineering technologies that impact different farming operations
Reading Time: 2 minutes PTx Trimble, an agricultural technology company from the Prairies has won a major award at the Commodity Classic in Denver.
Ag trade deficit top priority for U.S. agriculture secretary
Reading Time: 2 minutes As U.S. secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins took the stage at the Commodity Classic in Denver about 2,500 farmers inside the Colorado Convention Centre leapt out of their seats and gave her a standing ovation.
Producers support mandatory livestock inspection in Manitoba
Eighty-five to 90 per cent of Manitoba Beef Producers members vote in favour of the resolution put forth at a recent meeting
Reading Time: 2 minutes After years of debate and discussion, cattle producers in Manitoba are supporting mandatory livestock inspection in the province.
Manitoba Ag Days: ‘Political manipulations’ hold back canola – analyst
Reading Time: 3 minutes If global politics, tariffs and uncertainty were magically removed from the market, canola prices in Canada would likely be $1.50 per bushel higher, says a veteran markets analyst.
Manitoba Ag Days: Loonie above 70 cents? Not anytime soon, says Farm Credit Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes The dollar may be in the stratosphere, but few experts are predicting that it will weaken anytime soon. That includes economists with FCC.
Climate change worries Canadian farmers: poll
Data shows east-west split over climate, cost and government concerns
Reading Time: 3 minutes A poll released Dec. 11 suggests that Canadian farmers worry more about the impacts of climate change than they do about input costs and market prices for canola, corn, wheat and cattle.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
