Ontario's new provincial government is officially joining Saskatchewan in challenging the federal government's carbon tax in court. “We agreed today to join forces and use every single tool at our disposal to challenge the federal government’s authority to arbitrarily impose a carbon tax on the people of Ontario and Saskatchewan," says a joint statement issued... Read More
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled the cabinet that will likely carry the reigning Liberal Party into the 2019 federal election. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay, who is in Vancouver for the annual federal-provincial ag ministers' meeting, remains in his post following the shuffle. Rumours ahead of the announced changes were that MacAulay might... Read More
Clean Seed Capital Group — the Canadian company behind the CX-6 Smart Seeder — has announced a deal to acquire U.S. planter equipment manufacturer Harvest International. The company also debuted the first Clean Seed Smart Planter at Ag in Motion on Tuesday, built with Harvest International technology. "Following the granting of Clean Seed patents in... Read More
A spray plane pilot died in a crash in eastern Saskatchewan, near the community of Arborfield, on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the Transportation Safety Board says the TSB received a report of the accident around 6:30pm (Saskatchewan time) on July 12th. The plane was reported as a Cessna C188B crop duster. A post-impact fire was... Read More
Quebec-based track manufacturer Camso has reached a deal to be bought by Michelin for US$1.45 billion, as the French tire company looks to expand its presence in the off-the-road (OTR) market. The agreement will see the two companies' OTR operations combined into a new division that will be managed from Camso's headquarters in Magog, Quebec.... Read More
A list of eight agronomic research priorities will receive funding through a new "Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster" announced by federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay in Saskatoon, Sask. on Thursday — the latest ag research "cluster" to have funding announced by the minister in his cross-country summer tour. $6.3 million under the government's new Canadian Agricultural... Read More
McDonald's Canada says it will soon become the first company in Canada to serve Canadian beef from farms and ranches that are "certified sustainable." The restaurant chain will introduce the sustainability claim with its Angus burger lineup, and is expecting to sell more than 20 million Angus burgers sourced according to these standards in the... Read More
Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced up to $14 million in funding for beef and forage research under the new Canadian Agricultural Partnership while attending the Calgary Stampede on Wednesday. The funding for the new "Sustainable Beef and Forage Science Cluster" will go to the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) — the research division of... Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has decided to no longer offer reporters a "lockup" period to digest its crop and livestock reports before they're released to the public, as of August 1, 2018. The change in procedure is meant to address concerns about news agency clients getting a head start on trading based on... Read More
An Ontario farm couple's cross-country tractor tour to show support for Canada's dairy sector has ended in tragedy on a highway northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The tractor driven by Henk and Bettina Schuurmans, dairy farmers from Elmira, Ontario, collided with a semi on Highway 16 near Dalmeny on Monday at around 9 am. Bettina, 55,... Read More