Vivian Argüelles, technical co-operation specialist with IICA and Ryan Beierbach, vice president of the Canadian Cattle Association, participate in a panel discussion at the 2025 Americas Agriculture and Food Security Forum at Olds College on June 17, 2025. Photo: IICA via X

Canadian agricultural leaders attend global food security forum in shadow of G7 summit

Agriculture didn’t make the G7 agenda ,yet speakers at the Americas AgForum25 said it forms the foundation for global solutions

The forum hosted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was designed to ensure agriculture and food stays on world leaders' radar.


Looking upward at a tall, blue building with an Farm Credit Canada (FCC) logo on it.

FCC commits $2 billion to ag tech investment

Farm Credit Canada says the funding commitment will allow it to invest directly into promising agriculture technology companies

The country has great agricultural and agri-food scientists, but turning their research and innovations into profitable businesses has historically been a struggle.





A large red tractor pulls an air seeding rig planting fall rye beside a crop of wheat.

Value of Canadian farmland ‘robust’ but cracks are appearing

Average prices across the country grew by nine per cent last year, although the rate of growth continues to drop year over year

The average value of Canada’s cultivated farmland grew by 9.3 per cent in 2024, less than its growth in 2023 but nevertheless a “robust” number, says the chief economist of Farm Credit Canada, which released its annual Farmland Values Report March 18.


Canada, USA and Mexico flags.

Assessing fallout from potential tariffs not easy

A Farm Credit Canada economist says there is so much uncertainty that analyzing the tariff threat is a difficult endeavour

A senior Farm Credit Canada economist said uncertainty is the name of the game when it comes to the economy.