Industry

Hilton Food Group, the leading international multi-protein food business, has signed a long-term supply agreement with Wal-Mart Canada        Hilton Foods will open a new manufacturing facility in…

Top executives from Canada’s major grocery chains have agreed to work with the federal government on stabilizing prices, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Monday, but few details have been…

The Swine Health Information Center reports the prevalence of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome across the U.S. among wean to market pigs dropped to its lowest level in 20 years…

The Canadian Cattle Association, Canadian Meat Council, and National Cattle Feeders’ Association are publicly launching our campaign “Say No to A Bad Deal” to stand up for science-based trade standard…

Olymel is closing two plants in Quebec and Ontario and accelerating the closure of another facility, affecting around 400 employees as the company says it continues to deal with market…

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…