Summing up the 2024 agricultural year in rhyme as we look to 2025.
Op/Ed
Looking back on 2024, in verse
Summing up the agricultural year, as we look into 2025
Ecological corridor project not about limiting agriculture
The project in the Little Saskatchewan River valley continues the type of work the watershed district has done for years
Little Saskatchewan River valley ecological corridor project is not about limiting agriculture, it just continues the kind of work the watershed district has done for years.
GST tax holiday is tone deaf
Items eligible for the Liberal government's tax holiday don't address real affordability needs
Items eligible for the Liberal government’s GST tax holiday don’t address Canada’s real affordability needs.
A realistic road for regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is getting more popular on farms, but consumer acceptance still has hurdles to clear
Regenerative agriculture is getting more popular on farms, but consumer acceptance still has hurdles to clear.
Canada needs to be ready for loose cannon trade politics
Canada’s trade plans for the second Trump era needs to stand strong and hold ground against chaos
Canada’s trade strategy for the second Trump era needs to be ready to stand strong and hold ground against chaos.
Is Canada playing the right game on trade?
The rules-based international trade system only works if everyone's willing to play by the rules: That's feeling less and less true
Canada is clinging to a rules-based international trade system: The problem is, that system doesn’t seem to be carrying as much weight.
Public trust in food is harder to find
Views on the food system have become more cynical since the pandemic, and since inflation shot food prices into the stratosphere
Views on the food system have become more cynical since the pandemic, and since inflation shot food prices into the stratosphere. Farmers should be concerned.
Outstanding Young Farmers invest in adaptation
This year’s Outstanding Young Farmer nominees have had to get creative in face of agriculture industry headwinds
Young farmers can’t afford to be complacent given the expense of farming. The seven 2024 Outstanding Young Farmer nominees show how the next generation is creative in adapting their farms.
The inquisition on foreign labour is coming; is agriculture ready for it?
Agriculture will have to have a rock solid case to justify its reliance on foreign labour as the Canadian mood on immigration sours
Agriculture will have to have a rock solid case to justify itself and its reliance on foreign labour as the Canadian mood on immigration sours.
Canada needs a strategic plan for agriculture and food trade, and it needs it now
U.S. election results hammer home the need for a unified road map as we prepare to review our free trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico.
Canada needs to bolster against rising protectionism with a strategic plan for agriculture and food trade, especially with the Canada, U.S. Mexico (CUSMA) agreement coming up for review under Donald Trump.
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