Canada’s three-year-old trade agreement with the EU really hasn’t turned out as planned. Hopes had been high for Canadian agricultural products to have access to new markets in Europe. But barriers haven’t come down and much of the industry is now pressing Ottawa to take a stronger stance on their behalf.
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Canadian pork producers are worried. For the past three years, African Swine Fever has been sweeping across Asia and Europe, wiping out swine herds in its path. Now it’s knocking on Canada’s door.
Photo: Tom Hickmore, Adsdean.
As COVID-19 resurges, it’s a great time of year to boost your immunity with Ontario’s bounty of healthy foods. But government and industry need to do better when it comes to processing that harvest into everyday food products. Less sugar, salt and fat in the products would go a long way to make them more nutritious.
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Striking a deal in agriculture isn’t quite like doing business in the city…odds are, the two parties involved in the deal might be neighbours for years. With buyers and sellers likely to cross paths again, it’s important that everyone feels the deal was fair. Two experts talk about negotiating here
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Farms can be noisy workplaces, from running equipment to livestock and ventilation systems. All may be unavoidable, but all are loud. If hearing protection is neglected, hearing loss can jeopardize worker safety. And that’s not to mention the mental health problems that can arise when conversations aren’t heard or well understood.
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Owen Roberts is an agricultural journalist and communications instructor based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is a trustee on the Global Foundation for Agricultural Journalism and an associate editor (communications) for the Journal of Agromedicine. Previously, Owen was president of the International Forum for Agricultural Journalists, an agricultural communications faculty member at the University of Illinois, and research communications director at the University of Guelph. His programs and research papers have been recognized through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence and the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation.