Trade uncertainty is freezing billions in agriculture investment across Canada, which may threaten export-oriented Manitoba farms more than the tariffs spurring the uncertainty in the first place, experts tell Fields on Wheels conference.
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Shaky trade ground threatens efforts to build Canadian agriculture
Trade uncertainty is freezing billions in agriculture investment across Canada and may pose more threat than tariffs themselves
OPINION: Relationships between Canada and the U.S. matter
Tariffs and trade tensions aside, Canadian agriculture needs the U.S. market and U.S. partners
Tariffs and trade tensions aside, Canadian agriculture needs the U.S. market and U.S. partners, the author writes.
Manitoba Pork unveils new sustainability framework
Pork group says new sustainability document will increase transparency around its goals and environmental progress
Pork group says new sustainability document will increase transparency around its goals and environmental progress
Manitoba pork exports gain new market ground
Manitoba pork exports pivoted from China over the last five years, provincial report notes
Manitoba’s pork trade pivoted from China over the last five years, while Japan is remains the largest customer and South Korea and Mexico market footholds have grown
North American swine industry facing social acceptance challenges
The public is making demands and creating expectations upon an industry it doesn’t understand, U.S. expert says
Despite making significant strides in environmental sustainability in recent decades, the pork industry is still under pressure from the public.
Manitoba Pork to eye jump in producer levies
Pork group says levy hasn’t increased in almost 20 years
The Manitoba Pork Council says they’re projecting a deficit in their 2025 budget.
VIDEO: All quiet on the PEDv front for Manitoba’s hog producers
Biosecurity playing a key role in helping keep deadly diseases at bay
VIDEO (above): On-farm biosecurity with Manitoba Pork Pt. 1: Jenelle Hamblin with Manitoba Pork talks about biosecurity on hog farms and some of the best-practices pork producers should use to maintain a healthy herd. Manitoba’s pork industry has been enjoying a relative calm on the disease front in when it comes to viruses such as
Manitoba pork applauds TFW extension
Extended permits give workers two more years
Manitoba’s pork producer group is applauding a federal decision that will see a two-year permit extension for some 6,700 temporary foreign workers. “It was a good move,” said Cam Dahl, general manager for the Manitoba Pork Council. The decision, announced May 8, affects mainly post-graduation work permit holders who are working in the Manitoba Skilled
Comment: Government in an uncertain world
There are a couple of asks agriculture needs to make of government
What should farmers be asking of governments? This is an especially relevant question for producers in Manitoba who are getting to know the new government led by Premier Wab Kinew. Farmers and their representatives need to get this question right. Sometimes, agriculture’s asks can be counterproductive both for the development of a positive relationship with
Manitoba Pork pushes for VCOOL prep
Manitoba Pork wants retaliatory tariffs locked and loaded if VCOOL goes ahead
Manitoba Pork will support retaliatory tariffs if the U.S. goes ahead with its voluntary country of origin labeling scheme, producers heard at a recent meeting. “It’s my view that if the U.S. moves ahead with these changes, Canada will have the right to impose those retaliatory tariffs … We are again requesting the government of Canada to fight back,” said Cam Dahl, general manager
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