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Stories by Dean Harder

National Farmers' Union member Dean Harder fears AAFC cuts will be the agriculture equivalent of scrapping the Avro Arrow in the 1950s, when Canada was a world leader in aerospace design.
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Canadian government got it wrong on public plant breeding

Nation building should deem agriculture essential, not a casualty

By Dean Harder February 6, 2026
Cuts to Agriculture and AgriFood Canada will undermine Canadian agricultural productivity, says National Farmers’ Union member Dean Harder.

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