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• New consumer research from Food Processing Skills Canada reveals significant shift in Canadian shopping habits due to US trade threats

  04-04-2025 11:01 via farms.com
  Today, Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) released the just published consumer research report, Impact of US Tariffs on Canadian Food Consumer Behaviour.
  
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• Waterloo Farmer Convicted for Breaking Detention

  17-04-2025 19:55 via farms.com
  On April 27, 2023, investigators with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness’ Regulatory Compliance Unit executed a Provincial Offences Act search warrant at Joris Salverda’s farm in Wilmot on an unrelated matter. Investigators found unlabelled meat product and subsequently detained it to determine if it was from an inspected source. Detention involved marking a potentially non-compliant product with a detention tag and placing it in a freezer or cooler to preserv
  
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• Guelph Business Owner Convicted of Obstructing Inspectors

  17-04-2025 19:54 via farms.com
  Background: On October 4, 2023 and January 10, 2024, Compliance and Advisory Officers with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (then the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) attended Klops Meat and Deli for the purpose of verifying compliance. On both occasions, the owner/operator, Leszek Rzeznik, refused the inspectors entry to complete an inspection.Subsequently, investigators in the Ministry’s Regulatory Compliance Unit initiated an investigati
  
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• York Region Man Convicted of Obstructing an Inspector

  17-04-2025 19:33 via farms.com
  Background: On September 25, 2024, an inspector from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness appointed under the Food Safety Quality Act, 2001 attended Ve & Be Corporation at 793 Alness Street to conduct an unannounced inspection. As a free-standing, licenced meat plant, the business is subject to inspection by ministry inspectors.When the inspector arrived, the plant operator, Andrei Berliaev, behaved in an aggressive manner and prevented the inspector from conducting the inspect
  
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• From soil to supper – how farmers care for the Earth all year long

  17-04-2025 19:29 via farms.com
  Every April, countries around the world mark Earth Day – an excellent and vital opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of caring for and protecting our environment.As farmers, we often like to say that every day is Earth Day on the farm, and while that sounds a bit cliched, it actually is very true. That’s because in raising livestock and growing crops of all kinds, farmers work very directly with the soil, the air, and the water every single day.The weather is our const
  
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• Q+A: Trevor Jones to draw on experience as Ontario agriculture minister

  17-04-2025 19:27 via farms.com
  Chatham-Kent–Leamington MPP Trevor Jones is settling into his role as Ontario agriculture, food and agribusiness minister.The former Leamington town councillor and OPP officer was named to cabinet last month in just his second term as an MPP.We asked Jones about his new role in cabinet. His responses have been edited for style and brevity.Q: Just beginning your second term as an MPP, can you describe the honour of being named minister for a portfolio as prominent as Agriculture, Food and A
  
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• Integrity commissioner bans 'Mr. X' from lobbying for 2 years over Greenbelt scandal

  17-04-2025 19:25 via farms.com
  Ontario's integrity commissioner has banned a former mayor wrapped up in the Greenbelt land-swap probe from lobbying for two years.The Office of the Integrity Commissioner of Ontario wrote Thursday that John Mutton, the former mayor of Clarington, failed to comply with the Lobbyists Registration Act on numerous occasions.Mutton's actions "undermine the Act’s purpose of transparency and public confidence in the independence of public sector decision making," reads a published notice on the
  
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• National Apple Working Group tackles key issues

  17-04-2025 19:22 via farms.com
  The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) Apple Working Group met on March 11 in Québec City. This group includes representatives from each of the five apple-producing provinces including growers and provincial association staff. Ontario is represented by Charles Stevens (AWG chair), Brian Gilroy, Cathy McKay, and Kelly Ciceran.The working group discussed:• -  Development of a Promotion and Research Agency for Canadian Apples• -  2024 market conditions and crop
  
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• Québec premier announces $5M to vegetable grower

  17-04-2025 19:20 via farms.com
  Québec premier François Legault was in Sherrington, the heart of field vegetable production on April 11. He announced an investment of $5M to FMS Fresh Produce to build a factory that among other products, will produce mini carrots. Currently, 33 per cent of the carrots consumed in Québec are mini carrots, all imported from the United States. With its new plant, FMS Fresh Products will become the largest carrot packer in Canada and the first Québec company to pro
  
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• Les Millard receives CPMA lifetime achievement award

