Canadians feel betrayed by the U.S and Donald Trump after the President slapped a 25 percent tariff on imports for its northern neighbour and long-time partner in trade and defence of democracy. That was RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney's take on U.S. tariffs announced on Saturday when he joined Monday morning's Market Day Report panel... Read More
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Businesses that rely on trade across the Canada-U.S. border are breathing a sigh of relief. President Trump and his U.S. administration are delaying 25 per cent tariffs on Canada that were to take effect February 4 by at least 30 days. "I just had a good call with President Trump," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,... Read More
Throughout the election in the United States, both Democrats and Republicans talked about the need to rebalance trading relationships with China due to the hollowing of the country's domestic manufacturing sector. With the election of Donald Trump, the path to settling trade scores was expected to be a harsher path, including potential trade wars. Farmers... Read More
Some parts of the country have seen more success protecting farmland than other regions, but when you add it up, Canada continues to lose an astonishing amount of farmland to urban expansion. The oft-cited statistic from the most recent Census of Agriculture is that Ontario alone loses an average of 319 acres of farmland every... Read More
The organization that represents U.S. fertilizer producers, wholesalers, and retailers is calling on the Trump administration to exempt Canadian fertilizer products from the tariffs set to take effect on Feb. 4. “The Fertilizer Institute stands ready to collaborate with the Trump Administration to spur growth in the fertilizer industry, support U.S. agriculture, and ensure affordable... Read More
Update, as of March 4: U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports were delayed 30 days, but have taken effect as of March 4. The Canadian government is responding immediately with $30 billion in retaliatory tariffs, as proposed in early February. Many agricultural and food products will be affected by the Canadian government's first wave of retaliatory... Read More
Canadian agriculture leaders are voicing major frustration and concern about the Trump administration's implementation of 25 per cent tariffs on exports from Canada. In response, the Canadian government has released a list of $30 billion worth of imports from the U.S., including many agricultural goods, that will face retaliatory 25 per cent tariffs starting on... Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump has followed through on his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. Trump signed an executive order on Saturday afternoon to establish 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on Canada, with a lower 10 per cent carve-out for Canadian natural gas, oil and electricity. The tariffs... Read More
The next decade holds plenty of possibilities for the Canadian canola market, but not all of them are positive. With innovations in the aviation fuel industry and expansion of biofuel refinery capacity, such as Imperial Oil developing a new facility at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, canola as a biofuel is a game-changer, says... Read More
The federal government has partially changed its mind and is deferring the increase to the capital gains tax inclusion rate that took effect last June. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced on Friday that the implementation date of the inclusion rate increase from one-half to two-thirds will be delayed from June 25, 2024 to January 1,... Read More