A partner with Polar Pork suggests new Chinese tariffs on Canadian agricultural products and threatened U.S. tariffs have the potential to devastate Canadian agriculture.    Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca  Amid concerns related to new 100 percent Chinese tariffs on imported Canadian canola oil, canola meal and peas, 25 percent tariffs on Canadian pork, fish and seafood products and threatened U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called ...

Inflation, the price of land and the carbon tax are all squeezing farm budgets in southern Alberta      by Elise Stolte - CBC News   Sam Van Uden, 21, runs the seeder on a prairie farm in southern Alberta. It's good hours, but the paycheque doesn't stretch the way it did for young adults who used to start this way. That's what he wants this federal election campaign to focus on, ...

The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China      The Canadian Press   The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment cap under AgriStability, a program that works similarly to crop insurance, will double to $6 million for the 2025 program year. Support also includes increasing the compensation rate from 80 per cent ...

Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) is encouraged by the recent statement from the Government of Canada, demonstrating a strong commitment to tackling the fraudulent importation of broiler meat mislabeled as spent fowl         The dedication to enhancing collaboration between industry and enforcement agencies marks a positive step toward protecting the integrity of Canada's chicken supply and safeguarding the livelihoods of Canadian chicken farmers. Spent fowl refers to ...

The UFCW  represents 1.2 million workers in meatpacking, food processing, grocery, retail, and other essential industries across North America         The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union released a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that it will instruct the Food Safety and Inspection Service to extend waivers allowing pork and poultry facilities to operate at higher line speeds. Earlier this ...

For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not     by Melina Walling - The Associated Press   A study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that even in the most optimistic scenarios, grass-fed beef produces no less planet-warming carbon emissions than industrial beef. The finding calls into question the frequent promotion of ...

The contest offers Canadians an opportunity to nominate their most-loved beef dishes at local restaurants, with a chance for someone in each region to win $200 for participating as nominators         The contest will also crown a restaurant winner from each province, with each provincial champion advancing to the national finale. Provincial winners will receive a prize pack valued at $1000, and the national winner will take ...