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.
Anti-tariff lobbyists struggle in Washington
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.
‘Less panic’ over new immigration policy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government’s new policy on immigration will not have huge consequences for agri-food processors or farmers, say spokespeople for the Canadian Meat Council and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.
NFU calls for efficacy testing of non-fertilizer supplements
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government should re-instate efficacy testing for non-fertilizer supplements, says the National Farmers Union.
Biologicals business Catalera receives funding boost
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vancouver company Catalera BioSolutions, which has ambitions of making biologicals “the future” of crop protection and pest solutions has secured investment from a major player in Canada’s agricultural industry.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
