Industry

Prairie Diagnostic Services, with support from the Government of Saskatchewan, is responding to the recently identified presence of Porcine Sapovirus in Canada    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca In response to…

A newly launched website offers pork producers and pork sector stakeholders direct access to data gathered through the University of Minnesota’s Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project    by Bruce Cochrane…

Each fall, Cleanfarms teams spread out across the country, bringing a valued opportunity to local farmers to safely and conveniently dispose of unwanted and obsolete agricultural pesticides and old livestock,…

Atlantic Beef Products is going abroad to find specialized staff because it’s having a hard time finding the right workers on P.E.I.    by Arturo Chang – CBC News The…

The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is calling on the province to provide support to hog producers facing soaring feed costs similar to that being offered to other livestock producers  …

The biggest concern is the water issue. If we don’t have the water dedicated to agriculture, we don’t have much of an agriculture industry at all in British Columbia  …

The Swine Health Information Center is again calling for research proposals under round-2 of the 2.3 million dollar Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca The deadline for…

Overall global trade is expected to flounder throughout 2023 amidst weaker global economic growth, troublesome inflation and geopolitical turmoil, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)…

Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister says the province is making up to $70 million available this year to producers affected by drought     by Jeremy Simes – The Canadian Press David…

U.S. meat and processed food maker Tyson Foods (TSN.N)plans to sell its China poultry business, three people with knowledge of the matter said, in the latest case of a multinational…

Members of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and their state and provincial counterparts from Mexico and Canada issued a   joint communiqué underscoring North American food security and trade protections during…

The Canadian commercial feed market (for example, pelleted rations for cattle, dairy, hog and poultry) grew over 20% in 2022, reaching a record $11.5 billion in sales    by Leigh…

President Joe Biden’s administration Tuesday rejected pleas to strengthen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways, promising more study instead    by John Flesher…

Computer based artificial intelligence is being harnessed to help assess and improve swine welfare    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca As part of research being conducted through the office of the…

CFA welcomes today’s announcement of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Recognized Employer Program, a three-year pilot that will first be made available to agricultural workers this September before its wider rollout in…

The Canadian pork industry used to be an agri-food success story      by Konrad Yakabuski – The Globe and Mail Unshackled by the chains of supply management that protected Canada’s…

Beyond Meat cut annual revenue forecast and missed second-quarter net sales estimates, as slowing demand for its pricier plant-based meat products shows no signs of recovery, sending shares down 8%…

Tyson Foods missed Wall Street expectations for third-quarter revenue and profit on Monday, hurt by falling chicken and pork prices as well as slowing demand for its beef products  …

British Columbia’s port workers have voted almost 75 per cent in favour of accepting a contract offer, ending weeks of turbulent job action that stopped billions of dollars’ worth of…

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. said it lost $53.7 million in its most recent quarter as it grappled with inflation and other market headwinds      by Rosa Saba – The Canadian…