Report Warns US Tariffs Will Drive Up Food Prices and Increase Food Insecurity in Canada

A new report by Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization, reveals how additional proposed US tariffs will impact Canada’s food supply chain  Canada Newswire The report, The Cost of…
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Manitoba puts up money for the agricultural sector in the face of tariffs

The Manitoba government is promising $150 million for the agricultural sector to help handle tariffs imposed by the United States and China  The Canadian Press The province says it will…
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Report Warns US Tariffs Will Drive Up Food Prices and Increase Food Insecurity in Canada

A new report by Second Harvest, Canada's largest food rescue organization, reveals how additional proposed US tariffs will impact Canada's food supply chain  Canada ...

Manitoba puts up money for the agricultural sector in the face of tariffs

The Manitoba government is promising $150 million for the agricultural sector to help handle tariffs imposed by the United States and China  The Canadian ...

More efficient production and improved resource conservation is key to practical sustainability

The meat processing industry is a sector characterised by high energy, water and material consumption. Therefore, production and packaging processes should be as sustainable ...

R-CALF celebrates Trump tariffs but fast food giants may not be so happy

As expected, long-time anti-Canadian cattle/beef trade extremist lobby group R-CALF USA was applauding President Trump’s on-again/off-again 25% tariffs on Canadian cattle and beef imports ...

Tariffs key drivers of food inflation

A retired southwestern Manitoba Butcher suggests to minimise food waste and stretch their food dollar amid rising food costs, consumers should buy products on ...

MSU analyzes how nutrients in beef are impacted by what cattle eat

Instead of answering, “Where’s the beef?” Michigan State University scientists are gaining a deeper understanding of what’s in the beef   by Jenifer Fenton ...

Canada’s unstable political landscape complicates trade discussions

A partner with Polar Pork suggests new Chinese tariffs on Canadian agricultural products and threatened U.S. tariffs have the potential to devastate Canadian agriculture. ...

These farmers want cost of living, cutting taxes, and tariffs to be the focus this election and here’s why

Inflation, the price of land and the carbon tax are all squeezing farm budgets in southern Alberta      by Elise Stolte - CBC ...

Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry face Chinese tariffs 

The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China      The Canadian Press ...

Canadian Chicken Farmers Support Government Commitment to Address Spent Fowl Fraud 

Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) is encouraged by the recent statement from the Government of Canada, demonstrating a strong commitment to tackling the fraudulent ...

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Report Warns US Tariffs Will Drive Up Food Prices and Increase Food Insecurity in Canada

A new report by Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization, reveals how additional proposed US tariffs will impact Canada’s food supply chain  Canada Newswire The report, The Cost of…

Manitoba puts up money for the agricultural sector in the face of tariffs

The Manitoba government is promising $150 million for the agricultural sector to help handle tariffs imposed by the United States and China  The Canadian Press The province says it will…

More efficient production and improved resource conservation is key to practical sustainability

The meat processing industry is a sector characterised by high energy, water and material consumption. Therefore, production and packaging processes should be as sustainable and resource efficient as possible  …

R-CALF celebrates Trump tariffs but fast food giants may not be so happy

As expected, long-time anti-Canadian cattle/beef trade extremist lobby group R-CALF USA was applauding President Trump’s on-again/off-again 25% tariffs on Canadian cattle and beef imports   by Will Verboven  Gloating by…

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Charlebois: Canola, pork and seafood burn while feds worship auto sector

In the shadow of endless headlines about Donald Trump and the American political circus, another crisis is quietly unfolding on Canadian soil — this one in our fields, barns and…

Charlebois: Trump’s economic chaos isn’t a side effect – it’s strategy

Trump’s tariffs and deglobalization agenda could crush Canada’s agri-food sector and Ottawa must respond before it’s too late   by Sylvain Charlebois – Troy Media What if the dismantling of…

Canada’s new ag minister is Kody Blois

Kody Blois, MP for the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants since 2019, has buttoned down his dream job. He is the new federal minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural…

CFIB statement on the impact of 25% U.S. tariffs on agri-businesses

The Trump administration’s 25% across-the-board tariffs are a massive broadside to the Canadian economy and come at a time of great political and economic uncertainty     by Juliette Nicolaÿ,…

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Report Warns US Tariffs Will Drive Up Food Prices and Increase Food Insecurity in Canada

A new report by Second Harvest, Canada's largest food rescue organization, reveals how additional proposed US tariffs will impact Canada's food supply chain  Canada Newswire The report, The Cost of Conflict: Tariffs and Food Insecurity, which was conducted by the StrategyCorp Institute of Public Policy and Economy, details how these tariffs — hitting every stage of the supply chain — will raise costs for consumers, reduce food availability and increase ...

Manitoba puts up money for the agricultural sector in the face of tariffs

The Manitoba government is promising $150 million for the agricultural sector to help handle tariffs imposed by the United States and China  The Canadian Press The province says it will provide $10 million in additional matching funds for the AgriStability program, as well as $140.8 million for business risk management programs such as AgriInsurance and AgriInvest. Premier Wab Kinew says some of the money is being used to align with ...

More efficient production and improved resource conservation is key to practical sustainability

The meat processing industry is a sector characterised by high energy, water and material consumption. Therefore, production and packaging processes should be as sustainable and resource efficient as possible   IFFA Report    This is not only good for the environment, it also increases efficiency and cuts costs. The world's leading trade fair for the sector, IFFA – Technology for Meat and Alternative Proteins, is showcasing the technologies used for ...

R-CALF celebrates Trump tariffs but fast food giants may not be so happy

As expected, long-time anti-Canadian cattle/beef trade extremist lobby group R-CALF USA was applauding President Trump’s on-again/off-again 25% tariffs on Canadian cattle and beef imports   by Will Verboven  Gloating by R-CALF is no surprise; tariffs on beef imports was the reason R-CALF was originally created. R-CALF is notorious for creating mind-numbing, twisted analytical market presumptions to rationalize how imports are the source of all evil whenever cattle prices are down. ...

Tariffs key drivers of food inflation

A retired southwestern Manitoba Butcher suggests to minimise food waste and stretch their food dollar amid rising food costs, consumers should buy products on sale that can be frozen, buy products that can be used within a day or two of purchase and pay close attention to best before dates    Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca  Tariffs imposed on Canadian agricultural products by China and the threat of U.S. tariffs are ...

MSU analyzes how nutrients in beef are impacted by what cattle eat

Instead of answering, “Where’s the beef?” Michigan State University scientists are gaining a deeper understanding of what’s in the beef   by Jenifer Fenton and Jason Rowntree A paper recently published by two MSU researchers highlights new data on how the nutrient composition and healthfulness of beef is impacted by what beef cattle feed on. Jenifer Fenton, a professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Jason ...

Canada’s unstable political landscape complicates trade discussions

A partner with Polar Pork suggests new Chinese tariffs on Canadian agricultural products and threatened U.S. tariffs have the potential to devastate Canadian agriculture.    Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca  Amid concerns related to new 100 percent Chinese tariffs on imported Canadian canola oil, canola meal and peas, 25 percent tariffs on Canadian pork, fish and seafood products and threatened U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called ...

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