Insights and Stories on New Brunswick

New Brunswick returns ag minister, ag critic in election

Sep. 14, 2020 at 9:43 pm CDT

New Brunswick’s incumbent agriculture minister and opposition ag critic are among those returning to the legislative assembly as the provincial Tories locked in a governing majority. As of 9 p.m. CT Monday, incumbent Premier Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservatives, who went into the vote with a 22-seat minority government, were elected […]

New Brunswick to lift ban on temporary foreign workers

May. 22, 2020 at 9:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

New Brunswick ag groups rip province’s ban on foreign workers

Apr. 30, 2020 at 11:07 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Bottles of Roundup herbicide on a shelf.

New Brunswick postpones pesticide use hearings

Mar. 18, 2020 at 10:25 am CDT

By GFM Staff

CP to buy direct line through Quebec, Maine

Nov. 25, 2019 at 4:25 pm CST

By GFM Staff

FCC to offer flexibility in hurricane-battered areas

Sep. 9, 2019 at 8:49 pm CDT

Farm Credit Canada says it plans to help its farmer clients in Atlantic Canada work around financial pressures following Hurricane Dorian’s passage through the region over the weekend. “We won’t know the full extent of damage for some time, but we’ve already heard that some customers will likely be facing […]

By GFM Staff

McCain to dial up fry production in New Brunswick

Sep. 9, 2019 at 2:00 am CDT

The company behind about a quarter of the world’s frozen French fries plans to ramp up demand from New Brunswick potato growers with a line capacity upgrade at its recently expanded plant there. McCain Foods announced Aug. 27 it will put up another $12 million to add capacity to its […]

By GFM Staff

Unusual third assessment run for livestock tax deferrals

Jan. 29, 2019 at 6:33 pm CST

In an unusual move, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has undertaken a third assessment for the federal livestock tax deferral. “Federal officials are currently finalizing the analysis to identify whether any additional regions have met the criteria for the livestock tax deferral,” AAFC spokesperson James Watson said. Under the deferral plan, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

New Brunswick ag, fisheries files remarried

Nov. 12, 2018 at 8:29 pm CST

New Brunswick’s incoming minority Progressive Conservative government will again have one minister handling the province’s agriculture and aquaculture files. Premier Blaine Higgs on Friday announced Gagetown-Petitcodiac MLA Ross Wetmore as his minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Wetmore, 65, replaces Andrew Harvey and Benoit Bourque, who had handled the agriculture […]

By GFM Staff

Photo-finish election claims New Brunswick’s ag minister

Sep. 25, 2018 at 6:10 am CDT

New Brunswick’s incumbent agriculture minister is among the Liberal cabinet members knocked out of office in Monday night’s too-close-to-call provincial election. Final results from Elections New Brunswick put Progressive Conservative candidate Robert Gauvin ahead of Agriculture, Mines and Rural Affairs Minister Wilfred Roussel by a spread of 99 votes in […]

By GFM Staff

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