Industry

China’s long-awaited live hog futures contract is almost ready, offering a vital hedging tool for the world’s largest pork industry, which has been roiled by an African swine fever outbreak…

Canada’s main cattle-producing province, Alberta, said on Wednesday it would allow the slaughter of animals on farms for meat sales to consumers, loosening regulations after the coronavirus pandemic interrupted production…

The 2021 Banff Pork Seminar (BPS) will have a different look for its upcoming event. The organizing committee for the Seminar has made the decision that their next conference will…

Since its debut in 2003, Food Day Canada 2020 just might be the most important and – let’s be honest – relative celebration of our farmers and fishers, processors, retailers,…

Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development advises that due to dry conditions in parts of the province over the past few years, livestock producers will temporarily be allowed to cut hay…

TrustBix signed a contract with Centennial Foodservice of Calgary for the implementation of the Basecase software application in all of Centennial’s Western Canadian locations. Basecase is a proprietary software application…

U.S. live cattle futures opened firm on Monday but retreated from session highs on technical selling and lingering concerns about cattle supply backups in the wake of recent packing plant…

Canadian grocery giant Empire Company Limited is launching an aggressive three-year growth strategy for core business expansion and ecommerce acceleration The initiative, Project Horizon, will include a more than $2…

Ontario agricultural operations, including greenhouses, can now benefit from a free, government-funded consultation service to help choose the best options for protecting their workers from COVID-19 and make the most…

Two of the world’s largest meatpackers have installed ultraviolet air cleaning equipment in some U.S. plants, as pressure mounts on food companies to protect workers amid growing concerns about airborne…

A strategic partnership involving the Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement, the Prairie Swine Center and CDPQ has proved quite successful by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Two years ago the…

The Halal Guys is bringing its quintessential New York City street cart food experience to Western Canada for the first time by Mario Toneguzzi – the Retail-Insider Franchisee Youssef El…

The Veterinary Counsel with the Canadian Pork Council suggests, amid the turmoil surrounding COVID-19, the risk posed to the North American swine sector by African Swine Fever has decreased by…

More than 200,000 servings of fresh ground pork will help feed Ontario families in need this year thanks to a grassroots fundraising initiative supported by hog farmers and their industry…

An Adjunct Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine is confident an effective vaccine to prevent Brachyspira associated swine dysentery will help in the effort to reduce the pork…

Blood-feeding livestock mites can be detected with wearable sensor technology nicknamed Fitbits for chickens To help farmers detect mite infestations, a team of entomologists, computer scientists, and biologists led by…

The first two months of 2020 were very positive for both the pork and beef sectors. Strong consumer demand in both the domestic and global markets and the reduced global…

Outbreaks of deadly African swine fever are surging in some parts of southern China following heavy rains, analysts and industry sources said, in what could be a big setback for…

Restaurants Canada issued the following statement, commending the Alberta governments’ COVID-19 recovery initiatives Restaurants Canada commends the Government of Alberta for introducing new labour legislation this week that will help…