Canada’s farms face a wave of retirements, worker shortages. Will food prices rise?

A looming wave of retirements among Canada’s farm operators and shortages of skilled workers who could replace them is set to crash down on the country’s agricultural sector, experts are warning, with major ramifications for Canadians’ grocery bills.

A report released this week from RBC’s Climate Action Institute projects that two of every five farm operators in Canada will retire over the next decade. Two thirds of producers also don’t have succession plans in place, the report finds. ---More...