Former Federal Conservative Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says the current Liberal government should be doing more when it comes to clearing up the canola situation with China. Earlier this month…
It's appears seeding south of the border will be delayed by a couple of weeks. North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says in a normal year, farmers in the southern part of the state…
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) has provided an update on market access challenges affecting all canola seed exports to China. The organization says while there was some initial optimism that…
There has been some movement this week from China in regards to the stopping of canola seed shipments from Winnipeg-based Richardson International. Canada's Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau…
KAP has long called for highspeed internet access in rural, remote and northern communities – and Tuesday's budget promised to add new money to existing investments to make this happen, says Bill…
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is pleased with several key announcements in the Federal Budget that recognized many of the group's pre-budget submission recommendations. "We will also…
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) is welcoming Tuesday’s federal budget announcement, which contains a funding envelope of $3.9 billion to compensate Canada’s dairy, poultry, and egg sectors for the…
Prices seem to be turning around on the cattle markets. Brian Perillat is the Manager and Senior Analyst at Canfax. "On the feeder cattle side we've seen a bit of spring pressure over the last couple…
Last week the federal government announced new funding of up to $31 million to increase the number of detector dogs at Canadian airports to help prevent illegally imported meat products from entering…
Following the recent ratifications of CETA and CPTPP, the federal government's 2019 Budget is proposing up to $3.9 billion in support for supply-managed farmers. Support will be offered to sustain…
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