FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks at U.S. President Donald Trump holding a document during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Farm trade policy pundits lay CUSMA odds

What’s the future of Canada’s free trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico? Policy experts try to read the stars on the issue

What’s the future of Canada’s free trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico? Policy experts try to read the stars on the issue









U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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

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.


Antique photograph of a Metis traders' camp in 1879 with Red River carts in background. Dr. Robert Bell/Library and Archives Canada/PA-039926

Diversifying Canada’s economy means bucking north-south trade patterns

U.S. President Donald Trump has been a cold wake up call for Canadians, and we may have to choose between maintaining our cultural values and the allure of economic integration

U.S. President Donald Trump has been a cold wake-up call for Canadians, and we may have to choose between maintaining our cultural values and the allure of economic integration, Laura Rance writes.

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Livestock leads Canada’s farm economic outlook

Canada’s general economic growth is in decline, but pockets of good news exist in the agricultural world, largely for cattle and hogs

Canada’s general economic growth is in decline, but pockets of good news exist in the agricultural world, largely for cattle and hogs, according to Farm Credit Canada’s September 2025 economic update.