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China applies to join Trans-Pacific trade pact

Sep. 16, 2021 at 2:10 pm CDT

Updated, Sept. 17 — Beijing | Reuters — Japan said it would have to determine if China meets the “extremely high standards” of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after the world’s second-biggest economy formally applied to join. Commerce Minister Wang Wentao submitted China’s application to join […]

Ontario MDS volunteers already moving hay west

Sep. 14, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Piper Whelan

Federal support for farmers focus of ag leaders’ debate

Sep. 11, 2021 at 10:31 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

EU parliament committee approves farm subsidy reforms

Sep. 9, 2021 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Kate Abnett

Rookie Nova Scotia MLA named agriculture minister

Sep. 1, 2021 at 10:26 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Russia’s agriculture ministry pauses grain harvesting data

Aug. 18, 2021 at 1:53 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry has paused its daily publication of grain harvesting data while it refines the reporting format used by the country’s growing regions, the ministry said Wednesday. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter, supplying it mainly to Africa and the Middle East. It competes […]

By Reuters

Nova Scotia Tories’ ag critic returns as party wins election

Aug. 17, 2021 at 11:06 pm CDT

The agriculture critic for Nova Scotia’s opposition Progressive Conservatives is set to return to the legislature, this time as part of a majority government, following Tuesday’s provincial election. As of about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Tim Houston’s PCs were elected or leading in 31 of 55 ridings, followed by Iain Rankin’s […]

By Dave Bedard

Tax deferrals, crop insurance changes en route against drought

Jul. 22, 2021 at 5:40 pm CDT

Updated — As the federal government looks to manage impacts of ongoing drought conditions in Canada’s West, producers in parts of five provinces can already expect to be eligible for the livestock tax deferral program. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Thursday in Winnipeg that producers in drought-designated areas of southern […]

By D.C. Fraser

Farm transfer tax treatment bill now law, feds say

Jul. 21, 2021 at 10:16 pm CDT

Despite a previous statement from her ministry, Canada’s finance minister says a bill standardizing the tax treatment of farm transfers is now officially on the books. However, while Bill C-208 is now in federal tax law, further amendments are en route to plug legal loopholes the bill may have opened. […]

By Dave Bedard

Canada to admit vaccinated U.S. tourists

Jul. 19, 2021 at 6:53 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Monday said it would allow fully vaccinated U.S. tourists into the country starting from Aug. 9 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban that many businesses complained was crippling them. Inoculated visitors from countries other than the United States will be permitted […]

By David Ljunggren Steve Scherer