Currently, only queen bees can be imported from the United States.
Dan Winter, president of the American Beekeeping Federation, said members “would strongly like the Canadian Parliament” to change its mind about that policy.
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
High protein peas closer to registration
Equinom works with seed growers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in anticipation of 2024 commercial contracts
Israeli company Equinom has moved a step closer to registering its ultra high protein pea varieties in Canada. The company said the Prairie Grain Development Committee has supported two varieties of yellow peas. “If you gain the support you can take (it) to the CFIA and they will look at the data and give you […] Read more
Collaboration key to sustainable ag strategy
Past government collaboration to establish agricultural policy is key to moving toward a national Sustainable Agriculture Strategy, said a new report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. The report by the University of Toronto’s Dr. Grace Skogstad said the five-year agricultural policy frameworks that governments have worked on together for the last 20 years show […] Read more
Credit agency monitors grain shipments
Credit rating agency DBRS Morningstar is watching western Canadian wildfires to see if grain movement will be affected. In a commentary released May 17, the agency said it didn’t believe the current fires would disrupt movement too much. Canadian National Railway had temporarily halted all trains on its main line between Edmonton and Jasper at […] Read more
Some poultry from Ukraine rejected
Canada had to discard some of the poultry coming in from Ukraine because it didn’t meet standards, said Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials last week. During testimony at the standing agriculture committee, vice-president of operations Philippe Morel said 24 containers of poultry arrived under the Ukraine Goods Remission Order and 11 had been inspected. Morel […] Read more
Ag exporters want action on non-tariff barriers
Canada responded to American steel tariffs with a targeted set of retaliatory measures and that worked. The same should be done in agriculture.
Debate heats up over bill to protect supply management
Bloc Quebecois takes Conservatives to task for opposition to private member’s bill that would prevent concessions in future trade deals
Although all parties overwhelmingly agreed to move the bill to protect supply management in future trade negotiations through the parliamentary process earlier this year, some Conservatives are speaking against it, saying it could have unintended consequences and has divided agricultural sectors.
Sask. offers producers help for feed damaged by wildlife
Provincial agriculture minister David Marit said some producers have had to travel 400 kilometres one way to find feed after two years of drought and then had wildlife damage to feed stacks they had.
Industry wants help for Quebec hog producers
House of Commons agriculture committee told that closure of Olymel plant will affect thousands of farmers and workers
The owners of the Quebec pork plant set to close by the end of this year said governments should help affected producers. Sollio Co-operative Group owns Olymel, which last month announced its processing plant in Vallee Jonction will close. Many of the nearly 1,000 affected employees are foreign workers who must now apply for new […] Read more
Advance payment changes take effect
Advance Payment Program advances are based on up to 50 percent of the expected market value of the product or product in storage. The changes are not retroactive and took effect May 8.
Advances are available for crops, livestock and honey.
