A bearded middle-aged man wearing glasses and a tam-style hat picks up a package of wieners in a WalMart grocery store.

Food exporters urged to ease reliance on U.S.

A Farm Credit Canada analysis of trade in the food and beverage sector examined ways to diversify markets

Farm Credit Canada says there is a $12 billion opportunity in diversifying food and beverage exports to markets other than the United States.











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.