  17-04-2025 19:18 via farms.com
  Les Mallard, Vice President Sales of Fyffes North America Inc., has been named the 2025 Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, recognizing his outstanding dedication, leadership, and service to the produce industry over a remarkable 38-year career.Growing up in Prince Edward Island, Les’s professional journey began with a degree in Economics from the University of Prince Edward Island, setting the foundation for a career that would have a signif
  
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• Young cattle producers hone skills at Beef Expo

  17-04-2025 18:50 via farms.com
  The Saskatchewan Beef Expo provides meaningful, hands-on learning opportunities that prepare young producers for success in the beef industryThe event equipped 78 participants with proven techniques and tips on selection, showmanship, and safe handling practices for livestock provided by returning clinician, Kirk Stierwalt. Through a series of demonstrations, the producers learned about the basics and equipment, clipping, and grooming.Also, a special educational session was provided by Shelby Ro
  
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• Tariffs on the campaign trail

  17-04-2025 18:49 via farms.com
  Tariffs have been top of mind for people across the country for months now, so it only makes sense that it would be a top issue as people head to the federal election polls.In Saskatchewan, tariffs are already having an effect.The tariff on Canadian steel going into the U.S. has raised concerns for steel workers in Regina, and canola farmers are worried about their future after China put a 100 per cent tariff on canola oil and meal, among other Canadian commodities.Though the economy-wide tariff
  
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• Ag Canada Raises Canola Price Outlook

  17-04-2025 18:46 via farms.com
  Agriculture Canada has raised its 2025-26 canola price projection, even as the supply-demand outlook remains unchanged. In its latest monthly supply-demand update on Thursday, Ag Canada pegged the average new-crop canola price at $670/tonne (No.1 Track Vancouver). That is up a hefty $60 from last month’s estimate and $15 above the forecast for 2024-25, which was raised $10 from last month.The government provided no explanation for the upwardly revised price forecast, with canola ending sto
  
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• IGC Raises 2025-26 World Grains Production Estimate but Stocks at 12-Year Low

  17-04-2025 18:45 via farms.com
  The International Grains Council (IGC) has raised its estimate for 2025-26 world grains production to a new record high, but ending stocks are expected to remain stuck at a 12-year low. In its monthly Grain Market Report on Thursday, the IGC pegged world total grains production (wheat and coarse grains) at 2.373 billion tonnes, up 5 million from the March estimate and now 70 million above the previous year’s output of 2.303 billion. But with the supply gain “broadly matched by increa
  
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• KIOTI Introduces Flow+ System for Compact Loaders 

  17-04-2025 17:13 via farms.com
  New Flow+ models offer a more responsive, high-performance hydraulic solution
  
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• Top 5 Market Movers for the Week of April 21, 2025

  17-04-2025 16:27 via farms.com
  Key reports that farmers should watch which could have significant impacts on commodity markets the week of April 21, 2025
  
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• US Canola Oil Imports Trending Lower as Use in Biofuel Declines

  17-04-2025 16:12 via farms.com
  Canola oil use for US biomass-based diesel production – as well as canola oil imports - are trending lower amid the uncertainty surrounding American biofuel policies, according to the USDA. In its monthly Oil Crops Outlook on Monday, the USDA said canola oil use in biofuel production fell to 192.6 million lbs in January, a drop of almost 332 million or 63% from just a month earlier. Meanwhile, the lower use in biofuel production led to reduced imports of canola oil, which are primarily sou
  
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• Bank of Canada Holds Lending Rate Steady at 2.75%

  17-04-2025 16:11 via farms.com
  After seven consecutive reductions, the Bank of Canada left its key overnight lending rate unchanged at 2.75% on Wednesday. Market odds had been about evenly split between another 25-point basis cut and the Bank standing pat heading into today’s announcement, which follows a Statistics Canada report yesterday which showed headline inflation in March at 2.3%, down from 2.6% in February. In its announcement, the Bank cited the global economic uncertainty being caused by the trade policies of
  
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• Alta. farmers can earn farm lunch deliveries

  17-04-2025 14:21 via farms.com
  Some Alberta farmers can earn a lunch delivery during the seeding season
  
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• Buyers make Case IH tractor highest-priced item during auction

  17-04-2025 14:13 via farms.com
  The Case IH tractor with 1,073 hours sold after 299 bids
  
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• GIFS CEO receives King Charles III Coronation Medal

  17-04-2025 12:48 via farms.com
  Dr. Steven Webb (PhD), Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), was recently awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal.The medal, which was created to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III in 2023, is presented to individuals who have made a significant contribution to Canada or a Canadian province.Webb was nominated for the medal by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, which noted his partnership in
  
