{"id":40012,"date":"2025-04-01T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/?p=40012"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:12:19","slug":"fruit-and-vegetable-growers-brace-for-tariffs-urge-quick-government-action-to-support-trade-exposed-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2025\/04\/01\/fruit-and-vegetable-growers-brace-for-tariffs-urge-quick-government-action-to-support-trade-exposed-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWERS BRACE FOR TARIFFS, URGE QUICK GOVERNMENT ACTION TO SUPPORT TRADE EXPOSED SECTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA, ON<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0April 1, 2025<\/span><\/span>\u00a0– Over three days last month, Canada’s<\/span>\u00a0greenhouse vegetable growers got a preview of what sweeping US tariffs would do to their industry, and they saw that the impact could be devastating.<\/p>\n

Canada’s<\/span>\u00a0fruit and vegetable growers have long-known about the inadequacies in current safety net programs. In recent years, extreme weather events and a growing threat of emerging pests have hurt domestic production. Now, the threat of US tariffs has made these vulnerabilities even more acute.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Ontario<\/span>\u00a0alone,\u00a0between March 4 and 7<\/span>\u00a0when US President Trump’s tariffs were implemented on a range of goods covered under the Canada-US-Mexico free trade agreement (CUSMA), greenhouse growers reported losses of\u00a0$2.2 million<\/span>\u00a0a day in sales.<\/p>\n

With 48 percent of total production exported to\u00a0the United States<\/span>, all Canadian fruit and vegetable growers are threatened by the US tariffs.<\/p>\n

The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of\u00a0Canada<\/span>\u00a0(FVGC) today released a report that spotlights the impact of US tariffs on\u00a0Canada’s<\/span>\u00a0horticultural sector and the need to quickly adapt federal and provincial safety net programs to address new and more extreme challenges.<\/p>\n

Unlike other agricultural sectors, the fruit and vegetable industry has limited tools to manage volatility and external shocks due to the perishability of products, intensive labour requirements, and just-in-time supply chains.<\/p>\n

Among the measure to mitigate the impact of US tariffs, FVGC recommends the creation of a dedicated emergency fund to provide direct compensation for greenhouse operators and other fruit and vegetable growers, domestic price supports to prevent market collapse during harvest periods, and regional support packages addressing unique provincial conditions.<\/p>\n

The report also calls for an overhaul of existing business risk management programs \u2013 as safety net programs are known \u2013 to better adapt them to changing and more extreme weather conditions, external shocks and the unique needs of\u00a0Canada’s<\/span>\u00a0fruit and vegetable sector.<\/p>\n

Read FVGC’s report,\u00a0Extraordinary Measures for Unprecedented Times.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

QUOTES<\/b><\/p>\n

“Canada’s<\/span>\u00a0fruit and vegetable sector is uniquely exposed to trade disruptions. Perishable goods can’t sit indefinitely in warehouses or be rerouted through alternative markets. When delays or tariffs occur, crops spoil and markets are lost\u2014sometimes permanently.”\u00a0<\/b>Massimo Bergamini<\/span>, Executive Director, Fruit and Vegetable Growers of\u00a0Canada<\/span><\/p>\n

“The impact from the three days of tariffs was immediate. It added costs to our shipments, slowed down the following week’s orders, and created long term uncertainty on both sides of the border. There are real threats to oversupply of fresh produce in the domestic market, price deterioration, and quality losses which all directly hit growers’ bottom line.”\u00a0Jan VanderHout<\/span>, Beverly Greenhouses,\u00a0Waterdown, Ontario<\/span><\/p>\n

The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of\u00a0Canada<\/span>\u00a0(FVGC)<\/a><\/i>\u00a0represents growers across the country involved in the production of over 120 different types of crops on over 14,000 farms, with a farm gate value of\u00a0$7.4 billion<\/span>\u00a0in 2023. FVGC is an\u00a0Ottawa<\/span>-based voluntary, not-for-profit, national association, and, since 1922, has advocated on important issues that impact\u00a0Canada’s<\/span>\u00a0fresh produce sector, promoting healthy, safe, and sustainable food, ensuring the continued success and growth of the industry.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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