Reading Time: 4 minutes Members of the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve (TTR) in Manitoba recently voted to ratify the Treaty 4 Agricultural Benefits Settlement Agreement. This cows-and-plows settlement is a step toward rectifying historical wrongs. The process has also highlighted several ongoing governing challenges. This includes exposing a flawed Crown/Indigenous consultation process as well as the need for trust-building with Indigenous leadership.
OPINION: ‘Cows and plows’ settlement over a broken Indigenous treaty shows the urgent need for more transparent governance
Throne speech promises removal of economic barriers, protection of supply management, cuts to TFWs
Government will remove all federal barriers to internal trade by Canada Day, King says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Key points for Canadian agriculture from King Charles' throne speech include promises to remove internal trade barriers, cuts to the allowed number of temporary foreign workers, and plans to protect more land and water.
Brazil chicken exports tick down in May after bird flu outbreak
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicken meat exports from Brazil have fallen slightly year-on-year in May, trade data from the government showed on Monday, after the country logged a case of bird flu on a commercial farm.
Judge approves $500 million settlement in bread price fixing class action
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Ontario superior court judge has approved a $500 million settlement in a class action suit related to a bread price fixing scheme.
Buyer steps up for shuttered Winnipeg plant protein processor
Receiver for Merit Functional Foods plant has requested court approval for the sale
Reading Time: < 1 minute The receiver for the Merit Functional Foods plant protein processing site in Winnipeg has applied for court approval to sell to a Manitoba numbered company.
Australian authorities airdrop supplies to farmers stranded by flood crisis
Reading Time: 2 minutes Helicopters were being used on Sunday to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's southeast.
EU urges respect not threats as Trump pushes for 50 per cent tariff
Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Commission urged the U.S. on Friday to bring respect, not threats, to trade talks after President Donald Trump pushed for a 50 per cent tariff on EU goods.
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture to hold Alberta forum
The Americas Agriculture and Food Security Forum will be held at Olds College and run parallel to the G7 meeting in Kananaskis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada's office of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) will host the 2025 Americas Agriculture and Food Security Forum at Olds College at the same time as the G7 summit on June 15-17.
U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based
The health report takes aim at crop protection products like glyphosate and ‘ultra-processed’ foods
Reading Time: 4 minutes Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.
JBS minority shareholders approve dual US-Brazil listing
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazilian meatpacker JBS on Friday secured shareholder support to move ahead with a long-planned dual listing of shares in both the United States and Brazil, it said in a securities filing.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
