Industry

The Training Resources Coordinator with the Canadian Pork Council suggests the opportunity to view best husbandry practices before jumping into hands-on training helps new swine barn workers understand the importance…

McCain Foods and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) have come together with a new offering to reduce financial barriers for potato farmers who are transitioning to sustainable agricultural practices      …

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is excited to expand on years of a successful partnership with Dairy Farmers of Ontario to create a brand new immersive dairy education experience for…

Montana’s Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CSRB) membership displays their commitment to environmental, social and economic sustainability in Canadian beef          Montana’s announced today that it is sourcing…

A new undergraduate degree program at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) meets the growing industry need for graduates with interdisciplinary training in food science, agribusiness, and marketing       …

Continued strength in cattle prices has pushed the average 2022 price for cattle in the East and West beyond our August outlook forecast        by Martha Roberts –…

Maple Leaf Foods held its 12th Food Safety Symposium as part of the company’s commitment to facilitate food safety information sharing and collaboration in the food industry with a goal of…

A veterinarian with Southwest Vets suggests swine farms capable of eliminating antibiotic use could have a marketing advantage over farms than can’t       by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca…

Olymel’s management announces its decision to eliminate 177 management positions. Of this number, 120 positions became open in recent months, whereas 57 current employees are affected by this decision        Newswire…

Turkey prices have been on the rise with Thanksgiving Day still more than a month away, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert         Market forces coupled…

Avian Flu (H5N1) is spreading across Canada, with the highest concentration of outbreaks reported on prairie farms, both Chicken and Turkey, and showing no signs of slowing down with over…

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) selected 12 participants for its 2023 Emerging Leaders Program, which will apply the vision of the Meat Institute’s Protein PACT to future industry…

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether upholding a California law banning the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces would invite states to adopt laws…

The second annual Canada Animal Welfare Scorecard, published today by Mercy For Animals, ranks 55 well-known brands on their animal welfare policies and performance and reveals a food industry falling…

A veterinarian with Southwest Vets suggests, as the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture declines, health status is king      by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca  “Antibiotics or Not?” will…

Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA is closing its U.S. plant-based foods business, Planterra Foods, after about two years, the company said on Monday      by Tom Polansek – Reuters The…

This years symposium is built around the theme of understanding how agriculture and meat and poultry production affects climate change today and in the coming years       Running…

The main drivers of farmland values remained strong in the first half of 2022. We report an average increase of 8.1% nationwide in farmland values over the period    …

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle, feeder cattle and lean hog futures strengthened on Monday on technical buying and short covering, after recent selloffs were overdone, brokers said      by…

Europe has experienced its worst bird flu crisis ever this year with nearly 50 million poultry culled, and the persistence of the virus over the summer has raised the risk…