Sidebar 1: Quebec agriculture - a history of intervention Sunday, April 5, 2009 The reason why Quebec intervenes to the extent it does in agriculture is deeply rooted in history, says Daniel-Mercier Gouin, professor of agro-economy at Université Laval. "For good or bad, whether it has chosen to use the right tool or not, the province decided to encourage agriculture as a prime economic activity." In return, farmers have always tended to turn to the provincial government for all agriculture related matters. They do so using one very powerful voice, the Union des Producteurs Agricole (UPA), a producer's union with mandatory dues for all farmers, but for which 94 per cent of farmers belong to on a voluntary basis.From the early 1980s until the early '90s, Quebec dominated the Canadian hog industry and produced quality pork for the domestic market as well as lucrative foreign markets in the United States and Japan. But slowly, hog producers in other countries caught up to Quebec producers by modernizing their operations and becoming more efficient. Quebec lost its competitive advantage and the higher Canadian dollar hurt exports. BP Sidebar 2: How ASRA is calculated Cover Story: Quebec Pork Producers
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Kubota Connect 2025 Monday, September 29, 2025 Today Farms.com is joining hundreds of Kubota dealers, managers, and industry leaders at Kubota Connect 2025, set for September 29–30 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. What’s on the agenda? The Product & Solutions Hub will have plenty of horsepower on display. Stay... Read this article online
Ag in the House: Sept. 22 – 26 Monday, September 29, 2025 A Conservative MP wanted answers about an ag issue in B.C. during last week’s question period. On Sept. 24, Mel Arnold, the Conservative MP for Kamloops-Shuswap-Central Rockies, asked the government to provide clarity on the situation regarding a possible cull of 400 ostriches at... Read this article online
Cheap Argentine Soybeans Pressure U.S. Export Sales and Rattle Markets Monday, September 29, 2025 On the weekly , Farms.com Risk Management Commodity Strategist Abhinesh Gopal reviewed the major market moves for the week of September 22 to 26, 2025. Grain markets were shaken this week and closed mostly lower says Gopal. Corn slipped about two cents, soybeans dropped twelve cents,... Read this article online