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Saskatchewan farm truckers exempt on new training rule

Dec. 6, 2018 at 6:10 am CST

Saskatchewan semi truck drivers driving only for farming operations will get a pass on the province’s planned new mandatory minimum trucker training requirements. The province announced Monday it will require a minimum of 121.5 hours of training before a driver can obtain a Class 1 commercial driver’s licence, starting March […]

France delays food price rise for farmers after protests

Dec. 5, 2018 at 8:15 pm CST

By Jean-Baptiste Vey Sybille De La Hamaide

USMCA costs Canada sovereignty in ag policy, critics warn

Nov. 30, 2018 at 2:55 pm CST

By GFM Staff

U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy

Nov. 23, 2018 at 7:16 pm CST

By Reuters

Seeking out the services you need

Nov. 23, 2018 at 1:45 pm CST

By Lisa Guenther

Canada to work with China on trade deal despite USMCA clause, Trudeau says

Nov. 15, 2018 at 3:01 pm CST

Singapore | Reuters — Canada and China will continue to work together toward an “eventual” free trade deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. This is despite the country being a signatory to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which specifies that if one of its partners […]

By Fathin Ungku

Walmart’s LatAm delivery app Cornershop eyes Canada

Nov. 15, 2018 at 2:55 am CST

Mexico City | Reuters — Cornershop, a Latin American grocery delivery app being acquired by Walmart, plans to expand into Canada early next year as a test market for the U.S., an executive for the three-year-old mobile app said. Walmart is buying Cornershop, which offers deliveries in Mexico and Chile, […]

By Daina Beth Solomon

New Brunswick ag, fisheries files remarried

Nov. 12, 2018 at 8:29 pm CST

New Brunswick’s incoming minority Progressive Conservative government will again have one minister handling the province’s agriculture and aquaculture files. Premier Blaine Higgs on Friday announced Gagetown-Petitcodiac MLA Ross Wetmore as his minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Wetmore, 65, replaces Andrew Harvey and Benoit Bourque, who had handled the agriculture […]

By GFM Staff

4R comes to Ontario agri-retail

Nov. 9, 2018 at 2:56 pm CST

If the agri-food industry wasn’t already keenly aware of a change in attitudes, the past three years have dramatically shown that the eyes of the world are upon us, particularly when it comes to environmental stewardship. A recent court ruling against Monsanto has only served to add fuel to a […]

By Ralph Pearce

Tight supplies could see diesel prices rise

Nov. 6, 2018 at 4:32 pm CST

CNS Canada – As supply tightens, farmers should consider stocking up on diesel before it’s too late, according to an analyst. “We think the market’s getting kind of overdone down here and this might be your best chance…if we do get a cold winter I think we’ll see these prices […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm