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What do you want to know before voting in Canada’s federal election?
Looking for answers to the questions that concern you the most? Let us know
Glacier FarmMedia is dedicated to covering the 2025 federal election with your interests as farmers as our lens. Our team of reporters will be speaking with politicians across Canada during the five-week election campaign. What do YOU want to ask them? Have your say below and we’ll update this page with your responses at bottom. […] Read more

Canada Beef enacts plan in face of U.S. tariff uncertainty
Keeping up with Canada Beef (from the April 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen)
Canada Beef recently provided readers with a high-level overview of its proposed $3.5 million Trade Disruption Response Plan, developed with industry to address the widespread implications to the Canadian beef industry should the U.S. impose tariffs on Canadian beef and cattle. This month, we share some of the actions already underway in domestic and international […] Read more

Blois in as agriculture minister
Kody Blois will take over the role of Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Mark Carney’s cabinet.

Canada Beef responds to U.S. tariff threat
Keeping Up With Canada Beef (from the March 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen)
As readers are no doubt aware, on February 3, 2025, the Canadian and U.S. governments announced a 30-day pause on the imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on imported goods from each other. A week later, the U.S. imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada, effective March 12. […] Read more

Comment: Surviving Donald Trump’s political chaos
Depending on who you talk to, U.S. President Donald Trump is either a righteous genius, acting in the best interests of America, or a blustering fool who doesn’t know what he’s doing. Personally, I don’t think either of those assessments is correct, or fully correct, anyway. I think Trump understands how to create chaos and […] Read more

MacAulay bows out of coming election
Federal agriculture minister hanging up his skates after 36 years in office
Federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay says he won't seek reelection in the coming election.

Canadian Cattle Association advocates for beef producers through tariff uncertainty
CCA Reports, from the March 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
There is no such thing as a quiet time in the cattle industry, but it feels like the first part of 2025 has been busier than other years. The days leading up to and immediately after President Trump’s inauguration were intense as I juggled my farm responsibilities with media interview requests and meetings to discuss […] Read more

Knowns and unknowns for Canada’s beef industry in 2025
CCA Reports, from the February 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
As I write this column at the beginning of the new year, I’ve reflected on the similarities between cattle production and geopolitics — and how the political world affects our sector along with the entire economy. As of this writing, there is so much uncertainty in the political world. An unpredictable president-elect is making waves […] Read more

ADM quarterly profit falls on weak crush margins, announces layoffs
Chicago | Reuters – Grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland ADM.N reported a drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, pressured by weak oilseed crush margins and uncertainty over U.S. biofuel policy, and said it would be laying off up to 700 employees globally this year. Chicago-based ADM said it aimed to cut costs by $500 million to $750 […] Read more

Tariff threat clouds outlook for beef producers
Prime Cuts with Steve Kay
Cattle producers throughout North America have been holding their breath since President Donald Trump began his second term in office. They are hoping that he will not go ahead with his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico, an additional 10 per cent tariff on all Chinese imports […] Read more