A new administration in the White House brings many questions about the future. Recently sworn-in U.S. secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins joined Kansas senator Roger Marshall for a fireside chat at the Top Producer Summit last week in Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss Rollins’ vision for the future of agriculture in the country. Between 2017… Read More
Category: US Ag Policy
The grain market doldrums aren’t a demand problem, but a production problem — but that production success is cold comfort for farmers looking for a bump in crop prices to reward those extra bushels, says Jody Lawrence, founder of Strategic Trading Advisors. Farmers are and should be very proud of the great work they’ve done… Read More
Canada’s canola and canola processing industries have been keeping a close eye on how the United States under President Joe Biden will address biofuel feedstocks through the Inflation Reduction Act; however, Reuters reports that Biden may leave office without finalizing the tax credit guidelines included in section 45Z. Reuters reported Tuesday that the current U.S…. Read More
In each province, to varying degrees and over time, rural development has been part of the agriculture portfolio. It comes and goes — Ontario was the latest province to spin rural affairs out of the ag mix and into its own ministry. There’s an argument to be made for including or excluding rural development with… Read More
The North American renewable fuel industry is waiting for answers from both the outgoing and incoming administrations in the U.S. to big policy questions that will have a major impact on future demand for crops as feedstocks. President-elect Trump’s nominee for leading the Environmental Protection Agency — New York congressman Lee Zeldin — has a history… Read More
With the U.S. electorate re-electing Donald Trump as president, there are many angles of agriculture and trade policy that will have an impact on Canada. The day after the election I joined host Jeff Sammut on Canada Now, which is on Canada Talks 167 on SiriusXM, to discuss the impact. Jeff is always very curious… Read More
Discussions surrounding different agricultural policies and their impacts on Canadian industry have been a common theme in the last while. A few of those policies that could end up having a notable impact are three that are in the process of being introduced in the United States. In an interview about these three policies and… Read More
By John Stackhouse, senior vice-president, office of the CEO, Royal Bank of Canada. Host of Disruptors, an RBC podcast. This opinion column first appeared on LinkedIn and has been edited for clarity. Elections can be good barometers of a society, and Campaign ‘24 is telling us plenty about America today. I just spent two weeks… Read More
Just under 40 per cent of Canadian farmers think it’s best for Canadian agriculture that U.S vice-president Kamala Harris win the U.S. presidential election set for Tuesday, November 5, 2024. As part of the latest Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index, farmers surveyed earlier this month were asked who they thought would be better for Canadian agriculture… Read More
In agriculture, finding a new use or market is typically a win-win. In the case of canola, the meal created after the oil extraction makes great dairy cattle feed. The oil itself also has several uses, including as cooking oil or as a feedstock for biofuel. In fact, even used canola oil can also become… Read More