As agriculture becomes increasingly global, collaboration within the Americas is taking on new urgency. At the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) event hosted at Olds College this week, leaders from across the hemisphere gathered to align on trade and technology. Keith Currie, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, was at the event… Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Jim Wiesemeyer, D.C. policy analyst, breaks down what is happening between the U.S. and China’s trade war; Chris Iverson in a spotlight interview for Federated Co-operatives Limited; Keith Currie with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture on last week’s… Read More

Delegates at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s annual general meeting in Ottawa this week elected a pair of new vice-presidents to the national farm organization’s executive. Keith Currie of Ontario was re-elected by acclamation as president, while Jill Verwey of Manitoba and Stéphanie Levasseur of Quebec are joining CFA’s executive as first vice-president and second… Read More

Happy Canadian Ag Day! Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. Host Shaun Haney is joined by: Ed Broshinski with Cargill MarketSense on the canola market; Chris Davison with Canola Council of Canada on how the trade threats potentially impact the canola industry; Todd Lewis, vice-president of the Canadian Federation of… Read More

Canadian agriculture leaders are voicing major frustration and concern about the Trump administration’s implementation of 25 per cent tariffs on exports from Canada. In response, the Canadian government has released a list of $30 billion worth of imports from the U.S., including many agricultural goods, that will face retaliatory 25 per cent tariffs starting on… Read More

Farm groups are voicing frustration and disappointment with outgoing Transport Minister Anita Anand’s decision this week to approve the acquisition of Viterra by Bunge. The conditions laid out in the order-in-council are “woefully inadequate,” according to Grain Growers of Canada, the umbrella organization for 14 national, provincial, and regional crop producer organizations. In a Jan…. Read More

Thanks for tuning in to this special World Food Day edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by Farm Radio International and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Host Shaun Haney is joined by Gertrude Nalubinga Mwebaza with Farm Radio International, and Saskatchewan farmer Jake Leguee for a panel discussion. They discuss: The diversity of agriculture… Read More