As tensions escalate between Canada and China, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Trade and Export Development, Warren Kaeding, says producers are bearing the brunt through tariffs on Canadian canola seed. Canola is Saskatchewan’s top cash crop, and Kaeding says the province is “definitely very disappointed” in China’s latest trade action, warning that producers “are not able to... Read More
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Grain grading is one of the last highly subjective processes in the ag supply chain and that makes it ripe for transformation, says Kyle Folk, founder and CEO of Ground Truth Ag. Folk says his Saskatchewan-based company is using machine vision and AI to reduce inconsistency and improve speed at the grading stage, from farm... Read More
The Alberta government has announced a $75 million increase to the overall limit for its Feeder Association Loan Guarantee Program, raising it from $150 million to $225 million. 45 locally-run feeder associations across the province use the guarantee to secure capital from lenders to provide low-interest financing to producers raising beef calves and sheep. The... Read More
Fertilizer prices remain stubbornly high, even as commodity markets soften and farmers are right to question why. According to Josh Linville of StoneX, there’s no simple answer, but the global supply landscape isn’t helping. In this one-on-one with RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney, Linville breaks down why nitrogen, phosphate, and potash markets are all behaving differently—and why... Read More
Peavey Mart is set to reopen in Alberta later this year, following last year’s closure of the Canadian farm and ranch retailer. According to the company, a group of investors under 2707162 Alberta Ltd. has acquired the rights to the Peavey Mart name and intellectual property and intends to relaunch the brand debt-free. The first... Read More
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced today that Canada will "match" the U.S. and remove tariffs on imports that comply with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal, as of September 1, 2025. Carney announced the softening of trade policy in a Friday press conference a day after speaking with President Trump on a call that he described as... Read More
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing updates to livestock traceability regulations designed to help the industry respond faster to disease outbreaks and to protect public health. Under the proposed changes to Part XV of the Health of Animals Regulations, goats and cervids (such as deer and elk) will require identification before leaving their... Read More
National and provincial political leaders met with canola industry representatives in Saskatoon on Thursday to discuss how to respond to the 76 per cent tariff imposed by China on Canadian canola last week. The meeting at the University of Saskatchewan included Premier Scott Moe, along with provincial Trade and Export Development Minister Warren Kaeding and... Read More
Several Canadian agricultural manufacturers have seen shipments to the U.S. come to a standstill this week following the expansion of the Trump administration's tariffs on products containing steel and aluminum. The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday announced more than 400 additional categories of imports were immediately subject to Section 232 sectoral tariffs. These products... Read More
The continued threat of a New World screwworm outbreak and the resulting U.S.-Mexico border disruptions are reshaping North American cattle prices, animal flows, and feedlot dynamics. Don Close, senior animal protein analyst with Terrain, says the threat of screwworm is already having an impact on U.S. cattle placements, especially in the southern states. "We’re down…... Read More