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Hon. Trevor Jones prepares for ag ministers’ meeting in Winnipeg

The annual meeting of federal-provincial-territorial agriculture ministers will be a reset in mid-July 2025 with a new federal minister in Heath MacDonald and five new provincial ministers. 

The Grower is Digging Deeper behind the July 2025 cover story titled New ministers, new demands. Same old solutions? <click to read> and speaking with Ontario’s Hon. Trevor Jones. Jones is one of the new faces, vowing to build consensus on infrastructure needs and to improve business risk management programs. Extreme weather patterns and trade volatility will, perhaps, spur faster movement on agricultural files in tandem with the national agenda.

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Healthcare, Energy, and Food Security Under Pressure in Rural America

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There are always many balls in motion when it comes to an economy and way of life. Economist Gbenga Ajilore is back with us from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He talks about the mounting healthcare crisis in rural communities in the distance to drive for service and the increase in cost for that very care. We also get into the energy sector and what the cancellation of $300 billion in clean energy investments has done to rural communities. We’ll close with changes and lost efficiencies in food assistance benefits.