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A new agreement between national food safety agencies would allow Canada to export fresh potatoes to Mexico, whose imports of fresh potatoes for years have been solely from the U.S.
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Path cleared to Mexico for fresh Canadian potatoes, supplanting U.S. spuds
Making way for Port of Churchill expansion
Hudson Bay sea lanes could stay open longer, opening the Port of Churchill for more consistent trade, but rail capacity and vessel costs still shape the port’s future plans for expansion
Rail car limits, climate research and marine planning will determine if the Port of Churchill actually can grow beyond its four-month shipping season into year-round trade.
Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools
The Canadian Agricultural HR Council (CAHRC) is one of 14 groups set to receive federal funding to develop sector-specific information and HR tools to support workforce development, the federal government announced on March 9.
Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts
Twenty farm and commodity groups are calling on the government to pause cuts to Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) research for two years.
Feed grains weekly: Prices bump up
To Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge, there are two main reasons for recent increases for feed barley and wheat. Haley said on March 12 that there’s an ongoing lack of farmer selling, plus stiff competition from the grain companies looking to export barley.
U.S. facing headwinds in trade negotiations with Canada, U.S. ambassador says
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Washington wants to renew the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade pact but faces resistance from Canada, underscoring uncertainty as a mandatory July 1 review approaches.
Manitoba farmers not too likely to change planting plans
Manitoba farmers won’t be too inclined this spring to switch from planting cereals and oilseeds to soybeans or pulses, despite recent hikes in fertilizer prices said an official with Manitoba Agriculture.
Canada’s farm safety net wasn’t built for this kind of drought
Experts say current business risk management (BRM) programs were not designed to help farmers through droughts that last multiple years
Canada’s business risk management programs were designed as a safety net for one-time shocks. Experts say multi-year droughts are exposing a structural gap — and the fix requires a fundamental shift from paying for losses to preventing them.
New phosphate fertilizer trade corridor planned
V6 Agronomy is building Odyssey Terminal, a new marine fertilizer terminal in Ontario on the St. Lawrence Seaway
V6 Agronomy is building a fertilizer terminal at the Port of Johnstown it hopes will be moving 480,000 tonnes of phosphate a year by the end of this decade.
Food packaging pressed after court backs plastics regulation
Federal appeals court ruling confirms Ottawa’s authority to regulate plastic packaging as Canadian food companies weigh alternatives
Pressure on Canada’s agri-food sector to change packaging methods is increasing, following a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that upheld the federal government’s power to regulate plastics.
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