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Minister MacAulay to promote agricultural trade with California and the U.S.

After delivering a keynote address to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention last month, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay will be traveling to California this week for…

Swine Innovation Porc Commends Minister’s Commitment to Smooth Transition to Canadian Agricultural Partnership

Stewart Cressman, the Chair of Swine Innovation Porc, is commending Canada’s Minister of Agriculture for his commitment to ensuring a smooth transition from Growing Forward 2 to the new Canadian…

Canadian Agricultural Partnership: Building a Strong Agriculture and Agri-Food Sector Applications for Federal Programs Now Open

Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector is a key driver of economic growth, innovation and trade. Economic indicators show a strong and dynamic Canadian agricultural sector, with a growing global middle…

Ontario and Canada Mark Agriculture Day with Landmark Agreement

Ontario has signed a new bilateral agreement with the federal government that will support strategic, long-term investments that will spur innovation, economic growth and create jobs in Ontario’s agri-food sector…

Online Marketing Strategies for the Meat Department

As more and more people surf, shop and communicate online it behooves the manager of the meat department to develop an online marketing strategy and plan to drive sales of…

Trump Beefs About Canadian Trade Practices and Threatens Global Tax

U.S. President Donald Trump is complaining about Canadian trade practices while threatening some as-yet-undefined international tax that has revived fears he might be contemplating new American import penalties by Alexander…

Fake Meat: A Threat To The Beef Industry?

The beef industry is watching the growing popularity of alternative proteins of plant-based and meatless burgers. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) unveiled its 2018 policy priorities. For the first…

Cargill Invests in Cow Facial Recognition Technology

Cargill has taken a minority stake in Cainthus, an Irish startup that uses facial recognition software to increase the productivity of dairy and beef cows by Sara Brown – Drovers…

Automated Washing of Swine Transport Vehicles Moves Closer to Reality

Dr. Terry Fonstad with the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, says Automated Swine Transport Washing Systems have proved effective and the next step will be to reduce…

The Changing Face of the Canadian Beef Farmer

One-third of cow-calf producers in Western Canada are at least 60 years old, as the baby boom generation moves into retirement by Neil Billinger – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Dr.…

Climate Change and Water and Soil Conservation

Hans Kristensen’s address to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) during their study of Climate Change and Water and Soil Conservation Issues, on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, in…

Livestock Producers Receive Tax Relief for 2017

The Government of Canada today released the final list of designated regions where livestock tax deferral has been authorized for 2017 due to drought, flood or excess moisture conditions On…

BIXS and Blockchain: The Future of Meat Safety, Tracking and Financial Security?

For the uninitiated, Blockchain is the financial ledger of the future and yet it is a technology that is already here. For many in the agricultural sector, it is still…

Formulating Diets for Individual Pigs Reduces Feed Costs and Environmental Impacts

As part of research being conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc Canadian scientists are developing a precision feeding system that will tailor the ration to match the nutritional needs…

U.S. Pork Demand Strong But Trade Disputes Could Hit Exports

American consumers are snapping up plentiful low-cost pork, but U.S. farmers are worried that trade spats with key export markets in China, Mexico and Canada could hurt a lucrative part…

Robertson Says CPTPP Expected to Influence NAFTA Renegotiation

This past Monday representatives of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico concluded round 6 of negotiations aimed at revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement and Round 7 is set for…

Q&A with CCA’s Emily Ritchie: Shaping Youth in the Industry

Typically the beef industry, or for that matter the agriculture industry in general, tends to suffer from poor youth retention, especially in the boardrooms and on the ranches and farms.…

Alberta’s Best-Kept Secret: Beef Producers Chase Halal Market

As it marks its 75th year in business, family-owned and operated Sargent Farms is investing $10 million to enhance and retrofit its halal chicken processing facility in Milton by Emma…

Sargent Farms Invests in Milton Chicken Processing Plant Upgrade

As it marks its 75th year in business, family-owned and operated Sargent Farms is investing $10 million to enhance and retrofit its halal chicken processing facility in Milton The upgrade…

Bio-Succinic Acid Demonstrates Substantial Benefits Toward Growth Performance in Animal Feed Commercial Trial

BioAmber Inc announced the results of an independent commercial trial conducted with a leading North American feed formulator, on the effectiveness of BioAmber’s Bio-Succinic Acid as an ingredient in Animal…

Our April 2025 Issue

In our April 2025 issue we look into Agritourism Ontario’s economic growth study, how Americans view meat, the Side Effects of Trump’s Chaos, Faster line speeds in processing plants, IFFA’s sustainability in action, CMC’s Protein PACT, the Alizes awards 2025, the challenges of the Chinese Tariffs, and much more!