Reading Time: 7 minutes A bump in Canada’s NATO spending commitments could lead to infrastructure investments that would benefit rural areas
Will investments in defence benefit Canadian agriculture?
A bump in Canada’s NATO spending commitments could lead to infrastructure investments that would benefit rural areas
New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers in Quebec get a new representative at the provincial cabinet table as Premier Francois Legault names Donald Martel the new minister of agriculture, replacing Andre Lamontagne.
Grain Growers call for Port of Vancouver to be included in federal major projects
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) is calling on the federal government and the Major Projects Office to designate the Port of Vancouver and its connecting rail infrastructure as a project of national significance. The first list of projects being considered was released Sept. 11.
Government to invest in biofuel production
Carney announces $370 million to biofuel production
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government will invest $370 million in a new biofuel production incentive.
Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation
The Conservative leader’s Saskatchewan pit stop named the gas vehicle ban and canola tariffs as rural threats.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation
Riding the tariff rollercoaster
What are producers doing to minimize the risk created by ongoing trade uncertainty?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers are accustomed to roller-coaster years. But the current geopolitical windstorm is something else entirely. On his cattle operation near Birtle, Man., Tyler Fulton is making good use of livestock price insurance and has filed his annual application for AgriStability, a margin-based, federal business risk management (BRM) program that helps Canadian producers manage large income […] Read more
Producers aren’t panicking over tariffs and trade threats
Tariffs & Trade: In the face of extreme market uncertainty, protectionist tariffs and geopolitical risks from around the world, Canadian producers aren’t rushing to change their crop and farm plans for the upcoming season — but they may put some major purchases on hold
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) surveyed its members this spring to get a sense of how trade uncertainty was affecting their decisions. “While trade is certainly weighing heavily on them it’s not the only factor. There are many factors that go into considering what producers choose to seed each year,” says Delaney Ross Burtnack, […] Read more
Two Chinese researchers accused of smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into U.S.
Fusarium poses threat
Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research.
New agriculture minister hopes to engage farmers
Heath MacDonald says interprovincial trade and Pest Management Regulatory Agency reform are among his priorities
Reading Time: 3 minutes New federal agriculture minister Heath MacDonald hopes to engage farmers across Canada on the issues that matter most.
Policy institute calls for open review of ag spending
It’s been 13 years since agricultural spending was reviewed, and some programs may no longer meet producer needs
Reading Time: 4 minutes A full-scale review of Canadian agricultural spending should be a top priority in this time of global uncertainty, said a new report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.
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