Politics & Science

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…

The leaders of Manitoba’s opposition parties are backing a union’s call to shut down the Maple Leaf Foods plant in Brandon, Man., after four cases of COVID-19 involving workers at…

Dr. Wenzhu Yang of AAFC’s Lethbridge Research Centre is investigating the use of cinnamaldehyde, a plant essential oil from cinnamon bark, as a possible alternative to ionophore antibiotics in feedlot…

The North American Meat Institute released the following statement about a USDA investigation into beef price margins The report, which identifies no wrong-doing, affirms that two extreme and unforeseen events…

Ontario premier Doug Ford along with Minister of Agriculture Ernie Hardeman provided details of Ontario’s plan to expand the Risk Management Program a year earlier than expected by $50 million…

A new communication campaign from Burger King is promising beef that comes from cows that are 33 percent less gassy on average, allowing the international fast-food chain’s consumers to have…

Nine out of 10 Canadians support government assistance for the agri-food sector, suggests a new survey by Grassroots Public Affairs by Rachel Emmanuel and Anchal Sharma – The Sprout on…