A new episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast, a collaboration between RealAgriculture and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, features  economist and agronomist Pascal Thériault, Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program, in an expert panel discussing the economics driving land use change.

The episode dives into the economics driving land use decisions by farmers and landowners, focusing on the impact of private and public sustainability programs and other market incentives.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 29 Jan 2025

American companies that employ hundreds of Quebec workers could suffer from a call for a boycott as suggested on certain social media, reports TVA Nouvelles and others.

economist and agronomist Pascal Thériault, Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program, told ճմthat caution is required, despite the good faith of Quebecers who want to respond to Donald Trump's threats of putting tariffs on Canadian goods.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 29 Jan 2025

In a recent video, Radio-Canada's 'é辱 investigates the nutritional, environmental, and economic reasons why orange juice might not be the best choice to accompany a healthy breakfast.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 15 Jan 2025

Students at the Université de Sherbrooke have developed a tool that enables market gardeners to rid their fields of weeds more quickly and without resorting to herbicides, using AI-controlled robotics.

Classified as: Mathieu Leduc
Published on: 20 Nov 2024

The next generation of butchers is in short supply. According to the Canadian Meat Council, there are nearly 10,000 butchering positions available in supermarkets across the country.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 12 Nov 2024

In a new article, Macdonald Campus' 2024 Distinguished Young Alumni Award winner Ophelia Sarakinis (FMT’19) and her successful Montreal-based business, GUSH Farm.

Published on: 11 Nov 2024

Beef prices have risen in recent years, and could continue to do so in the coming year,

This year's high prices are partly explained by the price of grain used to feed the cattle, according to agronomist and economist Pascal Thériault, Director of 's Farm Management and Technology Program.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 6 Nov 2024

This Halloween, there may be a haunting fright in Montrealers' candy bowls: smaller chocolate bars and less treats in each candy bag.

that this is driven by rising costs of key ingredients like cocoa and sugar have quietly pushed manufacturers to reduce product sizes to avoid alarming consumers, a strategy known as shrinkflation.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 30 Oct 2024

In April 2024, four students from the Macdonald Campus' Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program participated in the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC). Beatrice Neveu, Connor Velthuis, David Kolton Crack, Jason McOuat and their coach, Faculty Lecturer Mathieu Leduc, traveled to California for this three-day event to sharpen their dairy and business skills while networking with teams from across North America.

Classified as: Mathieu Leduc
Published on: 23 Oct 2024

As consumers increasingly opt for ready-to-eat meals rather than going to restaurants, restaurants like Au pied de cochon are responding by expanding their grocery offerings.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 17 Sep 2024

Often considered a symbol of shrinkflation, orange juice is shrinking again, . A modified bottle of the Tropicana brand is making its way into grocery stores in a format reduced to 1.36 liters.

Will other brands follow in Tropicana's footsteps?

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 26 Aug 2024

The price of food has been increasing since the pandemic.Even poutine is not immune to inflation: the price of sunflower oil used in fryers has doubled, and even the price of potatoes has risen.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 26 Aug 2024

Metro announced a 14.6% drop in its net profit for the third quarter, ending July 6, 2024, compared to the same period last year. Its turnover increased by 3.5% to reach 6.65 billion.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 26 Aug 2024

In a recent article, into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series Les fermiers Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 7 Aug 2024

Loblaws and its principal shareholder, George Weston, will pay $500 million to settle a class action lawsuit the company was facing in connection with a bread cartel. The people behind the lawsuit accused the country's major food chains of colluding on the price of bread to increase their profit margins.

Classified as: Pascal Thériault
Published on: 30 Jul 2024

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