Trevor Thiessen of Redekop Manufacturing explains the company’s straw chopper to a farmer from Oregon at the Commodity Classic in Denver, Colorado, March 4. Redekop and other Canadian manufacturers are adjusting to 25 per cent tariffs on goods exported to the United States. | Robert Arnason photo

Prairie equipment manufacturers adjust to tariffs

Some ag equipment makers moved U.S.-bound machines south before tariffs were imposed

In 2023, Saskatchewan exported about $834 million worth of agricultural equipment to the United States. A portion of those exports were straw choppers and weed seed control units, manufactured by Redekop at its plant near Saskatoon.

Mexico dodges U.S. tariffs temporarily

Mexico dodges U.S. tariffs temporarily

In Truth Social post, Trump said tariffs now delayed until April 2

A Donald Trump social media post has postponed U.S. tariffs on Mexico until April 2, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau predicts a drawn out trade war for Canada.





U.S. President Donald Trump’s follow through on weeks of tariff threats has sent Canadian agriculture scrambling.

The tariffs are here: Now what?

Tariff’s are going to hurt, but there are real action items we can pursue to minimize the pain: Here are a few

The U.S.’s tariff’s are going to hurt Canadian farmers, but there are things we can, and should be doing to minimize the pain.




Pork sector worries tariffs will worsen labour shortage

Pork sector worries tariffs will worsen labour shortage

If tariffs cost Canadian pork workers their jobs, industry is worried that they won’t get those skilled workers back once those trade barriers are gone

If tariffs cost Canadian pork workers their jobs, Manitoba Pork and the Canadian Pork Council are worried those skilled workers won’t come back once trade barriers are gone.