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Federal COVID-19 response for ag sector remains unclear

Mar. 18, 2020 at 11:34 am CDT

Canada’s agriculture sector is waiting on details of a federal response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic as its concerns pile up. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has stated it understands “the importance of a stable labour force enabling Canadian food supply, and (is) committed to giving Canadians and businesses the support […]

U.S.-Canada border to temporarily close to nonessential travel

Mar. 18, 2020 at 10:42 am CDT

By Reuters

COVID-19 and farm workers: How do we manage on the farm?

Mar. 16, 2020 at 1:52 pm CDT

By Jennifer Wright

Impacts on ag expected as COVID-19 rocks markets

Mar. 14, 2020 at 11:57 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Parliament hustles through CUSMA ratification

Mar. 13, 2020 at 8:12 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Tighter regulations take effect for B.C. farmland reserve

Mar. 13, 2020 at 2:35 am CDT

New regulations governing how — or if — changes can be made to land’s status within British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) are now in force, but local governments get more prep time for their expanded role. The province on Thursday announced amendments to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Act […]

By GFM Staff

Fraser: What will be the long-term impact of COVID-19?

Mar. 12, 2020 at 3:05 pm CDT

As developments around the COVID-19 coronavirus change rapidly, I can’t help but speculate on the longer-term effects of it. By now, much has been made of the economic impact it — alongside the Saudi Arabia-Russia oil trade war — will have on global economies. While it’s guesswork to estimate the […]

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. forecaster sees 65 per cent chance of no spring El Nino, La Nina

Mar. 12, 2020 at 1:44 pm CDT

Reuters — There is about a 65 per cent chance that neutral weather conditions will prevail in the Northern Hemisphere this spring with no El Niño or La Niña, up from 60 per cent last month, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral (ENSO) weather […]

By Reuters

Business risk management program reforms in development

Mar. 11, 2020 at 5:56 pm CDT

Recommendations are now being crafted for Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on how to improve business risk management (BRM) programs for farmers in Canada. It’s expected changes to BRM programs will be announced in July when Bibeau and her provincial counterparts meet in Guelph. The recommendations are coming after a study […]

By D.C. Fraser

Diesel prices expected to trend lower

Mar. 6, 2020 at 7:04 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian producers may enjoy a lower diesel bill during spring seeding, as reductions in demand have weighed on diesel prices across North America. Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, said retail diesel prices are down by about 10 to 15 cents per litre since the beginning […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm