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Canadians to spend more on food in 2020, report predicts

Dec. 4, 2019 at 11:09 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canadians will spend two to four per cent more on food in 2020, according to the latest Canada Food Price Report from researchers at Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and the University of Guelph. The average family in the country will see its total food bill for groceries […]

WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

Dec. 3, 2019 at 5:09 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. vows 100 per cent tariffs on France’s champagne, cheese over digital tax

Dec. 3, 2019 at 7:58 am CST

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder

Federal Tories’ former associate ag critic takes lead chair

Nov. 29, 2019 at 11:48 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

A ‘little more work’ needed on CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

Nov. 29, 2019 at 6:36 pm CST

By Reuters

AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending November 29, 2019

Nov. 29, 2019 at 4:45 pm CST

Preserving cheese history a regulatory battle

Nov. 29, 2019 at 9:47 am CST

A Manitoba couple says red tape has killed 100 years of cheese history and put them near bankruptcy. Husband and wife team Dustin Peltier and Rachel Isaak, along with Peltier’s parents Gary and Silver Peltier, say the province has blocked them at every turn as they’ve attempted to bring their […]

By Geralyn Wichers

AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending November 22, 2019

Nov. 22, 2019 at 4:35 pm CST

How the federal government is taxing income-splitting

Nov. 22, 2019 at 10:16 am CST

In 2017, the federal government proposed changes to its tax on split income (TOSI). Since then, due in part to opposition by farmers and farm groups, those changes evolved. Now, after coming into effect for the 2018 tax year, financial advisers have more concrete knowledge of how TOSI actually applies. […]

By Matt McIntosh

Federated Co-op to close Calgary distribution centre

Nov. 21, 2019 at 4:15 pm CST

The main supply outlet for Co-op grocery stores in southern Alberta and British Columbia is set to close in April as one of its main users takes its business elsewhere. Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) announced Thursday it will close its Calgary food distribution centre in April, a decision it said […]

By GFM Staff