Insights and Stories on General

Apr. 8, 2011 at 5:00 am CDT

The farming planks in the federal Liberals’ election platform include plans to review all federal ag programming and to reboot AgriFlexibility, but drew fire from an opponent for two absent words. The Liberals’ platform on rural issues, launched this week, makes no mention of the party’s previous commitment to protect […]

Apr. 1, 2011 at 5:00 am CDT

Canada’s restrictions on imports of food from Japan have been widened to include all food and feed products from more areas of the country. Effective Friday (April 1), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will block entry of any food or animal feed without acceptable documentation or test results verifying […]

Apr. 1, 2011 at 4:00 am CDT

AGCanada.com here delivers a quick wrapup of 15 federal and federal/provincial ag-related funding announcements across Canada during the second half of March, up until the federal election call on Saturday. March 25 Pumped-up packer, Manitoba: The federal Slaughter Improvement Program has pledged a repayable contribution of up to $2.8 million […]

By Dave Bedard

Mar. 30, 2011 at 2:14 am CDT

The final few in a series of public meetings to help develop the sequel to the Growing Forward ag policy funding framework have been cancelled. On the “industry and public engagement” page at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s website for Growing Forward 2 — a page last updated Tuesday — the […]

Mar. 29, 2011 at 10:30 pm CDT

Tuesday’s Ontario budget commits the province’s ag ministry to extend its risk management program (RMP) past its pilot stage, and to broaden its coverage beyond grains and oilseeds to include cattle, hogs, sheep and veal. Lobbying efforts to make the RMP permanent, with or without federal co-funding, have been a […]