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Get cow-calf pairs out onto clean ground, such as fresh pasture, and give them as much space as possible. That’s how Ryan McCarron sidestepped a calf scours outbreak on his…

If last year was a road full of potholes for Canadian agri-food exporters, 2020 is hardly looking much better. Already facing global geopolitical issues, increased protectionism and mounting modernization challenges…

The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network says there’s no reason to believe the new human Coronavirus, COVID 19, will affect pigs but it’s always prudent to…

With many cattle farms in Canada going back three or more generations, beef has long been an iconic livestock raised across the country and sought after around the world. Not…

Exhibitors at the Annual Meat Conference , co-hosted by FMI, The Food Industry Association and the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), this week in Nashville, Tennessee, donated 28,000 pounds…

TrustBIX and Cargill signed a new agreement for TrustBIX to continue to provide chain-of-custody services that enable Cargill to offer sustainable beef sourcing to its Canadian customers Cargill has and…

SilverChef, Canada’s leading hospitality financier, has announced the winners of The SilverChef Hospitality Awards, which recognize the highest standards in Canadian hospitality for innovation, sustainability, and social responsibility and impact.…

The Canadian Pork Council says African Swine Fever preparedness has advanced considerably and Canada is well positioned but there is still lots left to do by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape…

The Food Industry Association and the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education, the foundation for the North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute), released their 15th-annual in-depth study of…

Restaurants Canada has partnered with MeazureUp to digitize routine quality audits, assessments and checklists. This will allow foodservice operators to track their operations and ensure brand consistency straight from their…

U.S. farm bankruptcy rates jumped 20% in 2019 – to an eight-year high – as financial woes in the U.S. agricultural economy continued in spite of massive federal bail-out funding,…

The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network has updated and improved the quarterly survey it circulates among western Canada’s swine veterinarians by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online As part of…

FCC Ag Economics helps you make sense of these top economic trends and issues likely to affect your operation in 2020 by Leigh Anderson, Senior Agricultural Economist – Farm Credit…

To help protect Canada’s cattle and bison and maintain the country’s bovine tuberculosis (TB)-free status, scientists from University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) and…

Are you curious about which areas of your operation are excelling? Or which areas of your operation that might need some work? Are you interested in record keeping but not…

Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research by Bob Weber – The Canadian Press But Evan Fraser of the University of…

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says enhanced information sharing on domestic and international disease monitoring will be among SHIC’s top priorities during 2020 by Bruce Cochrane…

The immigration system is not meeting the needs of small and medium-sized employers who are facing significant labour shortages, finds a new report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business…

BS Canada has achieved another milestone in its on- going commitment to sustainable food production The beef processing facility in Brooks, AB is now a Certified Sustainable Beef Processor, after…

SilverChef, Canada’s leading hospitality financier, announced the finalists of its 2020 Hospitality Awards program. Six hospitality owners have been shortlisted to go through to the finals, which will take place…