Canadian farmers are increasingly questioning whether today’s farm economy challenges are part of a normal cycle — or signs of something more permanent. In the April 2026 edition of the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index, conducted by RealAgristudies, 59 per cent of respondents said agriculture is facing a “structural breaking point,” meaning permanent changes may be... Read More
Category: Ag Policy
Six not-for-profit ag tech organizations will award up to $30 million in grants to help accelerate clean technology innovation across Canadian agriculture. The funding will be handed out over the next two years under the Agricultural Clean Technology Program Research and Innovation Stream – Accelerator (ACT Accelerator). This investment will support Canadian start-ups and agri-food... Read More
By Elisabeta Lika In the rural municipality of Rosser, just outside Winnipeg, a 94,000 square-foot canola and pea processing facility is being converted into a Bell Canada AI data centre. The building was completed in 2021. Merit Functional Foods, which built the facility with more than $100 million in federal financing went into receivership in... Read More
In a joint statement released today from the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition, the Canadian Barley Research Coalition, Seeds Canada, University of Manitoba, University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre and the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta, the group sets out a path forward on a shared vision for wheat... Read More
The House of Commons agriculture committee is calling on the federal government to halt and reverse its plan to shutter seven Agriculture and Agri-food Canada research facilities across Canada. The Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food heard from witnesses on the impact of the AAFC closures over the past three months. Toronto-area Liberal MP Michael... Read More
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations to encourage innovation, investment, research, and competitiveness in Canada’s agriculture, horticulture, and ornamental sectors. Plant breeders’ rights (PBR) are a form of intellectual property (IP) for plant breeders to protect new plant varieties in the same way an inventor protects an invention... Read More
Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout kick off this episode of The Truth About Ag discussing the hot topics of the day and then are joined by Gary Mar, president and CEO of Canada West Foundation. Gary Mar has worked across provincial politics and in diplomacy in Washington and Asia. That varied experience shows up in... Read More
If you picked up the physical mail in the last week (this is your reminder that it's still a thing), you'll likely have received the 2026 Census documents. The census is conducted every five years, and lucky for farmers there's an agriculture census that happens too. I say "lucky" somewhat tongue-in-cheek as it's a hectic,... Read More
The prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz is no longer a hypothetical risk—it’s a live disruption with real consequences for global energy, fertilizer, and food systems. In this episode of Frontlines, Jacob Shapiro of Bespoke Group joins RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney to unpack what’s driving the escalation of the war with Iran, what the U.S.... Read More
A single week of railway and port disruption could drain up to $540 million from Canada's grain sector. That figure comes from new economic analysis commissioned by members of the Agriculture Transport Coalition, which includes national farm commodity groups and grain companies. The findings support a new campaign launched last week that calls on the... Read More