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Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday January 31, 2023

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has elected its first female president.

Jill Verwey of Portage, Manitoba farms with her family in a mixed dairy, beef, and grain operation.

Verwey won the election at KAP’s annual meeting over fellow incumbent vice-president Jake Ayre in the organization’s first contested election for president in several decades.

She replaces Bill Campbell who served the maximum four one-year terms as the head of KAP.

Agriculture in the Classroom – Canada (AITC-C) is extending its best wishes to its founding executive director.

Johanne Ross has served AITC-C for seven years. Her final day of work will be Feb. 9.

Ross was instrumental to the establishment and growth of the national organization.

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Canada’s retaliatory tariffs place a 25% duty on U.S. cheese and 50% on certain milk, cream and whey products. Vermont cheesemaker Mateo Kehler explains how tariffs, Canadian consumer boycotts and rising input costs are squeezing dairy producers and cutting off a critical export market.