Once again Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz took to the stage at the FarmTech conference to talk to a packed house about the state of agriculture in Canada. This year saw the Minister announce details on two federal Growing Forward 2 programs as well as address a number of other topics including the lay of the land in a post CWB environment.
RealAgriculture.com caught up with Minister Ritz after his FarmTech address to talk to him some more about Growing Forward 2, EU trade deals in the works, the latest on Canadian beef in Japan, the CWB and more.
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