Alex Binkley

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Alex Binkley

Contentious ag bill to be studied by the Senate international trade committee

Banning export of live horses for slaughter no threat to other livestock sectors

Senate ag committee studying Canada’s forest fire problem

Budget silence on Grain Act Review a disappointment

Canada needs new trade deals and better transportation infrastructure

Farmers and processors oppose bill to ban horse exports

Railway strike looms next month

Rural Canada must collaborate to tell its story to the rest of the country

Senate ag committee should study Canada’s forest fire problem

Canadian groups support Mexican ban on GE corn imports

Gene editing could help crops cope with drought

WTO remains important to international commerce

Tax incentives might fulfill agrifood’s need for investment

Canadian supply chains need improvement

Agrifood exporters could face carbon tariffs in other countries

Seaway opens with little ice on the Lakes and some hopeful business signs

Federal plan to reduce transport bottlenecks lacks performance reports

Canadian veterinarian shortage worse in rural areas

Bilateral trade deals replacing weakened WTO

Product of U.S. meat label could disrupt cross-border trade

Bill to prevent export of horses for slaughter reaches the agriculture committee

Non-tariff barriers spreading around the world

Senate committee holds final soil health hearing

Agriculture needs to build a coalition on sustainability to reassure consumers

Canada needs a critical farm input strategy, CFA says

Agrifood needs to act on its generational opportunity for growth

Grocery companies need to sign the code of conduct, MPs say

Agriculture facing huge worker shortage by 2030

Senate committee needs to carefully examine supply management bill

Amended fuel tax exemption bill has real cost for farmers, PBO says

Senate looking at ways to save farmland from urban sprawl

Feds withholding carbon tax refunds of carbon tax from small businesses

Boosting Indigenous agriculture production would benefit Canada

Ottawa boosting funding for food price increase investigations

Animal health to gain importance as world population grows

Support for agrifood innovation has declined, study shows

Lobb launches push to get his farm carbon tax exemption bill finally approved

Gene editing would be helpful for pest control, report says

It’s time to update the Barton report, CAPI says

Tools needed to increase adoption of soil health practices by farmers

Canada needs a comprehensive approach to managing its soil

UK attempt to blame Canada for cheese tariffs are misleading

Proposed plastics registry could become another burden for fruit and vegetable growers

Ontario court to hear legal challenge against glyphosate

Farmers everywhere need financial help to adopt green practices

Need for Grocery Code is urgent

New form of plastic touted as a compostable alternative

Parliamentarians will be hearing plenty from farmers on the Carbon Tax.

Constant vigilance needed to deal with livestock diseases

Agriculture was front and centre at one COP28 pavilion

Seaway-Great Lakes shipping getting a $10.9 billion boost

Agriculture committee calls for flexibility in livestock transport

Agriculture has a $30 billion opportunity, FCC says

Federal Supply Chain Office to boost resilience

Grocery Code has broad public support

Poll has encouraging news for the supply-managed sectors

Senators again snarl passage of a bill to ease cost pressures on farmers

Trespass bill receives strong support from MPs

MPs give final approval to bill to toughen penalties for farm trespassing

Do not hinder agricultural trade with new climate rules

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