a black angus cow standing in a pasture

Saskatchewan producers say bovine TB compensation inadequate

News Roundup from the June 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Glacier FarmMedia – Efforts to trace the bovine tuberculosis case discovered last fall have put several farms in quarantine and under financial pressure. The positive test found on a Saskatchewan cow at slaughter on November 29, 2024, brought with it numerous ramifications as a result of Canada’s tracing policies to ensure continued trade under international […] Read more




Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in the small hours of April 29, 2025, in Ottawa after his Liberal Party won the general election the previous day. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters Connect

Agriculture groups react to Carney win

Conservatives maintain rural dominance, NDP support collapses as Liberals win minority government

Canadian agricultural groups welcomed Mark Carney’s new minority federal government on Tuesday morning and pushed for immediate action on pressing issues.


File photo of a BNSF grain train crossing the Gassman Coulee trestle near Minot, North Dakota. (Photo courtesy BNSF Railway)

Railways eliminate carbon surcharge

Surcharge came off April 1 after federal government axed consumer carbon price

Farmers said they are happy and relieved that Canada's two major railways have removed their carbon tax surcharges.

Trade is the number one concern affecting all sectors, as reflected by ag organizations’ wish lists for this federal election. | File photoCanadian farm organizations provided lists of topics they hope will get attention during the federal election. Support for tariff-free access to export markets, investment in public plant breeding, cost-shared premiums for livestock price insurance, and maintaining rules-based trade are among the issues these groups want championed. | File photo

Loss of markets overshadows federal election campaign

Farm organizations say rules-based, predictable trade environments are at the top of their wish lists for the next government

Ending tariffs, or preventing any new tariffs, overshadows all other issues so far in this federal election campaign. Trade is the number one concern affecting all sectors.



Led by brothers Ray, David and Glen Price, the company that got its start in hog breeding business in 1970 later expanded into meat processing and then into food processing and retail. Photo: Screencap via sunterrafarms.ca

Alberta-based Sunterra companies in financial, legal trouble

The home-grown company is renowned for its diversified model and value-added processing

Alberta-based Sunterra Farms has filed notice for protection under federal bankruptcy and insolvency laws to restructure itself financially while three of its U.S. subsidiaries face mounting legal and financial woes.


A trade war could be just as damaging to farmers as a drought, so business risk management programs should be adapted to reflect this, said Tyler McCann from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. | Getty Images

Policy institute calls for open review of ag spending

It’s been 13 years since agricultural spending was reviewed, and some programs may no longer meet producer needs

A full-scale review of Canadian agricultural spending should be a top priority in this time of global uncertainty, said a new report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.