Industry
Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO) welcomes the announcement made by the federal and provincial governments that they will invest $2.25 million to provincially licensed meat processing plants to protect employees…
The Canadian arm of U.S. agribusiness Cargill said on Sunday it would soon temporarily shut a meat-processing plant in the province of Quebec after 64 workers tested positive for the…
Messe Frankfurt is continuing its collaboration with the American industrial association FPSA (Food Processing Suppliers Association), owner of the trade fair Process Expo. As of 1 May 2020 Messe Frankfurt’s…
The Swine Health Information Center is inviting pork sector stakeholders to provide feedback on the usefulness of its monthly domestic and global swine disease monitoring reports by Bruce Cochrane –…
While welcoming the Prime Minister’s government announcement regarding financial support for agriculture and agri-food, Canada’s chicken farmers believe that the government does not fully understand what they need to mitigate…
As the morning shift begins at the JBS meat-packing plant, workers line up leisurely and with appropriate social distancing at the back of the staff parking lot to pick up…
While the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) welcomed today’s announcement from the federal government for $252 emergency funding, the amount is not enough on its own to avert negative impacts…
About five years ago, I was giving a lecture in my livestock handling class at Colorado State University about animal welfare, and when I turned to write on the whiteboard,…
The Chief Agricultural Economist with Farm Credit Canada says the COVID-19 crisis is testing the adaptability of Canada’s food processing sector by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Farm Credit Canada’s…
In Cargill Inc’s High River, Alberta plant, supplier of more than one-third of Canada’s beef, 391 workers were sick with coronavirus when the company suspended operations, according to provincial health…
This year’s Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada (ANCC) will take place via a series of engaging webinars instead of the originally scheduled in-person conference The virtual format will allow us…
COVID-19 infections are now disrupting parts of Canada’s food sector, including the meat processing industry by Brooklyn Neustaeter – CTV News.ca Meat-packing plants in Alberta that are responsible for a…
McDonald’s Canada says it will start importing beef as Canada’s beef supply chain struggles to meet current demand amid COVID-19 The restaurant chain, which prides itself on using only Canadian…
Broad shutdowns of major U.S. meat packing plants due to COVID-19 are deepening woes for Canadian pork farmers, choking food supply chains and snuffing out demand for thousands of baby…
A new survey from Restaurants Canada has revealed that nearly all foodservice businesses are concerned about their current debt levels, and many won’t survive the impacts of COVID-19 without longer-term…
The temporary closure of an Alberta meat processing facility due to a COVID-19 outbreak isn’t expected to result in beef shortages, but the reduction in capacity will mean that ranchers…
The Cargill meat-packing plant in southern Alberta announced Monday it is temporarily shutting down as the result of COVID-19 by Bill Graveland – The Canadian Press The High River facility,…
Chicken is the #1 protein choice for Canadian consumers and, while Ontarians have adjusted where and what they eat and how they shop amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario chicken farmers…
At this critical time, Canada’s turkey farmers and processors are coming together to launch The Wishbone Project “The Wishbone Project is how Canada’s turkey sector, farmers and processors are giving…
Researchers used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to look at where carbon ends up in soil and are contributing to an effort to mitigate the…