Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry face Chinese tariffs
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…
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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…
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Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry face Chinese tariffs
The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China The Canadian Press ...
Canadian Chicken Farmers Support Government Commitment to Address Spent Fowl Fraud
Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) is encouraged by the recent statement from the Government of Canada, demonstrating a strong commitment to tackling the fraudulent ...
UFCW Responds to USDA Decision to Allow Higher Line Speeds
The UFCW represents 1.2 million workers in meatpacking, food processing, grocery, retail, and other essential industries across North America The ...
Eat grass-fed beef and help the planet?
For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not by Melina Walling ...
Canada Beef launches the best beef dishes contest
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 ...
Canada’s dairy industry says tariffs less scary than threats to supply management
Canadian dairy farmers say they are less worried about the threat of steep U.S. tariffs than about a looming battle over supply management ...
Manitoba Pork calls for Team Canada approach to interprovincial trade barriers
A former Manitoba Deputy Premier, Agriculture Minister and Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister is calling for federal action and provincial cooperation to break down ...
Charlebois: Canada sleepwalks into another trade war with China
Canada has walked itself into an unnecessary trade war with the United States’ biggest geopolitical rival, China by Sylvain Charlebois - Troy ...
Bringing China’s Meat Basket to the World’s Dinner Table
In my years of experience in journalism, I have rarely delved into the meat industry, so my understanding of this field is limited ...
Farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze
Nate Powell-Palm, an organic farmer outside Belgrade, Montana, was relying on a $648,000 grant from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service to help build a feed ...
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Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry face Chinese tariffs
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…
Canadian Chicken Farmers Support Government Commitment to Address Spent Fowl Fraud
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…
UFCW Responds to USDA Decision to Allow Higher Line Speeds
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…
Eat grass-fed beef and help the planet?
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…
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Canada’s new ag minister is Kody Blois
Kody Blois, MP for the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants since 2019, has buttoned down his dream job. He is the new federal minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural…
CFIB statement on the impact of 25% U.S. tariffs on agri-businesses
The Trump administration’s 25% across-the-board tariffs are a massive broadside to the Canadian economy and come at a time of great political and economic uncertainty by Juliette Nicolaÿ,…
Is this the end of USMCA?
The United States has imposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and an additional 10% tariff on China, escalating trade tensions and raising questions about the future of the US-Mexico-Canada…
China slaps extra tariffs of up to 15% on imports of major US farm exports and adds trade limits
China responded to new U.S. tariffs by announcing Tuesday it will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on imports of key U.S. farm products, including chicken, pork, soy and…
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Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry face Chinese tariffs
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 ...
Canadian Chicken Farmers Support Government Commitment to Address Spent Fowl Fraud
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 ...
UFCW Responds to USDA Decision to Allow Higher Line Speeds
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 ...
Eat grass-fed beef and help the planet?
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 ...
Canada Beef launches the best beef dishes contest
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 ...
Canada’s dairy industry says tariffs less scary than threats to supply management
Canadian dairy farmers say they are less worried about the threat of steep U.S. tariffs than about a looming battle over supply management by Morgan Lowrie - The Canadian Press U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose what he calls "reciprocal" tariffs on Canadian dairy. The president's team has repeatedly said that Canada imposes 250 per cent dairy tariffs, without explaining how dairy duties actually work ...
Manitoba Pork calls for Team Canada approach to interprovincial trade barriers
A former Manitoba Deputy Premier, Agriculture Minister and Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister is calling for federal action and provincial cooperation to break down interprovincial impediments to trade Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca Amid escalating global trade tensions, Manitoba's pork producers have called for government action to reduce interprovincial trade barriers. Jim Downey, a former Manitoba Deputy Premier, Agriculture Minister and Industry, Trade and Tourism Minister, says several internal trade ...