News - Agriculture

Despite the new North American Trade Agreement, tariffs on U.S. pork remain an issue for U.S. and Canadian pork producers.

H@ms Marketing Services says the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement has improved confidence in the hog market although it doesn’t address the main tariff issues.

Manitoba Agriculture reports rain and snow over the past week continued to slow harvest progress.

The Manitoba government is calling on the federal government to respect all Manitobans and the Made-In-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan by not forcing an unwanted new federal carbon tax.

Farm Credit Canada is offering support for hog-producing customers facing financial hardship as a result of international trade disputes.

The Vice-President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute is confident a new trilateral North American trade agreement will help bolster investor confidence in Canada.

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork says the modernized free trade agreement reached by Canada, the United States and Mexico this week, will provide much needed certainty for the Canadian and American pork sectors.

The National Pork Producers Council is applauding a new Canada U.S. and Mexico free trade agreement.

Manitoba Agriculture reports rain over the past week has slowed the harvest and is reducing crop quality.

Cereals Canada welcomes the announcement of a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement, which will be known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.