Industry

A surge in hog disease outbreaks this winter in China, the world’s biggest pork producer, will slow the industry’s rapid recovery since the African swine fever contagion three years ago,…

Need a break this winter? Watch FCC’s latest forum on YouTube  Farm Credit Canada (FCC) In this special edition, we’re sharing the recording from our recent FCC Forum with great…

Join the nation in celebrating Canada’s Ag Day on February 23. This year the day will bring together leaders from major food and agriculture companies in a fireside chat that…

Changes in the way Canadian pork processors value the hogs they purchase have reduced volatility within the market and improved the profitability of producers  by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online…

Impossible Foods said on Tuesday it would cut the prices of its faux meat patties by 20% at U.S. grocery stores as the plant-based protein maker ramps up production with…

As COVID-19 spread across the country last year, it spurred the “great grocery grab of 2020” a shift to at-home food consumption not seen since the early 1980s The abrupt…

Patrick J. Stover, Ph.D., vice chancellor of  Texas A&M AgriLife, dean of the  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences  and director of  Texas A&M AgriLife Research, announced recently that more than…

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…