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Support Within U.S. for NAFTA Still Cause for Optimism

The Canadian Global Affairs Institute suggests despite escalating protectionism in the United States, support within the U.S. for NAFTA remains strong by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Escalating trade tensions…

How a Bacteria-Detecting Strip of Plastic Film Could Make Best-Before Dates Irrelevant

It’s impossible to tell if meat is contaminated with potentially deadly E. coli bacteria by simply smelling or looking at it, but one day a glance at the plastic packaging…

MB Beef Producers Welcomes USDA Decision to End Bovine T-B Pre-export Test

Manitoba breeding cattle and bison producers will see new market opportunities open up thanks to a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture by Candace Derksen – Steinbach Online…

Researchers to Assess Infectivity of FMD in Feed

The Swine Health Information Centre has approved a research project which will examine the risk of transmitting the virus responsible for Foot and Mouth Disease through feed by Bruce Cochrane…

Toronto’s Annual Halal Food Festival returns in 2018

Halal Food Fest Toronto (HFFTO), the largest halal food festival in North America returns for its sixth consecutive year between Saturday, July 14 and Sunday July 14 and Sunday, July…

Can Trump’s Chaos Help the Canadian Meat Industry?

For the President of the United States, chaos is good. For him, it keeps people on high alert. They never really know what his point is. Many wonder if he…

Investing in Innovation in Canada’s Egg Industry

Canada’s hardworking farmers are the backbone of Canada’s economy, ensuring families across Canada and around the world have safe, high-quality food on their tables The Canadian egg industry is a…

Manitoba Pork Updating Farm and Food Discovery Centre Hog Pork Displays

In an effort to better engage with the public, Manitoba pork is updating and modernizing its presence at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre Corwyn Friesen –

Retaliation For US Tariffs Begins

U.S. farmers and food producers are in the cross-hairs of a global trade conflict that shows no signs of abating anytime soon — and things are about to escalate in…

NAFTA Agriculture Ministers See Few Differences Over Trade

The United States, Canada and Mexico have “relatively few” differences on agricultural trade, the three countries’ agriculture ministers said after meeting on Tuesday to discuss the renegotiation of the North…

$12.7 Million to Advance Innovation in Canada’s Swine Sector

Canada’s pork and hog sector is an important driver of the Canadian economy, with farm cash receipts reaching $4.5 billion in 2017 Research and innovation are vital to ensuring this…

Minister MacAulay Sets Out On the Growing Canadian Agriculture Tour

Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector is an economic engine, spurring job creation and prosperity across the country Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, announced that he will be heading…

CMC Applauds Introduction of Legislation to Implement CPTPP

Canada’s red meat sector is hoping the federal government will ratify the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement as soon as possible by Bruce Cochrane FarmScape Online Chris White,…

Buy Canadian? Good Idea But The Trend Won’t Last

In a nutshell, here is what happened following the G7 Summit: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau played nice with U.S. President Donald Trump, Trump tore Trudeau apart on social media, Trudeau…

Manitoba Pork Encourages U.S. Adoption of Swine Movement Traceability

Manitoba Pork Chair George Matheson suggests a U.S. system for tracing swine movements, modeled after the one being used in Canada, would help protect swine heath in both countries. by…

Promoting Meat For Better Fitness Training

This generation is seen as the most health-conscious generation of all time and people are controlling what they eat as well as increasing their physical activity by Ronnie Cons Millions…

Making Food Safer and Creating More Trade Opportunities for Businesses

Canadians want to know that the food they eat is safe. The speed, volume and complexity of food production have produced significant new risks and challenges, which require continual improvement…

Olymel Announces the Acquisition of Pinty’s Delicious Foods

Olymel L.P. executives are announcing the acquisition of all the shares of Pinty’s Delicious Foods Inc., an Ontario poultry slaughtering and processing company that specializes in fully cooked products and…

Canada agrees with U.S. To Keep NAFTA Alive

Canada agreed with the United States on Thursday that slow-moving talks to update NAFTA should continue although they did not set a date for the next round, a senior official…

Seaweed for cows? Researcher says oceans may provide plentiful livestock feed

It is a long way between prairie ranchland where cattle graze and ocean waters where seaweed blooms, but Canadian scientists want to study whether red algae can one day be…

Our March 2024 Issue

In our March 2024 issue, we look at the USDA’s aid to wildfire affected communities, Meat snack market projects into the billions, attracting foreign workers, funding to improve sustainability, the pickleball turkey partnership, carbon pricing food production, and much more!