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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian ag exports such as wheat, barley, lentils, peas and some boneless beef could get “immediate duty-free access” to the Peruvian market as early as July 1. The federal government said Thursday that it would work to have its free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru, including parallel agreements on labour co-operation and the environment, implemented […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The organic equivalency agreement signed this week between Canada and the U.S. will not end a number of restrictions on imports of U.S. organic goods that don’t follow Canada’s standards, and vice versa. According to a release Friday from the Canadian wing of the Organic Trade Association, the deal requires Canada not to allow any […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian organic producers and processors will soon be able to market their goods in the U.S. without additional U.S. certification. The federal government on Wednesday announced an “equivalency” agreement with the U.S., under which the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has the ability to recognize certification bodies in the U.S. and ensure they comply with […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government has named one of its senior staff in intergovernmental affairs to become Canada’s top ag bureaucrat. Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday named John Knubley as the government’s deputy minister for agriculture and agri-food, replacing Yaprak Baltacioglu effective July 1. Baltacioglu, who had served in the deputy ag minister’s post since March […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Visitors to the Farm Business Communications booth at the Western Canada Farm Progress Show, or to our new farm news portal at AGCanada.com, have an opportunity to enter our free draw for a new grain moisture meter complete with digital scale. To enter our draw online, click HERE and fill out the form for your […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Syngenta Crop Protection Canada’s representative on the Canadian 4-H Council has been named the organization’s new president. Judy Shaw was elected by council board members to the post for a two-year term at the council’s recent annual meeting on Prince Edward Island. Shaw replaces Bob McAuley, who remains on the board as past president. She […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal broadcasting regulator has named the owner of The Weather Network and MeteoMedia weather channels as Canada’s national emergency weather alert provider. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) last week designated Oakville, Ont.-based Pelmorex as Canada’s “national emergency alert aggregator and distributor” for the next five years. The CRTC’s decision follows a February […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute The company with the largest canola crushing presence in Canada has shut down two of its plants after shipments of canola meal to the U.S. tested positive for salmonella, the Reuters news agency reported Friday. Reuters quoted a spokesperson for Bunge North America as saying a shipment that tested positive early last month was traced […] Read more

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