agriculture ministers meeting

What sustainability looks like in the agriculture industry was a key topic discussed at a recent Canadian Federation of Agriculture Summer Board Meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In conjunction with the Board Meeting, members of the CFA also met with the federal, provincial, and territorial agriculture ministers in a roundtable meeting, which covered the landscape […]

A long-awaited federal provincial agriculture ministers meeting goes Thursday to discuss the future of the support program agristability. Agriculture Minister David Marit is hoping Saskatchewan’s concerns about program cost can be among the issues resolved. Ottawa says the reforms to AgriStability would result in an added $170-million in payments directly into farmers pockets. However, for […]