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Throne speech commits to rural broadband improvement

Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:29 pm CDT

The federal minority Liberal government is promising job creation, better rural internet access and a commitment to combating climate change in its newly revealed legislative plans. In an ambitious throne speech delivered Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party committed itself to implementing universal child care and extending or enhancing many […]

AgDealer plugs into forex service provider

Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:06 am CDT

By GFM Staff

Consumers look to healthy food post-COVID lockdown

Sep. 18, 2020 at 9:56 am CDT

By Jennifer Glenney

Canada may unveil retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods Tuesday

Sep. 14, 2020 at 8:06 pm CDT

By Reuters

Much to consider after seed growers’ merger rejection

Sep. 11, 2020 at 9:48 am CDT

By Allan Dawson

Ag journal Small Farm Canada under new ownership

Sep. 10, 2020 at 4:12 pm CDT

Online ag information company Farms.com has picked up farm journal Small Farm Canada and its sister publication for the mobile heavy-duty repair sector, Service Truck. Farms.com, which operates out of offices at Guelph, Ont. and Ames, Iowa, announced Thursday it has bought the two titles from Victoria-based Southern Tip Publishing, […]

By Dave Bedard

La Nina present, 75 per cent chance seen through 2020 winter

Sep. 10, 2020 at 1:58 pm CDT

Reuters — La Nina conditions were present in August, and have a 75 per cent chance of continuing through the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2020-21, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Nina pattern is characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. A borderline […]

By Reuters

Bibeau not considering closing AgriInvest accounts

Sep. 9, 2020 at 2:30 am CDT

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is not considering ordering producers to withdraw from their AgriInvest accounts. “Not in this way. All the options are on the table for the future, but I’ve never considered asking them to withdraw, to empty their accounts, to face COVID-19,” she said in an interview […]

By D.C. Fraser

Conservatives look to southern Ontario for new ag critic

Sep. 8, 2020 at 7:26 pm CDT

The federal Conservatives’ new leader has gone to the other side of Toronto to find his new critic for agriculture and agri-food. Lianne Rood, the rookie MP for the riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, was named Tuesday by fellow southern Ontario MP Erin O’Toole to replace southwestern Alberta MP John Barlow as […]

By Dave Bedard

Write it down, add it up

Sep. 4, 2020 at 2:49 pm CDT

The number gap is stark. In fact, it’s hard to think where you’d find one that’s wider: 88 per cent of farmers who have a written business plan say their plan has so many benefits (both to the farm and to themselves as farmers) that it more than pays for […]

By Tom Button