Insights and Stories on General

No timeline yet set for BRM reforms

Jun. 12, 2020 at 8:42 pm CDT

Ottawa — Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has confirmed any reforms to business risk management (BRM) programs are being delayed. That confirmation came during a wide-ranging media availability Bibeau held Tuesday. In March, Tom Rosser, an assistant deputy minister at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), said the government is looking […]

Crowdfunding the farm

Jun. 12, 2020 at 10:07 am CDT

By Jodi Helmer

U.S. is ‘trouble maker’ in China-Canada relationship, envoy says

Jun. 11, 2020 at 7:35 pm CDT

By Steve Scherer

U.N. expert says ‘some are starving’ in North Korea

Jun. 10, 2020 at 12:38 pm CDT

By stephanie-nebehay

COVID-19 cases, deaths lead Ontario to test migrant farm workers

Jun. 9, 2020 at 8:32 pm CDT

By Allison Martell Kelsey Johnson

Tam concerned over alcohol, junk food use during pandemic

Jun. 8, 2020 at 12:23 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s top health officer on Sunday expressed concern over higher consumption of alcohol and junk food during the coronavirus epidemic, suggesting this could be a sign of worsening mental health. The total number of Canadians killed by the coronavirus edged up by 0.9 per cent to […]

By David Ljunggren

Pandemic may strain rural community resources, panel warns

Jun. 8, 2020 at 12:01 am CDT

The COVID-19 pandemic, and Canada’s response to it, have highlighted how rural communities need different strategies than their urban counterparts to provide social services on which the public relies. The Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph hosted a virtual panel in May to discuss COVID-19’s social impacts, in […]

By D.C. Fraser

Cargill halts public reporting of quarterly results

Jun. 3, 2020 at 4:44 pm CDT

Reuters — Privately held U.S. agribusiness Cargill said on Wednesday it will no longer issue public releases on quarterly earnings, halting the disclosures that the company has provided since 1996. Cargill, the largest privately held company in the United States, said it will continue to publicly disclose annual revenue and […]

By Reuters

India to let farmers sell produce directly to traders, retailers

Jun. 3, 2020 at 4:30 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — India is to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers such as trading companies, food processors and large retailers, the farm minister said on Wednesday. This would obviate the need for farmers to bring their produce to India’s more than 7,000 regulated wholesale […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj

China buys U.S. soybeans after halt to U.S. purchases reportedly ordered

Jun. 1, 2020 at 3:40 pm CDT

Updated, June 1 — Chicago/Beijing/Singapore | Reuters — State-owned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday, even as sources in China said the government had told them to halt purchases after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing. The […]

By Hallie Gu Karl Plume Keith Zhai