The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council will be strengthening British Columbia’s agricultural workforce with enhanced tools.

Farm Credit Canada reports that farmland values increased by an average of 9.3 per cent in 2024. There was wide variability by province. Ontario, for example, recorded a 3.1 per cent increase.

Researcher Dr. Li Ma at Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been granted $540,000 to study how LED lighting can boost greenhouse strawberry production.

Canadian farmers will save more than $100 million annually with the consumer carbon price set to zero.

Kody Blois, the Nova Scotia MP for Kings-Hants, is the new minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development. He was sworn in on March 14, 2025.