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Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture minister, recently spoke to U.S. farm groups in support of NAFTA.

MacAulay takes case for NAFTA to U.S. farmers

He’s the first Canadian minister to speak to the nearly  100-year-old organization

By Allan Dawson January 11, 2018

Lawrence MacAulay’s speech in support of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was well received by an estimated 5,000 people attending the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee Jan. 7. The bureau, the United States’ largest farm organization, also supports NAFTA. “My message to you this morning is the Government of

Mike Gifford, Canada’s former chief agricultural trade negotiator, says the elements for a deal on agriculture through NAFTA are there without scrapping supply management.

News

NAFTA ag deal while keeping supply management possible

Mike Gifford says the negotiations are unique because agriculture doesn’t top the agenda

By Allan Dawson December 22, 2017

An agreement on agricultural trade under a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is possible without gutting dairy supply management, says Mike Gifford, Canada’s former chief agricultural trade negotiator. The United States is Canadian agriculture’s biggest customer generating more than $50 billion in annual revenues. Terminating NAFTA, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to

Comment, Comment/Feedback, Other

Amazon and the slow death of the traditional grocery store

The Amazon effect means consumers will have greater choice and convenience – from their homes

By Sylvain Charlebois December 5, 2017

The bricks-and-mortar food retailing model is losing its lustre in Canada. The signs are everywhere. Loblaws is the latest grocer to commit to home delivery. Starting in December, Canada’s leading food retailer has an ambitious plan to deliver food for a fee from coast to coast. The company has spent millions to make many of

Opinion

Opinion: Death of NAFTA will cost U.S. agriculture

An open letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross from farm associations and agriculture businesses

By Other November 27, 2017

Dear Secretary Ross: We are writing to respectfully share information relevant to your recent observation that there is “not a world oversupply of agricultural products” and that harm to American food and agriculture interests from a potential NAFTA withdrawal is an “empty threat.” We recognize that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has not

Comment/Feedback, Other

We haven’t seen anything like this in a generation

The rise of the ‘grocerant’ appears poised to revolutionize both grocery chains and the restaurant business

By Sylvain Charlebois November 20, 2017

Food trends are difficult to follow these days. As with hip sectors such as the high-tech industry, the food industry is coming up with its own peculiar lingo when describing market shifts. One of the latest examples is ‘grocerant,’ a word combining ‘grocer’ and ‘restaurant.’ The term has been around for a few years, but it

Amanda Reimer is the founder of Etsy Sellers Manitoba. She is also the owner of Silver Moose Arts a home-based business in Landmark making vintage and silver jewelry.

Country Crossroads, Other

Online community supports Manitoba’s burgeoning maker movement

Etsy Sellers of Manitoba is an Etsy team created to support and grow the burgeoning crafter movement in the province

By Lorraine Stevenson November 17, 2017

Pre-Christmas sales are popping up all across rural Manitoba as hundreds of creative Manitobans emerge from their kitchens and studios and basement sewing rooms with armloads of homemade art and craft. Handcrafters, artists and designers of all types of artisanal goods depend on these events for the exposure it provides and the revenues it can

Crops, Livestock

Agriculture contributed C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team November 10, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS – A new report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Friday has pegged agriculture as contributing C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016, which accounted 6.7 per cent of the country’s total GDP. The annual report entitled An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and AgriFood System, provides a summary of the economic

Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Put profitability first, conference speaker says

By Lorraine Stevenson November 8, 2017

Know your numbers. It’s key to survival. That was a repeated message among speakers at last week’s Dauphin conference, from small farm owners to artisanal syrup makers to those operating long-standing car dealerships. All stressed the importance of knowing costs of production and staying on top of financials to stay in the game. Yet, business

Preparing the bill at a restaurant to be taken to a table

Comment, Opinion, Other

The pursuit of convenience

Food costs are falling but many Canadians are paying as much or more than ever

By Sylvain Charlebois November 7, 2017

Food inflation continues to be an illusion in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, food prices have dropped once again over the last month, by almost one per cent. Food prices are below the general inflation rate, just as they have been for most of the year to date. The food distribution landscape is much more

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: The loudest voices against tax reform are not neutral

Almost absent in the debate about proposed Canadian changes are any voices defending  the idea of tax fairness

By Michael Wolfson October 16, 2017

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s proposals for tightening tax breaks associated with private companies is generating several kinds of response on social media and in mainstream media. The most evident is an impressive deluge of evidence-free rhetoric claiming that the proposals are an attack on everything from the middle class to maternity leave for female

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain, hogs fall back

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism

Western Canadian resentment not exceptional — or highest in country — pollster says

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MacAulay takes case for NAFTA to U.S. farmers

NAFTA ag deal while keeping supply management possible

Amazon and the slow death of the traditional grocery store

Opinion: Death of NAFTA will cost U.S. agriculture

We haven’t seen anything like this in a generation

Agriculture contributed C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016

Put profitability first, conference speaker says

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