Industry

Egg Farmers of Canada is proud to announce their work with McDonald’s Canada, beginning with the launch of the Egg Quality Assurance™ (EQA™) certification mark on McDonald’s advertisements this summer…

A good start to the year for cattle and beef operators will likely be negated in the second half of 2019, leading to a year of challenged profitability for both…

Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Natural Resources, on behalf of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced an investment of up to $49.5 million in the Canadian Agri-Food Automation…

A new North Bay business is receiving more than $2.4 million in government funding to help get its soon-to-be built meat processing facility up and running in the next several…

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark and University of Saskatchewan President Peter Stoicheff will open the 2019 International Wheat Congress in Saskatoon on Monday, July 22 at TCU…

Debt isn’t necessarily a bad word. In fact, experts say there are numerous reasons why your business may need it by Richard Kamchen – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Debt is…

A new sensor designed to track parameters related to animal welfare during swine transport and monitor the trailer temperatures during disinfection are expected to be ready for use by 2020…

The 2019 Chef’s Series, held in conjunction with Taste of Saskatchewan, kicks off today and wraps up on Sunday by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Taste of Saskatchewan, underway until…

Canada should expand the value-added food sector by improving regulations to allow for the expansion of international trade of processed food products, investing in innovation, and reducing the barriers to…

Farm business planning experts and farmers themselves agree: a business vision is a critical element to success by Trudy Kelly Forsythe – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Michelle Painchaud, president and…

Growth in Canadian broiler production slowed in the first five months of 2019, falling under the 3% pace we’d anticipated in our January outlook. Even with the farm price increasing…

HAMS Marketing Services says unprecedented growth in U.S. hog production combined with continuing uncertainty over the impact of African Swine Fever on export demand for pork are resulting in continued…

Management of La Coop fédérée, its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture divisions and F. Ménard announced today an agreement to acquire all the assets of Ange-Gardien company F. Ménard, in Montérégie,…

Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) is pleased to launch the application process for its second Ontario Chicken Innovation Award, part of the organization’s commitment to help bring new, innovative Ontario…

Blindsided by a trade dispute that has shut the door to a growing export market, livestock farmers in Southwestern Ontario are bracing for a hit to their bottom line by…

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby lean hog futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session on technical buying after last week’s multimonth lows and hopes that a resumption of…

The Swine Health Information Center is applauding the efforts being taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in helping keep foreign animal diseases out of the United States by Bruce…

Canada’s farm labor deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 workers, or one in three jobs, as shortages continue to hit the sector’s bottom line, the Canadian Agriculture…

The National Pork Producers Council fears proposed Food and Drug Administration regulations governing gene editing will result in an impractical, lengthy and expensive approval process and notes the regulation inaccurately…

Last spring, McDonald’s announced it would ditch frozen beef in favor of fresh beef patties in all its Quarter Pounders, excluding restaurants in Hawaii and Alaska by Kate Bernot –…