The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kyle Larkin as its next Chief Executive Officer, following an extensive national search. Kyle will officially assume the role on January 19, 2026      Kyle brings more than a decade of leadership experience in public affairs, government relations, and association management. Most recently, he served as the Executive Director of Grain Growers of Canada, where he led ...

The high cost of beef has been squeezing Canadian wallets all year, and experts warn there’s little relief in sight.       by Kathy Le - CTV News With cattle herds at their smallest levels in decades, both consumers and the businesses selling the meat are feeling the strain. Inside Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary, the holiday rush is underway. But behind the counters filled with rib roasts ...

The latest Food Price Report produced by several Canadian universities is projecting an average family of four will pay an estimated $994.63 more for food in 2026 than this year because of issues like trade and climate change     by Ian Bickis - The Canadian Press Expect food to take up a bigger share of household budgets next year. The increase, making for an estimated total bill of $17,571.79, ...

Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country     by Emily Baron Cadloff - The Canadian Press The lobbying plans were adopted as a part of nine resolutions approved by members of the National Farmers Union who met at an annual conference in Moncton, N.B., last week. A ...

"We can see that some of the work we're doing is helping to diversify further into other markets," said Albert Eringfeld, Canada Beef's vice-president for export market development     by Stephen Tipper - Post Media Representing a win for the Canadian beef industry, JBS Canada and Costco Mexico recently struck a deal that will see about 20,000 tonnes of beef shipped from the JBS Brooks plant to Costco stores ...

Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season     by Dee-ann Durbin - The Associated Press Doll's small farm west of Detroit had no cases of bird flu, despite an ongoing outbreak that killed more than 2 million U.S. turkeys in the last three months alone. He also avoided another disease, avian metapneumovirus, which causes turkeys to lay fewer eggs. “I ...

The Meat Institute today released an economic study that found the meat and poultry processing industry contributes $57.3 billion to the US economy and provides 584,000 jobs      The entire meat and poultry industry, including livestock production, animal feed, equipment manufacturing, transportation and more contributes $347.7 billion in value to the nation, supporting 3.2 million jobs.  "While the meat and poultry processing industry drives some economic activity in every ...