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 ...

A survey of Canadians' perceptions around food affordability and purchasing behaviours suggests that consumers have changed how they shop, cook and eat in response to rising prices     by Sammy Hudes - The Canadian Press The latest edition of the Canadian Food Sentiment Index, released by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab in partnership with online data platform Caddle, said food remains the dominant household financial concern for Canadians. More ...

A U.S. based global livestock market analysist observes the responsiveness of Canadian pork processing plants to customer demands has given them an advantage in the higher value export markets     by Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca "What’s next for the Global Pork Market" was discussed earlier this month as part of Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2025. Brett Stuart, the President of Global AgriTrends says, despite the rhetoric, most of agriculture ...

Chicken Farmers of Canada has released the results of its latest lifecycle assessment (LCA), confirming that Canadian chicken producers have made measurable improvements in reducing their environmental footprint over the past seven years      The assessment, conducted by Groupe AGÉCO, analyzed greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and other environmental factors associated with chicken production from farm to processing. Since the last comprehensive assessment in 2016, the carbon footprint per ...