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Ramen shop Menya Taisei's owner Taisei Hikage prepares to cook ramen with noodles at his shop in Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Indo-Pacific seen as potential organics market

A trade expert says organic food sales are possible — if Canada’s exporters pay attention to the rules and regional preferences

Organic producers who want to export Canadian agrifoods should look to the Indo-Pacific region, an expert on trade in the area says.

Under the direction of Heather White, Soils at Guelph, far left, Ontario Senator Rob Black, centre, and Yukon Senator Pat Duncan, right, compare the integrity of two soil samples gently laid in mesh baskets to see which will hold its form and which will crumble in long tubes of still water. Photo: Diana Martin

MFGA praises federal government’s national soil strategy promise

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association says Ottawa's pledge to develop a national agricultural soil health strategy validates years of advocacy by farm groups pushing for soil to be treated as a national asset

Ottawa has announced plans to develop a national agricultural soil health strategy, drawing praise from Manitoba farm organizations.



Canola plants in bloom photographed from below against a sunlit blue sky. Canada's canola sector faces uncertainty as the CUSMA review approaches, with the U.S. accounting for 78 per cent of canola oil exports. Photo: file.

High stakes for canola in CUSMA talks

The U.S. buys nearly 80 per cent of Canada's canola oil, making the upcoming trade agreement review a pivotal moment for growers and crushers alike

The CUSMA review could reshape Canada's canola trade with the U.S., its dominant export market for oil and meal.






Two Richardson's ground squirrels peer out from grass near a burrow entrance. Manitoba farmers are seeking the same emergency strychnine access for gopher control that Alberta and Saskatchewan have received. Photo: file

Manitoba farmers want in on strychnine exception

Producer groups and ranchers say gopher damage in western Manitoba mirrors conditions across the border, but the province has yet to file federal request

Western Manitoba ranchers say gopher damage rivals conditions in Saskatchewan but province has yet to request a federal strychnine exemption.