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Tyson lifts 2025 sales forecast, prepares for tariff impacts

Feb. 3, 2025 at 11:25 am CST

U.S. meatpacker Tyson Foods raised its annual sales forecast on Monday as strong demand for beef and chicken helped it exceed first-quarter results estimates, lifting shares three per cent.

Markets tumble over Trump tariffs, world leaders brace for his next moves

Feb. 3, 2025 at 8:18 am CST

By Bart H. Meijer Daphne Psaledakis David Lawder Reuters

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

Agriculture sector braces for impact as tariffs set to become reality

Feb. 1, 2025 at 5:19 pm CST

By Jeff Melchior Zak McLachlan

Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China

Feb. 1, 2025 at 4:51 pm CST

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder Jarrett Renshaw Reuters

Federal government defers implementation of modified capital gains tax to 2026

Jan. 31, 2025 at 2:25 pm CST

By Reuters

Trump set to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Feb. 1 White House says

Jan. 31, 2025 at 10:33 am CST

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday will implement tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10 per cent on Chinese goods with immediate effect, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Friday.

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder Reuters

India faces warmer February, winter crops at risk

Jan. 31, 2025 at 10:25 am CST

India is set to see above-average temperatures in February after a warmer than normal January, the weather office said on Friday, posing a risk to key winter-sown crops such as wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas.

By rajendra-jadhav Reuters

Facing Trump tariffs on piglets and crops, Canadian farmers revise sales plans

Jan. 31, 2025 at 9:56 am CST

Canadian farmers are renegotiating livestock contracts with U.S. buyers and finding local markets for crops they previously planned to sell south of the border to minimize the economic hit from potential new U.S. tariffs.

By Ed White Reuters

Threat of tariffs looms at Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference

Jan. 30, 2025 at 5:37 pm CST

The Canadian Cattle Association says threatened 25 per cent tariffs would cut Canadian wholesale beef prices by 13 per cent, but effects would be tempered slightly by the low Canadian dollar.

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

The cover page of the Amnesty International report on the exploitation of migrant workers in Canada.

Temporary foreign worker system called ““Inherently exploitative”

Jan. 30, 2025 at 12:00 pm CST

Canada's temporary foreign worker (TFW) program is "inherently exploitative and discriminatory"; and violates Canada's international obligations according to a report from Amnesty International released today.

By Jonah Grignon