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Study Finds Red Meat as Part of a Healthy Diet Linked to Reduced Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

People who consume unprocessed red meat as part of a healthy Mediterranean diet may reduce their risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), new research led by Curtin University and The Australian…

Listening to Help Meat Processors Continue to Deliver Safe and Quality Food

Ontario’s government is working with meat processors to help them grow their businesses and continue to deliver safe, high-quality food Today, Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,…

The Quest for Protein Has Reached a Whole New Frontier for Consumers

The Beyond Meat phenomenon certainly has something to do with it. More than 3,000 retail outlets across the country now carry the Beyond Meat burger product. The California-based company made…

What U.S. Flooding Could Mean for Canada’s Prairie Farmers

Flooding across the U.S. agricultural belt continues to thwart the planting of key crops in that country — something that could help some Canadian farmers fetch better commodity prices by…

P.E.I. Resident Named New President and CEO of Canadian Centre for Food Integrity

The outgoing deputy minister of agriculture and fisheries and of rural and regional development for the P.E.I. government has been named the new president and CEO of the Canadian Centre…

Canada and U.S. Agree on Safe Trade Zones In Event of an African Swine Fever Outbreak

For business continuity, Canada and the United States have worked to modify their export certificates to allow trade of live swine, swine semen, pet food and animal by-products and meat…

Automated Swine Transport Trailer Cleaning Offers Added Animal Welfare Benefits

Research aimed at speeding up and lowering the cost of cleaning swine transport trailers is offering added animal welfare benefits By Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Researchers working on behalf…

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Reports Feeder Cattle Dip To Contract Lows

U.S. feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) dipped to new contract lows on Thursday as a rally in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures this week continued…

Canadian Cattle Producers Back Quebec Farmers’ Beef With Beyond Meat Over Plant-Based Meat Marketing

Cattle producers across the country are backing Quebec colleagues who have filed a complaint over a popular new meatless burger that is being advertised as plant-based meat by Mark Lennihan…

Quebec Cattle Producers Take Issue With Advertising of Beyond Meat Burger

The Quebec Cattle Producers Federation has launched a complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, saying that the American veggie burger company Beyond Meat has no right to advertise their…

Market Reports World Releases Animal Feed Testing Report

Market Reports World recently announced a new addition of the report titled 2019-2024 Global and Regional Feed Testing Market Production, Sales and Consumption Status and Prospects Professional Market Research Report,…

Dual Biosecurity Ring Needed to Protect Against Foreign Animal Disease

The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network says two rings of biosecurity are needed to protect the North American swine herd from the threat posed by foreign…

The First Slaughter-Free Meat Startup Secures $12M in Funding

Aleph Farms, co-founded by The Kitchen Hub, is the first company to grow real meat cuts directly from cattle cells, and announces it has raised $12 million in funds from…

Turkey Farmers of Canada Launches National Think Turkey Campaign

Turkey Farmers of Canada, a national organization representing Canada’s 500+ turkey farmers, the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council, Turkey Primary Processing Sector Members, have together launched Think TurkeyTM /…

Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence Offers Gate to Plate Beef Cattle Research

A Professor with the University of Saskatchewan says the new Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence takes beef research all the way from the feedlot to the consumers’ plate by…

Marketing Farming to Youth by Youth in P.E.I.

One in eight jobs in Canada is in the agriculture and agri-food sector. By 2022, there will be 74,000 job opportunities available in Canadian agriculture To address this issue, Agriculture…

Canadian Pork Exports to Japan Catching Up To The United States Under CPTPP

Canadian pork exports to Japan are closing in on those of the United States as homegrown producers race to take advantage of a new Asia-Pacific trade deal abandoned by the…

Ontario Farmers and Grocers Fear the Worst Over Review of Ontario Food Terminal

From the outside, it looks like a relatively normal day at the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke On the inside, the massive warehouse is cold. Everyone working inside the 16-hectare…

Cows and Climate Change: A Closer Look

The extent to which meat production contributes to climate change is hotly contested by Andre Mayer – CBC News Earlier this year, when U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first started promoting…

Farm Property Incursions Are a Risk to Animals and Families

Ontario farm groups strongly disagree with yesterday’s decision to drop charges against a well-known animal rights activist “Yesterday’s court decision negatively impacts all of Ontario agriculture,” said Keith Currie, President…

Our January 2025 Issue

In our January 2025 issue we dive into the Smithfield files IPO, Global Red Meat Market trends, Solar Energy and Agricultural activities, Brazil adopting beef traceability, Meat Processing equipment, Rising agriculture crime, Canadian Ag investing, the Meat Institute's new COO, and much more!