Trade

What To Expect From Future Traceability Regulations

The Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) has engaged with the CFIA through two rounds of national consultations in 2013 and 2015 on proposed amendments to the Health of Animals Regulations dealing…

Why Ranchers Are Seeking Easy Calving Bulls

As herd sizes grow, it seems some ranchers are leaning towards finding bulls that make raising the cattle a little bit easier, whether it be with calving or dealing with…

Canadian Pork Sector Delegation to Travel to Japan

A delegation representing Canada’s pork sector will travel to Japan to meet with key buyers of Canadian pork and learn more about one the Canada’s most important markets by Bruce…

Latest NAFTA talks aim for breakthrough on toughest issues

Mexico and Canada aim to finish reworking less contentious chapters of the NAFTA trade deal with the United States in new talks that began on Sunday, hoping to clear the…

U.S. Pork Demand Strong But Trade Disputes Could Hit Exports

American consumers are snapping up plentiful low-cost pork, but U.S. farmers are worried that trade spats with key export markets in China, Mexico and Canada could hurt a lucrative part…

U.S. Farmers Have Much to Lose if NAFTA Deal Collapses

A collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap, could create the most profound disruption for U.S. farmers who produce…

Alberta Beef Industry Hopeful With NAFTA Negotiations at Critical Juncture

Alberta beef producers are more optimistic than ever about a North American Free Trade Agreement deal that would avoid disrupting their industry Courtesy of CBC.ca They’ve been watching a sixth…

Farmers Say Their Regulatory Burden is Growing

Confusing forms, bad customer service and excessive government regulations are leaving Canadian farmers feeling burnt out, and the problem is getting worse according to findings released today by the Canadian…

Government Gives Away Market Access: Chicken Farmers React

Chicken farmers in Canada are concerned about the impact of decisions taken at the conclusion of discussions on the new Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement. Chicken Farmers of…

Japan May Become More Profitable for Canadian Beef Under New TPP Deal

Earlier this week, Canada’s International Trade Minister, Francois-Philippe Champagne, confirmed an agreement that Canada will sign the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, also know as TPP-11, in early…

Canada Reaches Deal On Revised Trans-Pacific Partnership

Canada has agreed to a resurrected version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will sign on to the deal, according to government sources CBC News The deal, renamed the Comprehensive and…

NAFTA: Compromise is Needed on Both Sides

The United States and Canada have to make concessions in order to save NAFTA, whose days are numbered if the parties at the negotiating table persist in wanting to protect…

The Changing Face of Pork Production

When Ron Plain talks hog markets, people who make a living from those markets tend to listen courtesy of Meristem – Banff Pork Seminar The professor emeritus in the Department…

Better Food Through Better Data Communication

Vast amounts of data are being collected on Canada’s farms through the advent of precision agriculture technology and the Internet of Things (IOT) by Lilian Schaer – Ag Innovation Ontario…

Trump Getting Sensible With Talk of Possible NAFTA Deadline Extension

Canada on Friday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that talks to modernize NAFTA could be extended beyond the end-March deadline, a move which might help break a deadlock at…

AgGrowth Coalition Welcomes External Advisory Panel Role

Canada’s AgGrowth Coalition welcomes the announcement of the formation of an External Advisory Panel to advise the ongoing FPT BRM review AP Newswire As part of the Federal, Provincial and…

New Housing Standards Better Protect Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers

When temporary foreign workers in Canada’s agriculture industry have safe and adequate housing, the agriculture industry can thrive AP Newswire The Government of Canada takes seriously its responsibility to ensure…

U.S. Threat to Leave NAFTA Must Be Taken Seriously says Freeland

The Trudeau government appears to have adopted a good-cop, bad-cop strategy for saving NAFTA and coming up with some “creative” new proposals in response to unpalatable U.S. demands while simultaneously…

Exclusive Video: MacAulay First Canadian Agriculture Minister to Speak to U.S. Farm Bureau

Watch the video of Lawrence MacAulay, the first Canadian agriculture minister to speak to Farm Bureau members at an annual convention, emphasizing trade, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and…

Taxing Meat Could Help Offset Environmental, Health Problems?

The steep climb in global meat consumption has environmental interest groups debating a “sin” tax on animal products By Anna Dimoff – CBC News Meat consumption grew by more than…

Our September 2025 Issue

In our September 2025 issue, Beef Advocacy Canada relaunches new platform, U.S. shuts the door on small exporters, The future of meat, John Deere tariff warning, Shrugging off high beef prices, Geopolitics and Bird Flu, The reshaped meat processing industry, Rethinking Ag trade, and much more!