Politics & Science

Japan’s meat imports have begun to reflect changes brought on by two free trade deals Tokyo signed, about a year after the pacts went into force by Kazuto Shimada –…

With trade negotiations set to begin between the United States and the United Kingdom, the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with…

The Government of Canada today released the final list of designated regions where livestock tax deferral has been authorized for 2019 due to extreme weather conditions The livestock tax deferral…

Manufacturers are scrambling to deliver products, industry associations are warning of potential shortages of food items, propane, and chlorine for water treatment, and mining companies are curtailing production as rail…

Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced the development of a risk management strategy being undertaken by the Manitoba Pork Council for pork producers to recover from the devastation…

The new NAFTA implementation bill passed the first legislative stage in the House of Commons with the backing of the Conservatives, New Democrats and Greens Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer,…

Trade confidence among Canadian exporters fell to its lowest level in nearly a decade, Canada’s export credit agency said on Tuesday, as businesses wrestle with protectionist policies and fret about…

Bob Lowe has spent the past 40 years raising cattle on his farm near Alberta’s foothills. In that time, he reckons his beef has been exported to just about every…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pitched two models for his country’s trade ties with the European Union after Brexit: a deal based on the EU’s accord with Canada, or…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 —…

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…

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 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…

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…