Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium is opening its Member Needs Help service to all Canadian manufacturers to help them navigate the U.S./Canada trade crisis.
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EMC unveils Canada/U.S. trade relations service
Non-profit asks manufacturers to pose questions, provide answers
Canada releases list of tariffed items
Federal goverment to impose tariffs on Feb. 4
The federal government has released a list of items imported from the United States to see 25 per cent tariffs starting on Feb. 4, 2025.
Top new technology coming to Manitoba Ag Days 2025
The Innovation Showcase will once again highlight the best in new technology, agricultural advancements and farm solutions at Manitoba Ag Days 2025.
Every child matters
A corn maze commemorating the lost children is a place to reflect and remember
Children run through the pathways of a corn maze designed to honour children who died while attending residential schools.
Reconciling the painful past creates hope for a more promising future
The File Hills Colony near Balcarres, Sask. epitomized everything that was wrong about colonial attitudes towards Indigenous peoples. But new models for Indigenous agriculture are emerging
More than a century after its creation, there is no visible sign remaining of the File Hills Farm Colony in southern Saskatchewan. But the painful memories of an experiment that epitomized the culture of assimilation permeating that era’s attitudes towards Canada’s Indigenous peoples still live in the collective memories of residential school survivors. Likewise for some of the racist attitudes and policies that still exist today.
Sharing the countryside
Finding a new way of living together is key to the future of rural Canada
The launch of the Treaty Land Sharing Network was about people who share the countryside, together setting a different course than the one scripted for them.
Bird flu updates: U.S. detects human bird flu case without known animal transmission
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has rocked the feather sector in North America and the U.S. dairy sector
A person hospitalized with bird flu is the first human case detected in the United States without any known animal exposure, says the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Dutch greenhouse seed production aided by technology
World Seed Congress tours greenhouses responsible for developing new tomato, leafy green varieties
The Netherlands is known for its greenhouses and its seed production. A tour on the third day of the World Seed Congress concentrated on both of those leadership positions for the country.
Gene editing race, illegal seed use in crosshairs at World Seed Congress
European Union pushes for alternative seed coatings in a bid to reduce microplastics
Canada is now green on global maps shown at the World Seed Congress in Rotterdam. There’s regulatory certainty for gene-edited crops after regulations were announced in April. That means Canada can play a part the rapid growth of innovation around the world.
World Seed Congress addresses global supply chain challenges
The World Seed Congress is on in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a discussion of the major issues facing the seed and crops sector. The major issues on the agenda include the challenges that the decline in free trade and globalization brings to major suppliers of seeds, the acceptance of gene editing and the technology involved in that process.
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