CFIA has updated the Policy on import (return) to Canada of meat products that were exported from Canada to include import requirements of exported meat products shipments for all countries including the United States     The policy has been updated to include new operational procedures and a new application form (CFIA form 5980) which is PDF fillable document.    "The CFIA has implemented a 3-month transition period to allow ...

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is calling on the Government of Canada to do more to ensure international trade agreements, like the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, work as intended for Canadian agriculture   by Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca   An article circulated through Manitoba community newspapers and posted to Manitoba Pork's web site examines international trade, the role of Canadian agriculture in the global market and ...

Canada Trade Minister Mary Ng said Tuesday the country's system of tariffs and quotas aimed at protecting its dairy, egg and chicken producers - known as supply management - is off limits in future negotiations on trade pacts   by Paul Vieira - Market Watch "I have been clear that supply management will be protected and it won't be a part of future trade negotiations," Ng told reporters in Ottawa. ...

Several Ontario farmers raised concerns on Tuesday about dwindling farmland across the province as politicians of all stripes gather at an annual rural and agricultural expo   by Liam Casey - The Canadian Press   Ontario politicians descended upon Lindsay, Ont., as part of their yearly pilgrimage to the International Plowing Match. Several farmers from the Waterloo region said they are concerned with a massive land assembly of prime farmland ...

U.S. farmers are increasing pressure on the Biden administration to allow vaccinations for chickens, turkeys and cows to protect them from bird flu infections that have devastated flocks for three years   by Leah Douglas & Tom Polansek - Reuters   This autumn, flocks in the $67 billion U.S. poultry industry for the first time face a double risk for infections from dairies and migrating birds that can spread the ...

Nearly 200 agriculture organizations on Friday morning urged the White House to address key U.S. agricultural supply chain issues in the face of a potential port strike on the East and Gulf Coasts   by P.J. Huffstutter & David Shepardson - Reuters   The groups said the industry is facing "imminent and severe shipping disruptions" from a potential work stoppage, snarled rail lines and historically low river levels backing up ...

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is calling on Ottawa to be prepared to provide assistance for Canadian farmers caught in the crossfire of a trade war between Canada and China   by Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca   The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is calling on Ottawa to be prepared to provide assistance for Canadian farmers caught in the crossfire of a trade war between Canada and China.   ...