By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Feb 28, 2024 | 3:45 PM

Delegates at the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture asked for the interest-free portion of Advance Payment Program moved back up to $350,000.

Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said he can’t make that decision alone.

Conservative Agriculture Critic John Barlow said he wasn’t aware of the change until farm organizations began contacting him.

Meanwhile, delegates also raised Bill C-234 and asked speakers if they support the amended version of the bill, which leaves farm buildings and greenhouses out of any possible carbon tax exemption.

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Food brands are under increasing pressure to respond to evolving market access rules to operate and enter new markets.

Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute will use $3.1 million from Ottawa to make improvements to the National Index on Agri-Food Performance which acts as a point of reference for companies to declare the sustainability of their practices.

The Index looks at how sustainable Canada’s farming and food sector is from food production to retail, covering things like how it affects the environment, the quality of food, and how it helps the economy and society.

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The Transportation Safety Board said a broken wheel was to blame for a train derailment in B.C.’s Fraser Valley more than three years ago that spilled six million kilograms of potash.

In September 2020, 61 cars on a Canadian National Railway freight train left the tracks just south of Hope, B.C.

A board report said no one was hurt and none of the product that spilled was dangerous.

The board investigation determined the broken wheel dropped between the rails, breaking the track at multiple welds and setting off the rail-car pileup.

The cleanup was able to remove all the potash, the area was seeded and replanted and B.C.’s Ministry of Environment was satisfied with the response.

The report concluded that despite no indication of a split in the rim of the wheel, the failure occurred, and no safety actions were taken by CN Rail after the derailment.

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