CN Rail and approximately 6,000 employees who are members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have a new three-year collective agreement coming out of the labour dispute that saw both of Canada's major railways shutdown in August 2024. Arbitrator William Kaplan announced its decision on April 7 regarding the terms of the new deal for... Read More
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Ryan and Romy Schill, of Circle R Livestock and Revolution Wool Co., have been named Ontario's Outstanding Young Farmers for 2025. Based near Wallenstein, Ont., Ryan and Romy raise about 700 ewes consisting of purebred Dorset ewes, Dorset-Rideau crosses and maternal crosses in a housed system. The Schills manage the flock through an accelerated lambing... Read More
Planning for the growing season isn't just about seed choices and fertilizer rates — penciling in and choosing crop protection products is crucial to protecting yield and quality. That said, just because a product is approved for use doesn't automatically mean farmers have the all-clear to use it, depending on the crop's destination. Greg Bartley,... Read More
Ag in the Classroom Canada has a new leader at the helm, and she’s hitting the ground running. Denise Schmidt, a well-known name in Canada’s agriculture industry with a strong background in the seed sector, has been announced as the new executive director for the national organization. Speaking with RealAg Radio’s Shaun Haney, Schmidt shares... Read More
CNH Industrial, the parent company of Case IH and New Holland, as well as other brands, has announced it is temporarily halting all shipments from North American plants and European plants as of April 1, 2025. A statement on the decision to ground shipments was made just ahead of the so-called "Liberation Day" tariff announcement... Read More
Tyler Fulton, a cow-calf producer from Birtle, Man., is the newly-elected president of the Canadian Cattle Association. Fulton steps into the role at a critical time for Canada's integrated beef supply chain with the U.S. — an issue he sees as the most pressing facing the sector, given that half of Canada’s beef production is... Read More
Canada and Mexico were spared new tariffs in the U.S. president's "Liberation Day" announcement on April 2. Speaking from the Rose Garden with most of his cabinet accompanying him, President Trump announced so-called "reciprocal" tariffs ranging from 10 to 50 per cent on a long list of countries starting April 9, with a baseline 10... Read More
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has named David Thompson as its new executive director, effective April 7, 2025. Thompson has worked with the NFU-Ontario for the past five years in various capacities including policy research and analysis, conducting farmer interviews and managing programs. In that time, he also coordinated the International Programs Committee (IPC) working... Read More
It's a long way from official, but a pre-election promise to boost AgriStability payout limits and speed-up payments could go forward to help farmers deal with tariff impacts. AJ Gill, national leader of ag risk management resources for MNP, says that it is definitely possible the increased cap and larger interim payment for the 2025... Read More
While most Canadian eyes and ears have been tuned to the U.S. and its president's next move, the U.S. markets have been focused on China. So much of the current news cycle has been centred on the U.S. tariffs on Canadian products, but there is another U.S. policy looming — on incoming Chinese and Chinese-made... Read More