Politics & Science

On the morning of the U.S. election, a Vancouver radio host asked Justin Trudeau what topped his list of cross-border concerns by Janyce McGregor – CBC News “Trade,” the prime…

CFA was very pleased with today’s announcement from the Federal Government of $750 million funding for the Universal Broadband Fund This is additional funding to the $1 billion announced in…

November 3 is election day in the world’s biggest economy, a vote that’s particularly fraught due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the presidential candidates’ differing policy platforms and the potential for…

Today, our Government announced that businesses that have been operating out of a non-business banking account can now access the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) by opening a business account…

World leaders will discuss the role of agriculture in the future of the Canadian and world economy when they convene virtually next week for the Toronto Global Forum The Toronto…

Marie Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Manitoba Minister of Agriculture and Resource Development, Blaine Pedersen, announced the launch of the 2020 Canada-Manitoba Finished Cattle Feed Assistance Program,…

The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on world agricultural trade The paper notes that agricultural trade has fared better than…

One brutal lesson in modern geopolitics has been repeatedly driven home: when the globe’s superpowers clash, Canada risks getting sideswiped by Alexander Panetta – CBC News Beijing has punished Canada’s…

The North American Meat Institute, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, has entered into a sub-contracting arrangement with the New York Beef Council (NYBC) to execute the Fiscal Year 2021…

While Canada deals with a second COVID-19 wave threatening an even worse infection rate across the country than we suffered in the spring, our agri-food industry is also faced with…

In a vast, illuminated greenhouse set among Iceland’s otherworldly lava fields, the genetically modified shoots of an ancient cereal crop may hold the key to the food of the future…

Canada’s vow to double down on pandemic-related spending to keep the economic recovery under way in the face of a second wave of COVID-19 infections will support activity but raises…

SaskTel and the University of Saskatchewan (USask) announced that they are partnering to launch a “living laboratory” at the university’s Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) to test, develop…

The Canadian dollar was little changed against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as some calm returned to oil and global equity markets following steep declines the day before, with the…

COVID-19 has magnified systemic issues and longstanding inequalities, and the Government of Canada is working hard to provide equal opportunities for all Canadians Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of…

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will remove 10% U.S. tariffs on raw Canadian aluminum as long as imports of the metal stay below levels that are expected to…

Existing trade standards with Britain will continue once the Canada-U.K. agreement expires at the end of the year, but the U.K. will need to lower its expectations for a future…

Ontario Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman has now joined agriculture leaders in urging the federal government to amend its AgriStability program to protect farmers that have been financially hit by market…

Conservative agriculture critic John Barlow says he’s disappointed with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) failure to provide an estimate of the financial impact of COVID-19 on Canadian producers, arguing it…

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced details on Thursday of a $50-million program that will redirect surplus perishable food products to vulnerable people during the pandemic by Kathleen Harris – CBC…