53+ min ago   (1548+ words) President Donald Trump’s Friday push to let farmers and ranchers process their own meat received mixed reviews from cattle producers who said expanding independent processing could help ranchers but would not address all of the economic problems that have squeezed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1574+ words) Suddenly, everyone, and their grandmother, seems to be an expert on supply management. That newfound interest is healthy. Canadians are finally examining the benefits, costs and contradictions of a complicated system affecting roughly one-quarter of the country’s agricultural economy. A…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1731+ words) As per usual, the troubles of Toronto dominate mainstream media newscasts. Reports about smoke and uncomfortable weather conclude by blaming it all on climate change. Out here in the western part of Canada we watched with pleasure over the past…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1581+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat has pushed Canada back to the negotiating table. An additional 50 per cent tariff on specified Canadian goods, scheduled to take effect Aug. 19, appears to have caught Ottawa flat-footed. The federal government is now scrambling…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (590+ words) Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat should not become another excuse to avoid reforming supply management. His response is excessive and disruptive, but that does not mean Canada’s dairy system is beyond criticism. Ottawa will undoubtedly denounce Trump and portray any…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (879+ words) Who pays when Ottawa protects one industry at the expense of another? The answer arrived on Canada Day, hidden in a product most Canadians could not name. China imposed a preliminary 73.5 per cent anti-dumping duty on Canadian pea starch, effective…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1691+ words) A prominent agriculture lobbyist warned President Donald Trump that that taking action to promote pesticide alternatives would cause him to lose support among farming interests, Axios first reported Wednesday. The purported confrontation suggests that supporters of Health and Human Services…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1689+ words) A prominent agriculture lobbyist warned President Donald Trump that that taking action to promote pesticide alternatives would cause him to lose support among farming interests, Axios first reported Wednesday. The purported confrontation suggests that supporters of Health and Human Services…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1713+ words) Joseph Fournier argues that Canadian farm regulations, including supply management and costly compliance rules, are driving small producers out of agriculture, increasing food costs and market concentration, and calls for reforms that scale regulations to farm size. Policy Horizons Canada’s…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (389+ words) The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to confirm that taxpayers will not be forced to cover runaway costs if the 24 Sussex Drive fundraising campaign falls short. “Taxpayers need a guarantee that they will not be…...