Insights and Stories on Tobacco

CFA elects new chief

Mar. 3, 2019 at 4:04 pm CST

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has elected its first-ever female president in a changing of the guard at its latest annual meeting. Mary Robinson, past-president of the Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture, was elected president Wednesday at the CFA’s AGM in Ottawa. She replaces Ron Bonnett, the organization’s president […]

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

Jan. 11, 2019 at 9:16 pm CST

By David Lawder

U.S. shutdown sends grain traders, farmers hunting for data

Jan. 11, 2019 at 3:14 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Labatt to partner with Tilray to tap cannabis drink market

Dec. 19, 2018 at 4:44 pm CST

By Nichola Saminather susan-taylor

Altria to marry Canadian pot with big tobacco

Dec. 7, 2018 at 4:48 pm CST

By Harry Brumpton Uday Sampath Kumar

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

Sep. 19, 2018 at 12:41 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

Sep. 18, 2018 at 4:19 am CDT

Chicago/Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as flash floods collapsed the walls of at least two hog manure pits, made roads undriveable and delayed rail shipments. Catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Florence, which has dumped up […]

By Lisa Baertlein Tom Polansek

U.S. farmers rush to clear crops but animals stay in Florence’s path

Sep. 11, 2018 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — As powerful Hurricane Florence advanced toward the southeastern U.S., farmers in North Carolina rushed to harvest corn and tobacco and stock up on pig rations, while the danger of sustained rain and deadly flooding threatened a state where millions of farm animals are housed. “The governor […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

Jan. 25, 2018 at 5:53 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadians spent an estimated $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017, Statistics Canada said on Thursday, with the country on track to legalize recreational use of the drug nationwide later this year. About 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and […]

By Reuters

Greig: Federal tax backtracks aside, much of impact still unknown

Oct. 20, 2017 at 4:50 pm CDT

The Canadian Association of Farm Advisors’ annual tax update showcased confusion and frustration at the federal government’s shifting plan to change how small business is taxed. “I was very, very offended by all of this,” said Kurt Oelschlagel, of BDO Canada, who was part of a panel on the government […]

By John Greig

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