Reading Time: 3 minutes The Parliamentary Agriculture Committee has embarked on a mission to address rising food prices, extending an invitation to both Loblaw and Walmart. In a letter from the committee, Ottawa urges both retailers to voluntarily comply with the proposed grocer’s code of conduct or risk facing legislative action. In other words, Canada is on the verge […] Read more
Opinion: The emerging consensus on food prices
Why all political parties agree that the grocer code of conduct is necessary
EU backs another year of access for Ukrainian food
Proposal includes tariff 'emergency brake' for some products in response to farmer protests
European Union lawmakers approved on Thursday granting Ukrainian food producers tariff-free access to EU markets for another year, rejecting amendments that could have increased restrictions.
Beets won’t benefit from Hamilton sugar refinery
Sugar beet growers want more market share for their locally grown crop, but they won’t get it from Canada’s newest sugar refinery
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – When shelves across Western Canada were empty of sugar after strike action at the Rogers Sugar refinery in Vancouver, Canada’s sugar beet growers renewed calls for a national sugar strategy. Groups including the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers have long decried Canada’s reliance on imported cane sugar rather than Canadian-grown sugar beets. Alberta’s crop makes up about eight per cent of the sugar consumed […] Read more
Olymel parent company posts profit after plant closures
The company closed plants in Ontario, Quebec, and slowed production in the west in 2023
Sollio Cooperative Group, parent company of meat processor Olymel, says it’s back in the black after a period of losses led to closures and cut-backs.
Poland urges EU sanctions on Russian, Belarusian farm products
Polish farmers have been protesting EU environmental regulation, competition from Ukrainian imports
Poland plans to ask the European Union to put sanctions on Russian and Belarusian agricultural products as it seeks to meet the needs of protesting farmers, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday during a visit to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
Wine sector support program extended
Program must continue to help Canadian wineries compete with imports, sector says
A program that pays grants to Canadian wineries to help them adapt to industry and competitiveness challenges has been extended to 2027, the federal government announced today.
Maple Leaf combines plant, meat protein divisions
Meat sales struggle in fourth quarter, plant sales drop
Maple Leaf will merge its plant and meat protein divisions and plans to expand in the U.S. market, the company said in February.
Companies in Ukraine see problems pile up, but most tough it out
Blockades, capital controls, insurance costs weigh on companies
German supermarket chain Metro and its 3,400 employees in Ukraine have worked hard to get their business back to where it was before Russia's full-scale invasion two years ago.
Poland may ban Russian agricultural imports, says PM Tusk
Latvia has already implemented a ban
Poland doesn't rule out introducing a ban on agricultural products from Russia, the prime minister said on Thursday during a visit to Warsaw by his counterpart from Latvia, which has already implemented such a ban.
No silver bullet for food price inflation
The causes might not be what you think they are, one food academic says
Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian food price inflation has many causes, but grocers gouging customers isn’t one of them, Michael von Massow of the University of Guelph said during the December Fields on Wheels conference hosted by the University of Manitoba. Even the carbon tax hasn’t had much impact, according to the associate professor of food […] Read more
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