Close-up at metal steps part  with anti-slip floor and caution sign of the working platform stairway. Industrial equipment object photo, selective focus.

How U.S. tariffs are changing farm costs in Canada

Farm Financial Planner: Extended your current equipment’s operating life is effectively the same as a cut to your annualized cost

U.S. tariffs and Canadian counter-tariffs are characterized as bad news for Canada’s farmers and other businesspeople, but against that bad news is unspoken good news as well.




Canola in flower in a field near Stockholm, Saskatchewan in late July, 2024. | Greg Berg photo

Editor’s Rant: Over/underwhelmed

Whether existing ag programs fit the bill or not, expect the feds to try to shoehorn problems into them

Successive federal governments have been working to get out of the ad-hoc farm payment business — so whether existing programs fit the bill or not, it’s unsurprising when the feds try to shoehorn problems into one or more of those.