Unlike a railway strike or work stoppage where crop can't move to port, the latest tariff threat by China to impose huge taxes on canola oil and meal risks devaluing the entire crop, says Dean Roberts chair of Sask Oilseeds. That distinction, Roberts says, means Canada needs to move very quickly to remedy the situation... Read More
Year: 2025
Tough broadleaf weeds will soon have a new archenemy with the launch of Huskie™ PRE herbicide into the Western Canadian cereal market. This first Group 27 cereal pre-burn herbicide is a potent addition to tank-mixes like Roundup Transorb® HC herbicide for powerful, fast-acting, early-season control of tough broadleaf weeds, including resistant species. “Huskie PRE can... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this episode of RealAg on the Weekend! On today’s show, host Shaun Haney is joined by: Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new cabinet, including Kody Blois being named the new Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; Dean Roberts with Sask Oilseeds on the impact that Chinese tariffs will have on... Read More
New Prime Minister Mark Carney acted on one of his Liberal leadership campaign commitments within hours of being sworn in on Friday. While Carney signed a symbolic order to remove the unpopular federal fuel charge — more commonly referred to as the consumer carbon tax, cabinet approved an Order-in-Council setting the carbon price at $0... Read More
Erratic is the word of the day and the markets are responding hour-by-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week with the news, says Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange in this episode of the Beef Market Update. In the southern U.S., cash markets bounced back last week and have managed to hold those gains. This follows a cycle... Read More
Thanks for tuning in to this Friday edition of RealAg Radio! Shaun Haney is joined by Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, both of RealAgriculture, for the RealAg Issues Panel. They discuss a number of topics including: Prime Minister Mark Carney sworn in; Kody Blois named new Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Carney’s cabinet; and,... Read More
Justin Trudeau is no longer Prime Minister of Canada, and with that we have officially closed the Sunny Ways chapter of our history. As of March 14, Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's 24th Prime Minister and will head a 23-person cabinet. The most likely scenario is that Prime Minister Carney calls an election... Read More
The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) has secured key funding for programming just ahead of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, March 16 to 22, 2025. CASA will receive up to $1.6 million over three years through the AgriCompetitiveness Program, a program under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. “With this investment, CASA continues its important work to... Read More
Mark Carney was sworn in as Prime Minister along with his cabinet on Friday, March 14, 2025. Sporting a much leaner cabinet roster than his predecessor Justin Trudeau with just 23 ministers, Mark Carney is Canada's 24th Prime Minister. Of note, Kody Blois has been named minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development.... Read More
Submitted by Penny Eaton, stakeholder relations for Canadian Food Focus Dorothy Long, managing director of Canadian Food Focus, says we need to remember that food is the part of agriculture that consumers care most about. For a long time, the ag industry has been unable to meaningfully reach consumers because we concentrate too much about... Read More