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.







The Canadian beef industry hopes appealing to U.S. beef sector allies will help make Canada’s pro-trade case against tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Canadian beef pitches case against tariffs to U.S. counterparts: FEATURE STORY

Canadian beef may be finding a sympathetic ear with U.S. trading partners, who also have no interest in a trade war, but will that be enough to sway the Trump administration away from their threatened tariffs?

Canada’s beef sector is trying to draft U.S. industry to make the pro-trade case with the Trump administration. Will that be enough to fend off threatened tariffs?


Trade war worries bring back pandemic ills

Trade war worries bring back pandemic ills

Tariffs threats out of the U.S. are reviving some livestock market concerns and consumer conversations that last hit a fever pitch during COVID-19

Tariffs threats out of the U.S. are reviving some livestock market concerns and consumer conversations that last hit a fever pitch early in the COVID-19 pandemic.