Trade and marketing issues top weekly agriculture news
LETHBRIDGE – In the field is where you will find a lot of farmers these days, if not planting they are checking pivots. While they return to the career of ultimate optimism, agricultural news has had a strong focus on trade and has been the main topic on County 95-5’s “In the Field”.
Wheat-Trade:
The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association wants to harmonize wheat trade regulations with the United States.
The group is concerned about language in the Canada Grain Act that goes back decades.
Executive director Robin Speer says it calls for the automatic downgrading of American wheat imports to the lowest quality.
He is concerned it could potentially open the door to U.S. trade action as the Trump administration looks to renegotiate the North America Free Trade Agreement.