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Opinion: The cannabis connection

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With the legalization of recreational marijuana upon us, have we fully considered the influence this new commodity will have on agriculture? For instance, food production may be affected through competition for farmland and farming expertise. Also, international trade partners may take greater caution when importing Canadian food products. Under the federal legislation to legalize the
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Editorial: Leadership needed

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One of the most important roles of our political leadership is right there in the job title. We hire these folks to lead. Often that means making the hard decisions and telling people what they won’t want to hear. Naturally some are better at it than others. The late U.S. president Harry Truman popularized the
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Comment, Opinion

Comment: Winning the trade war?

Will the U.S.-China trade war end up worthwhile for U.S. soybeans?

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China’s absence from the U.S. soybean market has put tremendous pressure on both soybean growers and Chicago-traded soybean futures over the last several months. But the United States’ new trade pact with Mexico and Canada may offer some hope for a similar outcome with major U.S. trade partner China. The United States and Canada reached
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Comment, Opinion

Opinion: How the USMCA democratized supply management

We’re 20 years behind the rest of the world’s industrialized countries and need to have a national conversation

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Nobody should be surprised. Concessions on dairy access during the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiations were foreseeable. Americans went from wanting to “tweak” the deal last year to getting significant concessions from Canada. It is a deal we needed of course, but one must wonder how our supply management system will fare moving forward. And specifically, how our
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Opinion: Farmers should use election to talk about municipal taxes

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Local politics, many say, don’t generate the same level of interest as federal or provincial politics. Municipal governments don’t negotiate massive trade deals, they don’t hold the purse strings for budgets of billions, and they don’t dictate which direction the health systems will go. However, municipalities are the level of government that is closest to
Opinion: Not all interest rate increases are equal
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Opinion: Not all interest rate increases are equal

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Rising interest rates are disruptive. They can hit cash flow budgets and create the need to adjust the level and mix of short- and long-term liabilities. Or they can shift the demand for farmland, which can impact farm asset values. The bottom line is that interest rates – and changes to those interest rates –
It remains unclear if consumers will pay more for food authenticity.
Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: The blockchain party

Grocers are finally climbing aboard the blockchain initiative and consumers should rejoice

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Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, recently notified its leafy green suppliers that they will need to use blockchain by the end of next year. Walmart is banking on its relationship with IBM to put pressure on the entire sector to comply with what consumers want from the food industry: more transparency. But others
The challenge ahead for Canada's dairy sector is to make the case for their worth to the voting public.
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Seeking allies

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The rubber has hit the road in U.S.-Canada trade negotiations and the news isn’t good for Canadian dairy producers. It appears they’re set to lose as much as 3.5 per cent of their market to tariff-free U.S. dairy imports. That’s on top of similar concessions made during negotiations for the Canada-European trade deal that saw
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Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Tell me if you’ve heard this before

Because agriculture policy-makers can’t remember history, farmers may be doomed to repeat it

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Truisms don’t need to be completely true to be a truism. For example, “If you live long enough, you’ll see everything” doesn’t mean you will see everything if you live a long life. You may see a great deal, but it’s highly unlikely you’ll see “everything.” Simone de Beauvoir, a French novelist and existentialist, turned

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