Industry

What do you think of when you hear the phrase family-owned business? You may not immediately think of the family farm, but they are just as important to our economy…

4-H Canada is pleased to announce that the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) 4-H Club Fund will provide $100,000 to 203 4-H clubs across Canada in 2021, to support local activities…

U.S. live cattle futures rose on Tuesday for a fourth straight session, with deferred months setting life-of-contract highs as robust demand for beef lifted packer profit margins and bolstered demand…

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today announced Mark Dopp, Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, and General Counsel for the Meat Institute was inducted into the Meat…

Beloved co-hosts Art Napoleon and Dan Hayes celebrate five years of Moosemeat & Marmalade as the popular food documentary series returns for another season of globetrotting culinary adventures this February…

Protein Industries Canada announced an investment into a program that will introduce youth in Kindergarten through Grade 12 to the career opportunities available to them in the plant-protein, agrifood and…

An international group of experts is bringing global research knowledge and networks to Ontario’s livestock industry Livestock Research Innovation Corporation Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC)’s International Research Advisory Committee will…

The Philippines is aiming to triple pork imports this year, the agriculture minister said on Monday, after domestic prices jumped more than 50% from a year earlier as African swine…

The Swine Health Information Center credits sector wide cooperation for helping the North American pork industry prepare for and defend against African Swine Fever By Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online…

While the beef industry in Grey-Bruce weathered 2020 and the challenges that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, work continues to address concerns around packing capacity in the province by Rob…

New analysis of independent data for 2020 show that COVID-19 infection rates amongst U.S. meat and poultry workers were five times lower in December than in May, while rates in…

Canada is a trading nation, especially in agriculture and food, where we grow and produce more than we can consume domestically. In 2019, Canada ranked 5th among global agriculture commodity…

The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services says early indications are that 2021 will be a much more profitable year for pork producers than 2020 by Bruce Cochrane…

Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor, said on Wednesday it is actively preparing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to employees and has medical capabilities at its U.S. plants Reuters Meatpacking…

U.S. live cattle futures fell more than 2% on Monday, pressured by ample beef supplies and fund-driven selling as Wall Street equities declined Reuters Feeder cattle futures fell even harder,…

The COVID-19 lockdown shut down restaurants and dining rooms across the world, causing huge revenue losses for the businesses in this market by Jastra Kranjec – StockApps As the pandemic…

Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to the world’s biggest market, China’s…

There were moments, early in the pandemic, when Joseph Musillami wasn’t sure how the family business would make it by  Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz– Chicago Tribune  Purely Meat Co., a commercial butcher…

American meatpackers are benefiting from one bright spot in the restaurant industry during the pandemic: fast-food sales by Isis Almeida and Michael Hirtzer – Bloomberg News With most restaurants closed or…

Benbie Holsteins in south-central Saskatchewan milks 150 Holsteins every day, but the dairy farm does not need all of its heifer calves for milking, so the remainder are used for something…