New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued ministerial mandate letters to his cabinet as one of the first issues confronting the new agriculture and trade ministers is the country-of-original labeling (COOL) matter with the United States.New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued ministerial mandate letters to his cabinet. General expectations are for more transparency in the government and “priorities which draw heavily from our election platform commitments.” Among the priorities for agriculture are:
Reviewing the current farm income safety net policies that expire in 2018 Funding the Agri-Food Value Added Investment Fund, which is intended to provide technical and marketing assistance to help food processors dev...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
