Politics & Science

Industry Groups Pressuring Parliament to Promptly Pass USMCA

A number of important industry groups, including some who represent agricultural producers, are calling on the House of Commons to quickly ratify the new North America trade agreement By Charlie…

Agri-Food Exporters Welcome Commitment to Negotiate a Multi- Country Interim Arbitration Arrangement

Dan Darling, President of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) today issued the following statement regarding news that Canada and multiple other countries are committing to negotiate an interim arbitration…

Trudeau Wants USMCA Deal Ratified Quickly

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged legislators to quickly approve a new continental trade pact but the main opposition party said it wanted to study the deal, indicating…

Ottawa Getting Ready to Launch Multimillion-Dollar Buy Canadian Food Campaign

Do you know where your food comes from? The federal government is getting ready to roll out a five-year, multimillion-dollar ad campaign this summer in the hope that teaching the…

Easy Ways to Protect Your Farm’s Data

As technology use on the farm grows digital information also increases, heightening the need to protect that valuable information by Craig Lester – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Ransomware is a…

Senate Passes North America Trade Deal but Canada Still Has to Approve

The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves $1.2 trillion in…

Maple Leaf CEO Tweets United States Shares Blame for Iran Plane Crash

The CEO of Maple Leaf Foods spoke out Sunday against the U.S. government, days after an Iranian missile accidentally shot down a jetliner, killing all 176 people on board —…

U.S. Senate Panel Overwhelmingly Approves Nafta For Final Vote

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee overwhelmingly approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Tuesday, moving the revamped North American trade deal a step closer to a final Senate vote in the coming…

Chicago Mercantile Reports Hog Futures Rally on China Trade Optimism

Hog futures shot to their highest prices in more than six weeks on Monday on increased optimism over trade with China, the world’s biggest pork consumer China agreed to import…

Canada Could Be Last To Ratify USMCA Deal

Canada could be the last of the three North American countries to ratify a new trade deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, indicating that his plan to match…

Canada’s Ministers of Agriculture Advance Improvements to Business Risk Management Programs

Federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture met face-to-face for the second time this year to initiate action on a number of key proposals to improve support to Canadian…

U.S., Canada and Mexico Sign Agreement To Replace NAFTA for Second Time

Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold…

Freeland Heads to Mexico to Finalize NAFTA Changes

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is heading to Mexico City to signal Canada’s approval for more changes to the North American trade agreement by Janyce McGregor – CBC News Mexico’s…

White House Close to Handshake Deal on New NAFTA

The Trump administration and House Democrats are on the verge of announcing a handshake deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, according to people familiar with the negotiations, paving the…

Congress Must Ratify New NAFTA, Trump Says Alongside Trudeau

U.S. President Donald Trump says his country’s legislators have to ratify the new North American free-trade deal before Mexico and Canada lose interest in finalizing it Bloomberg News He and…

Canadian Western Agribition contributes $100,000 to USask Livestock and Forage Centre

Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) has announced a contribution of $100,000 over the next decade to the University of Saskatchewan (USask) Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) The funding partnership…

CN Rail and Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement to End Strike

Canadian National Railway Co. and the Teamsters union both announced Tuesday they have reached a tentative agreement that ends a weeklong strike by more than 3,000 of the railway’s workers…

CPC Sends Letter to Minister of Labor to End Rail Strike

The Canadian Pork Council along with other agriculture and agrifood organisations signed a letter sent to Minister of Labour Tassi regarding the impact the strike between Teamsters Canada and CN…

Bibeau Sends Dairy Direct Payment Letters to Producers

Less than 24 hours back in the seat of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau is starting off with bang Real Agriculture Less than 24 hours back in the seat…

Restaurants Canada Looks Forward to Getting Back to Work With Federal Government on Key Issues

Restaurants Canada welcomes Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new minority government and his federal cabinet of 36 ministers sworn in today at Rideau Hal As the voice of Canada’s $89 billion…

Our March 2024 Issue

In our March 2024 issue, we look at the USDA’s aid to wildfire affected communities, Meat snack market projects into the billions, attracting foreign workers, funding to improve sustainability, the pickleball turkey partnership, carbon pricing food production, and much more!