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U.S. Senate confirms Vilsack as Biden’s ag secretary

Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:52 pm CST

Reuters — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Tom Vilsack to head the Department of Agriculture, returning the former Iowa governor to the job he held under ex-President Barack Obama. The 100-member Senate approved Vilsack 92-7. He needed a simple majority in the Democratic-controlled chamber to be confirmed. As secretary […]

Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala makes history as new head of WTO

Feb. 15, 2021 at 10:47 pm CST

By Andrea Shalal emma-farge

USDA can steer farm aid money to fight climate change, Vilsack says

Feb. 2, 2021 at 7:25 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Provinces’ feet held to fire on AgriStability

Jan. 19, 2021 at 6:09 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Bibeau promises help to farmers on rising carbon tax

Dec. 16, 2020 at 9:06 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

AgriStability proposal could have hidden cost, Pedersen warns

Dec. 1, 2020 at 7:31 pm CST

Ottawa’s proposal for an improved AgriStability program could give farmers short-term gain for long-term pain, Manitoba’s agriculture minister Blaine Pedersen warns. At the online federal-provincial-territorial agriculture ministers’ meeting on Friday, federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau proposed dropping AgriStability’s maximum reference margin, and increasing the compensation rate from 70 to […]

By Allan Dawson

U.S. border restrictions to last a long time yet, Trudeau says

Dec. 1, 2020 at 5:49 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will not agree to lifting a ban on non-essential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak is significantly under control around the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. Trudeau’s comments were a clear indication that the border restrictions will last well […]

By David Ljunggren

No BRM breakthrough reached at ministers’ meeting

Nov. 27, 2020 at 7:57 pm CST

No consensus on changes to business risk managements (BRM) programming was reached during the latest round of federal-provincial-territorial agriculture ministers’ meetings. After the meetings ended Friday, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau explained Ottawa was willing to maintain the current cost sharing of the programs at a 60-40 split between her […]

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. House ag leader loses election, unsettling Midwest farm sector

Nov. 5, 2020 at 6:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, chair for the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee, failed to win re-election in Minnesota on Tuesday, a loss some agriculture leaders said could hurt the U.S. Midwest grain belt. Though Democrats retained control of the House and therefore will again chair […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Foreign worker isolation support extended

Nov. 2, 2020 at 5:07 pm CST

The federal program helping employers of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) cover the costs of isolating new workers for two weeks on their arrival in Canada has been extended through November. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Monday that the Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program will now run to […]

By Dave Bedard

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