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Reading Time: < 1 minute The government-backed council dealing with human resources issues in the ag sector has gone online to lay out the options for skills training in agriculture. The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC), during its recent annual meeting in St. John’s, unveiled a new website, Agritalent.ca, an online database meant to connect Canadians to schools and […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes A new five-year, $163 million Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) has been launched in place of the expiring Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) plan. As was the case with ACAAF, projects funded under CAAP will be proposal-based and originate from industry, the federal government said Thursday in announcing the program. CAAP, the government said, […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes The heads of international trade for Canada and the European Union have held their first meeting toward the free trade agreement (FTA) they first proposed last month. “This first meeting represents a solid step toward a historic economic agreement with the world’s largest market,” International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said in a release Wednesday after […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada and fellow Cairns Group countries have inked a joint statement urging pledges of substantially reduced domestic supports, improved market access and an end to export subsidies as a way to jolt the Doha round of world ag trade talks back to life. “We welcome the recent calls for re-engagement on the negotiations and the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute If you were one of the first 95 people to respond to our item last week on the Western Canada Farm Progress Show, your pair of free single-day show passes is in the mail. Farm Business Communications, Canada’s largest publisher of newspapers and magazines for farmers, and operator of this website, thanks everyone who dropped […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’ve not got your tickets yet for the Western Canada Farm Progress Show, they may be just a few clicks away. Farm Business Communications, Canada’s largest publisher of newspapers and magazines for farmers, and operators of this website, has a pair of free single-day show passes for you if you’re one of the first […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes A campaign to maintain the Correctional Service of Canada’s six prison farms will make its play for national attention this week, according to participating farm groups. The National Farmers Union and other groups plan a press conference Wednesday (June 3) outside the fence at the Frontenac Institution at Kingston, Ont., home to one of the […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ideas for new products or production methods from Canadian farmers, processors and researchers may be eligible for a share of $158 million in federal funds to get them market-ready. Ottawa is “helping farmers put more black ink on the bottom line by bringing new products to new markets,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a […] Read more