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Feds launch consultations on next ag policy framework

Jun. 7, 2021 at 2:40 am CDT

Consultations for Canada’s next agricultural policy framework are officially underway. The five-year framework agreement currently in place, known as the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), is a $3 billion funding deal between federal, provincial and territorial governments that funds a wide range of programming within the sector. That deal, agreed upon […]

Trans-Pacific trade partners agree for U.K. to start joining process

Jun. 2, 2021 at 3:28 am CDT

By Reuters

StatsCan shows 2020 farm income up significantly

May. 27, 2021 at 10:22 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Ford wires its electric trucks for business customers

May. 20, 2021 at 12:44 pm CDT

By Joseph White

Manitoba cautions on manganese in well water

May. 19, 2021 at 4:14 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Tory MP’s bill on farm transfer tax treatment moves ahead

May. 15, 2021 at 3:03 am CDT

A Manitoba Conservative MP’s bill to standardize the tax treatment for sales of farms and other small businesses has cleared the House of Commons and is en route to the Senate. Brandon-Souris MP Larry Maguire’s Bill C-208, which was introduced for first reading in February last year, passed third reading […]

By Dave Bedard

La Nina done, U.S. CPC says

May. 13, 2021 at 3:32 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday La Nina has ended and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer. “ENSO neutral” refers to periods in which neither El Nino nor La Nina is present, often coinciding with the transition […]

By Reuters

Ontario’s RMP rolling out ‘later than usual’

Apr. 29, 2021 at 2:37 pm CDT

Ontario farmers’ coverage under the provincial Risk Management Program (RMP) won’t be affected by ‘a bit later’ rollout this spring, the program’s handlers say. Agricorp, the province’s farm program delivery agency, reiterated in a statement Tuesday that the RMP “will be available in 2021 (and) program details will be shared […]

By Dave Bedard

Rural, remote crime targeted in Tory MP’s bill

Apr. 24, 2021 at 6:06 am CDT

An Alberta Conservative MP is trying to tackle rural crime by introducing a law that would punish more severely those accused of targeting remote, and vulnerable, people or property. Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins introduced his private member’s bill for first reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday. “Rural […]

By D.C. Fraser

Federal budget plays to mixed reviews from ag groups

Apr. 24, 2021 at 4:35 am CDT

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) says it is “pleased” the 2021 federal budget included some of the recommendations it had made. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first budget, released April 19, included significant spending to help producers transition to a greener economy and cited agriculture as a foundational pillar of […]

By D.C. Fraser