Canadian Ag News

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is going back to a familiar face to take on the Agriculture portfolio. Lawrence MacAulay is back as Federal Ag Minister, replacing Marie-Claude Bibeau. MacAulay, who was once the Agriculture Minister until 2019 when Bibeau took his place, was previously the Minister of Veterans Affairs; Bibeau has been shuffled over to […]

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit believes the recent meeting of his federal, provincial, and territorial counterparts, was the most productive one. The meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick was his 5th one, and is back home after missing the wrap up news conference on Friday to catch a flight back to the province. There were no […]

What sustainability looks like in the agriculture industry was a key topic discussed at a recent Canadian Federation of Agriculture Summer Board Meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In conjunction with the Board Meeting, members of the CFA also met with the federal, provincial, and territorial agriculture ministers in a roundtable meeting, which covered the landscape […]

After 13 days, the B.C. port strike has come to an end. The B.C. Maritimes Association said in a statement they’ve agreed to a 4-year tentative deal with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, which represents 74-hundred workers. The deal is subject to ratification by both the union and employer, and it comes after […]

The strike of over 7-thousand B.C. port workers is in its 6th day, and the list of organizations wanting it to end is growing. Todd Lewis – the 2nd Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture – says patience in the farming community is running thin. “I think farmers expect to be able to move […]

Hear Jim Smolik with the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association discuss what the organization likes and is concerned with updates to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Grading Guide.

Updates have been made to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Grain Grading Guide. The federal government says in a news release these changes, which are “science-based”, will “better meet the needs of the agriculture sector in Canada and grain buyers around the world.” They include an update to the definition of the severely sprouted grading factor […]

Canada’s all-wheat exports for Grain Week 47, the week ending June 25 were 424,400 metric tons, down from the previous week while above the four-week average of 388,050 mt. Canada’s cumulative licensed all-wheat exports at over 22.58 mmt are up 82% from one year ago and 19.8% higher than the three-year average. Agriculture and Agri-Food […]

Two Saskatchewan residents are among 24 semi-finalists of the Canadian Cattle Association’s (CCA) Canadian Cattle Young Leaders Program (CYL) for the upcoming 2023-24 program year. Brooke Martin grew up on a commercial cow-calf operation north of Piapot, and Levi Hurlburt is from Moose Jaw but grew up on a seed-stock operation northwest of Saskatoon. “I’m […]

Semi-Finalists for the CCA’s Cattle Young Leaders Program – Brooke Martin and Levi Hurlburt of Saskatchewan – talk about their reaction to getting this far in the program, what they wrote in their application, and what they enjoy most about being in the ag industry. You’ll also hear from the CCA Youth Leadership Coordinator Jessica […]