Warren Grapes Scholarships If you are a Quebec resident enrolled in an agriculture or silviculture program at the college or university level or a Canadian resident from outside the province who is enrolled in an agricultural or silviculture program at a Quebec college or university, you are eligible to apply. Write an essay of 400 to 600 words describing your experience and interest in agriculture. Tell us...
The Advocate Quebec’s Fédération de la relève agricole has launched a new social media campaign to point out the stress and strain caused by uncertainty for young producers in the farming industry. Taking to Facebook and Instagram with the sarcastic hashtag #maistoutvabien (#everythingisfine), the FRAQ hopes to highlight the distress facing young producers in an industry where Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasts a 49.2-per-cent drop in...
The Advocate From Gatineau to Vaudreuil-Soulanges, and St. Jean sur Richelieu to Ste. Marie de Beauce, farmers have been demonstrating in the streets across the province. Convoys of tractors – from modest machines to the largest John Deeres on the market – have been parading from town to town and heading to urban centres. And it is going to continue, as agricultural producers sound the...
The Advocate The Blue Cow logo of the Dairy Farmers of Canada appears on all Canadian-made products sold in Canadian stores. In the last seven years, and through a number of international trade agreements, Canada has opened access to this country’s dairy market to dairy producers in other parts of the world. The Dairy Farmers of Canada have opposed these concessions every step of the way. But...
Photo: For David Hall of Lac Brome, president for the Montérégie-Est syndicate of Quebec’s maple syrup producers federation, the key to taking advantage of great maple syrup harvests is to be ready early: “If you’re in the business, you should be ready by Feb. 10th, and able to keep going until around April 15th.” Andrew McClelland The Advocate It looks like the 2024 maple syrup season...
The Advocate Andrew McClelland Advocate Staff Reporter The second round of talks about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have closed and sources say that Canada has pushed off pressure from the U.S. about American dairy producers gaining more access to Canadian markets. Canada, the U.S. and Mexico met for a five-day round of negotiations in Mexico City on Sept. 1. President Donald Trump initiated...
The Advocate Marcel Groleau UPA President, Quebec Farmer’s Advocate, September 2017 This spring, at the end of a lengthy re-evaluation, Health Canada determined that products containing the weed killer glyphosate (Roundup®, Vision®, etc.) pose no hazard to human and environmental health if used according to the directions. Health Canada’s decision was met with a negative reaction by a number of actors from civil-society actors and people working in...
Andrew McClelland Advocate Staff Reporter Canadians have had their say on what they want from a national food policy. Now, the only question that remains is what Ottawa will do with the tens of thousands of suggestions they’ve received for its long-term visioning project entitled, “A Food Policy for Canada.” Over the course of the past four months, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has been holding public consultations...
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