Fall economic statement fairly quiet on agriculture
The 2024 budget predicted Canada to have $40 billion deficit for 2024. That number has increased by $21.8 billion, according to the fall economic statement. There are only a few mentions of farming and agriculture in the 270-page document, including a proposal of $4.3 million to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over three years.
From biofuel hopes to trade hurdles: canola industry leader sums …
Dec 10, 2024 · He added that every million tonnes of imported cooking oil bumps 2.5 million tonnes of canola seed out of that market. Davison stressed the importance of open markets and fair treatment of canola oil as a biofuel feedstock.
Farm women face old challenges - Manitoba Co-operator
Nov 15, 2024 · Farm women’s contributions are more recongized than past decades, but women still face challenges, exclusion and bias in the agriculture sector, according to Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture Summit panelists.
Organics continue battle with gene editing - Manitoba Co-operator
Nov 20, 2024 · Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network spoke to organic producers about gene editing regulatory issues in early November in Saskatoon. photo: Janelle Rudolph Why it matters: Some farm groups are pleased with a more open gene-editing policy in Canada, citing better variety development, but the organic sector worries about potential contamination and impacts to their trade.
The surprising snowfall data - Manitoba Co-operator
Nov 21, 2024 · Are you surprised by how low the probabilities are? When I crunched the numbers over 20 years ago, I was taken aback at how low they were. While you can see there is variation between stations, they are statistically close, ranging from two per cent to about a five per cent chance in any given month.
FEATURE: Agriculture sectors look for footing after Trump tariff …
Nov 29, 2024 · U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had already threatened a 10 per cent tariff on products coming into the U.S. while on the campaign trail. That fostered wariness from many farm groups whose industries are heavily reliant on exports and on the harmonized trade system between Canada and the U.S.
Mental health help, tailored to fit farmers - Manitoba Co-operator
Nov 1, 2024 · Briana Hagan, chief executive officer and the centre’s lead scientist, spoke at the Animal Health Canada annual forum in Ottawa this fall. Why it matters: Dealing with an infectious livestock disease can affect farmers’ mental health.. Research on the mental well-being of producers over the past 10 years “paints a bit of a concerning picture,” said Hagan.
Porcus Optimus promises low-labour pig weighing
Nov 21, 2024 · Pigs run through the weighing station during an Oct. 31 demonstration at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre near Glenlea. photo: Geralyn Wichers Franςois (Frank) Decarie, one of the research partners developing a new low-labour weighing method for livestock, leans over a table beside the stations.
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Port of Churchill charts new course - Manitoba Co-operator
Mar 14, 2024 · The money is flowing. On Feb. 23, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced $60 million in provincial and federal funds to get the Hudson Bay Railway between The Pas and Churchill back up and running reliably, and to upgrade the port. That brings combined federal and provincial investment in the port to $293 million since 2018. The new funding “means jobs will be maintained,” said Canada’s ...