Insights and Stories of Robert Arnason

Canadians agree on internal trade, less consensus on dairy

Mar. 25, 2025 at 5:28 pm CDT

An Angus Reid poll of 4,009 people, published in March, found that 29 per cent of Canadians want to eliminate supply management for dairy, eggs and poultry and 23 per cent want to maintain the system.

Ottawa may deregulate the ag sector

Mar. 24, 2025 at 3:53 pm CDT

By Robert Arnason

Growers show flax interest amid canola turmoil

Mar. 13, 2025 at 2:05 pm CDT

By Robert Arnason

U.S. dairy exports to Canada up 67 per cent

Mar. 12, 2025 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Robert Arnason

Prairie equipment manufacturers adjust to tariffs

Mar. 6, 2025 at 11:51 am CST

By Robert Arnason

The risk of tariffs – some U.S. farmers get it and some don’t

Mar. 4, 2025 at 9:59 am CST

The Trump tariffs and retaliatory tariffs will likely cause financial pain for American farmers. Some farmers get it, but other producers don’t.

By Robert Arnason

Anti-tariff lobbyists struggle in Washington

Mar. 3, 2025 at 3:48 pm CST

A prominent lobbyist in Washington, D.C., who represents manufacturers of machinery and farm equipment in America is having little success with U.S. president Donald Trump's administration on tariffs.

By Robert Arnason

PTx Trimble wins agricultural technology award in Denver

Mar. 3, 2025 at 11:09 am CST

PTx Trimble, an agricultural technology company from the Prairies has won a major award at the Commodity Classic in Denver.

By Robert Arnason

U.S. agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins speaks to the media at the Commodity Classic in Denver.

Ag trade deficit top priority for U.S. agriculture secretary

Mar. 3, 2025 at 10:53 am CST

As U.S. secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins took the stage at the Commodity Classic in Denver about 2,500 farmers inside the Colorado Convention Centre leapt out of their seats and gave her a standing ovation.

By Robert Arnason