AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoDairy Trade Pressure: Canadian dairy farmers are warning Ottawa not to offer more concessions as U.S. tariff talks intensify ahead of Aug. 19, with the U.S. citing Canada’s supply management system as a sticking point; Wildfire Reality Check (BC): B.C. agriculture officials say 221 registered agricultural premises are under evacuation order, while some orchard and ranch families are staying put to protect multi-generation livelihoods; Farm Gate to Consumer: Saskatchewan Open Farm Days opens “backstage passes” to 37 host locations across the province, with bus tours from Saskatoon and Swift Current; Immigration (Ag Jobs): Alberta issued 29 agriculture-focused invitations on July 16 and 53 construction invitations on July 21 under AAIP priority-sector draws, with agriculture cut-offs rising to 56 in July; Innovation & Crops: HempAgra held a ribbon cutting for a new industrial hemp processing facility, pitching hemp as a new crop option with multiple end uses; Research Spotlight: A new Science study using ancient and modern bison genomes finds limited cattle ancestry in modern herds and maps bison evolution over 20,000 years.
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