How will Canada’s new Minister of Agriculture impact the sector?

Kody Blois is the new Minister of Agriculture for Canada

Canada has a new Minister of Agriculture.

Kody Blois is replacing longtime MP Lawerence MacAulay leaving many wondering what the future might hold for the ag sector.

Host of RealAg Radio Shaun Haney spoke with RFD-TV’s Jeniffer Vickery Smith about Blois’s background and what to expect.

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