Manitoba potato growers are seeing companies cut their contracts with trade uncertainties and low demand hurting the once-profitable crop.
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Cut contracts alarm Manitoba potato sector
Manitoba potato growers have been dealt a blow by companies who have cut producer contracts, citing trade strife and lower consumer demand
India offers US tariff cuts on farm imports, eyes trade success, government sources say
India has offered tariff cuts on imports of U.S. farm products like almonds and cranberries as a further concession to the United States, two government sources said, hoping to avert President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs set for next week.
Canada will respond to Trump auto tariffs with its own trade actions, Carney says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday that he would respond with unspecified trade actions if U.S. President Donald Trump imposes new auto tariffs.
Manitoba invests up to $1.5 million to create tariff response program
Province funding Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters to create a Manitoba tariff response program
The province of Manitoba is partnering with the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters to forumulate a provincial tariff response program.
U.S. pork begs for tariff exemption from Canada
The Canadian pork sector, meanwhile, says U.S. tariffs against Canadian pork creates similar damage to the highly integrated North American pork market
Canada's retaliatory tariffs threaten to hurt North American pork and hog supply chain, U.S. farm group argues.
Carney says China does not share Canada’s values on trade
Amidst trade tensions, tariffs, China’s ambassador to Ottawa has discussed boosting ties
China does not share Canadian values when it comes to trade and Canada needs to be very careful about boosting bilateral commercial ties, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday.
Pulse Weekly: Lentils looking for a good crop despite slow market
Prices down amidst tariff troubles, lower demand
A healthy snowpack in Saskatchewan will provide good subsoil moisture before lentil seeding this spring, but other factors are dragging down prices.
Unfair trade war burden must be shared equally
Canadian agriculture is struggling to navigate a trade war on two fronts from two of its major trading partners
We need to stick together to prevent the annexation of Canada by the U.S. That means sharing the burden of the trade war equally across all sectors and provinces.
Trump auto tariffs are coming, but not all levies will be imposed April 2
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday automobile tariffs are coming soon even as he indicated that not all of his threatened levies would be imposed on April 2 and some countries may get breaks, a move Wall Street took as a sign of flexibility on a matter that has roiled markets for weeks.
Grain Growers of Canada urges farmers to ‘Vote for Grain’
Initiative encourages farmers to make concerns heard, see where candidates stand on key issues
Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) is launching a campaign to engage grain farmers in the upcoming federal election.
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