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Heath MacDonald, left, is sworn in as federal agriculture minister at Rideau Hall in Ottawa May

Carney’s mandate letter makes no mention of agriculture or food

May. 22, 2025 at 3:26 pm CDT

Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent mandate letter made no mention of agriculture or food, instead focusing on economic issues and Canadian sovereignty. Some in the Canadian agriculture industry see potential for action while others wish for explicit commitments.

Feed grains: Barley steady heading into growing season

May. 22, 2025 at 2:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Barlow to return as shadow agriculture minister

May. 22, 2025 at 2:05 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Spring seeding entering final stretch in Saskatchewan

May. 22, 2025 at 1:56 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

A close-up of someone vaccinating a cow.

Kiwi startup promises methane vaccine for cattle

May. 22, 2025 at 11:59 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

EU lawmakers back huge tariffs for Russia, Belarus fertilizer

May. 22, 2025 at 10:32 am CDT

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to impose prohibitive tariffs on fertilizers and certain farm produce from Russia and its ally Belarus to prevent a potential threat to EU food security and limit Russian funds for its war against Ukraine.

By philip-blenkinsop Reuters

Pigs can’t fly: U.S. high-end livestock breeders lose millions in China tariff fallout

May. 22, 2025 at 10:28 am CDT

China is one of the biggest importers of American breeding pigs and other livestock genetic material such as cattle semen. These lucrative niche export markets had been growing, but dried up since U.S. President Donald Trump started a trade war with Beijing.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

IGC raises 2025/26 world corn crop forecast

May. 22, 2025 at 9:45 am CDT

The International Grains Council (IGC) on Thursday raised its forecast for 2025/26 global corn production, driven partly by a slight upward revision in the outlook for Brazil's crop.

By Reuters

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil

Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

May. 22, 2025 at 9:42 am CDT

Brazil began a 28-day bird flu observation period on Thursday which it hopes will show the country's chicken farms are free of the disease after local authorities said a farm where its first outbreak was detected had been fully disinfected.

By Ana Mano Reuters roberto-samora

seeding near Selkirk, Man. on May 8, 2025-gberg

Manitoba seeding 12 points ahead of pace

May. 21, 2025 at 4:15 pm CDT

Manitoba farmers pushed their spring planting to 57 per cent complete as of May 21, up 24 points from a week ago, the province's agriculture department reported.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm