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Provinces have no clear plans to vaccinate meat plant workers

Canada, Indonesia explore trade deal

Federal ag minister takes look back at 2020
Marie-Claude Bibeau says applying the climate plan to agriculture will be at the heart of her work in the upcoming years
D.C. Fraser, Glacier FarmMedia’s Ottawa correspondent, recently talked to federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau about the year that just was. Questions and answers have been edited for length. Q: Looking back at the year, what was the biggest personal challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic for you? A: Trying to identify those who were the most […] Read more
Farm groups put pressure on provinces over AgriStability
Producers turn up the heat as they demand that provincial governments accept Ottawa’s business risk management proposal
Leaders of several Canadian producer groups called on provincial governments to accept Ottawa’s proposal to improve business risk management programs. During an end-of-year virtual meeting, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Mary Robinson said federal Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau’s proposal to fix AgriStability, a leading irritant of the BRMs, “represents a fundamental shift in the […] Read more
Federal ag minister looks back at 2020

Food processing red tape targeted
Producers biggest losers of failed agriculture minister talks

Lack of detail in U.K. trade deal raises concern

Prairie provinces have AgriStability proposal concerns