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• Drones expedite field surveying and spraying

  16-04-2025 20:24 via farms.com
  New technology tools are eyed as farm efficiency helpers.That’s exactly what draws farmers to drones (also referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles). The greater speed at which drones can survey or spray agricultural fields continues to advance.“It’s amazing how fast surveying or spraying gets done,” said Matt Herman, who along with his wife, Julie, owns Herman Ag Services in southeastern Illinois.Services offered include custom drone application, plant nutrition and agron
  
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• AI brings cybersecurity risks for farmers

  16-04-2025 20:22 via farms.com
  As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape agriculture, grain farmers are seeing significant improvements in efficiency, profitability and sustainability.AI-driven tools optimize planting, fertilization and harvesting while also helping farmers navigate market fluctuations. However, with increased reliance on digital technology, cybersecurity threats pose a growing risk to modern farm operations.Implementing AI alongside strong cybersecurity practices ensures a resilient and productive
  
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• Planter developments enhance seed success

  16-04-2025 20:21 via farms.com
  Kent Shannon says there is always something new when it comes to spring planting.That includes machinery and planting practices, he says. Shannon serves as an Extension ag engineer with the University of Missouri.“For example, one of the things we are seeing more and more is soybeans getting planted earlier,” he says. “I know there are some that have already been planted. This is a newer practice in Missouri.”Shannon says most major machinery manufacturers will have new e
  
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• Tariffs, proposed shipping costs, lead to uncertainty in ag industry

  16-04-2025 20:18 via farms.com
  Tariffs and retaliatory actions by trading partners are causing “uncertainty” throughout the ag industry, and economic experts during NDSU’s Agricultural Market Situation and Outlook Webinar on April 4 discussed the impacts of the tariffs on agriculture, as well as the new proposals for shipping and vessels, especially for Chinese vessels, that would charge upwards of $1 million for entry into the U.S. ports.Steel and aluminumTariffs on steel were set at 25 percent and will con
  
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• Autonomous tech helps with cover crops, precision jobs

  16-04-2025 20:16 via farms.com
  Being autonomous on the farm seems to have different meanings based on who is discussing the topic.Autonomy on the farm has often been associated with automated adjustments while working in the field or decision-making aided by technology based on nearly instantaneous information gathering. Other people may talk about taking farmers’ hands off the wheel entirely.“Some companies, like John Deere, AGCO and others, are targeting or foresee the future of automation where the farmer doesn
  
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• ESDC proposals to change agricultural streams of TFW program

  16-04-2025 20:13 via farms.com
  Following the 2022 budget, the Government of Canada has been exploring the creation of a new agriculture specific TFW stream which is proposed to amalgamate the SAWP, Ag Stream, low and high wage into one – The Temporary Foreign Worker Agriculture and Fish Processing Stream.Since the fall of 2024, discussion papers have been released on the main changes that the Government of Canada is proposing. The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA) with feedback from commodit
  
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• Canola farmers feel forgotten amid trade war, ongoing Chinese tariffs

  16-04-2025 19:50 via farms.com
  On Margaret Rigetti's family farm near Moose Jaw, Sask., hundreds of thousands of dollars in fertilizer and seed are waiting to go in the ground for spring seeding, but there's lingering fear about what tariffs on canola will mean for this season's crop."There's a lot of unknowns," Rigetti said. "It really leaves us wondering if planting this canola crop is the right thing to do."Canola producers were hit with retaliatory tariffs from China last month, in response to Canada's duties on electric
  
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• New Chief Sustainability Officer for Topline Farms

  16-04-2025 19:46 via farms.com
  Canadian greenhouse grower Topline Farms has appointed Justine Taylor as its new Chief Sustainability Officer to support the company's aggressive growth strategy.Taylor has 15 years’ experience in agriculture leadership roles, most recently as executive director, stewardship and sustainability, and executive director, agrichemical warehousing standards association (AWSA) for Croplife Canada.She holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Alberta and an MBA from Carleton Univ
  
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• After the Greenbelt scandal, Ontario farmers race to save their land

  16-04-2025 19:44 via farms.com
  When Courtney Stevens stands at the edge of her family’s blueberry farm, Wilmot Orchards, in Newcastle, Ont., and looks across Highway 115, the view is not what it once was. Gone are the fields and trees that used to be fertile farmland — now, it’s bulldozers and rooftops.“There’s a lot of development happening in our community, and much of it is on farmland,” said Stevens, who is also chief creative officer at the orchards. “We've had developers come to
  
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