Industry

Rehydration Speeds Up Recovery Among Diarrhea Affected Piglets

A Veterinarian with Goshen Ridge Veterinary Services says pork producers can speed up the recovery of piglets affected by diarrhea by replacing the body salts they are losing By Bruce…

Canadian Food Processing is Dying and Nobody Cares

Maple Leaf Foods, the largest pork processor in the country, has opted to build its new meatless plant south of the border By Dr. Sylvain Charlebois In a recent announcement,…

Top 3 Tips for Farm Worker Recruitment

By characterizing the nutritive value of feed ingredients, swine nutritionists hope to lower feed costs while improving productivity and reducing the environmental impact of pork production By Trudy Kelly Forsythe…

Swine Nutritionists Strive to Lower Feed Costs, Improve Productivity, Reduce Environmental Impact

By characterizing the nutritive value of feed ingredients, swine nutritionists hope to lower feed costs while improving productivity and reducing the environmental impact of pork production By Bruce Cochrane –…

Maple Leaf Advances Leadership in Rapidly Growing Plant-Based Protein Market with Construction of a World-Class Production Facility

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. and its subsidiary, Greenleaf Foods, announced plans to construct a US$310 million plant-based protein food processing facility in Shelbyville, Indiana At approximately 230,000 square feet, it…

Chicken Whisperer Receiving Prestigious National Animal Welfare Award For His Pioneer Research

Humane Canada is pleased to announce that Dr. Ian Duncan of the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare at the University of Guelph has been named the recipient…

China Expected to Grow in Importance for Canadian Pork Exports

The Vice-President Technical Services and Marketing Programs with Canada Pork International expects the importance of China as a destination for Canadian pork to grow as volumes of fresh chilled pork…

CRSB Wins 2019 Beef Industry Innovation & Sustainability Award

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is being recognized for their outstanding work in the industry by Jessica Giles You may recognize the name from their logos on the…

IFFA 2019: Ways to Greater Sustainability In The Meat Industry

Sustainability in terms of resource usage and the employment of energy-efficient processes along the entire value chain is one of the foremost challenges of our time. And this applies to…

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association 2019 AGM Recap

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) held an action-packed 2019 annual general meeting in Ottawa. Trade, business risk management, national price insurance, labour shortages, animal transportation regulations and the food guide…

Danish Entry Key to Effective Transport Biosecurity

The Vice President of Brussels Transport says a well designed properly utilized Danish Entry is one of the most effective defenses against the spread of swine diseases by Bruce Cochrane…

New Public Opinion Research on Hot Button Issues Around Food

A new study provides further understanding into the tides of public opinion around Canadian food, how it’s grown, and the relationship consumers want with farmers and those that process their…

Maple Leaf Foods names Kathleen Long Vice President of Animal Care

Maple Leaf Foods announced the promotion of Kathleen Long from DVM to vice president of animal care. In her new role, she will lead the company’s animal care policies and…

Manitoba Pork Applauds Federal Action to Protect Canadian Swine From ASF

The introduction of African Swine Fever into Canada would put over 100 thousand jobs in jeopardy and could cost the Canadian economy 24 billion dollars by Bruce Cochrane FarmScape Online…

China Widens Ban On Canadian Canola Imports to Second Firm – Viterra

China expanded its ban on Canadian canola seed imports on Tuesday to include shipments from Viterra Inc, the latest development in a wider trade dispute between the two countries by…

CRSB Takes Home Beef Industry Innovation and Sustainability Award

Announced at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) annual general meeting, the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) won the 2019 Beef Industry Innovation & Sustainability Award (BIISA). The award was…

Our 100th Issue is Online: We Thank You for Your Support

This is a very special edition as it marks our 100th consecutive issue since our launch back in September/October 2002. We have been publishing Canadian Meat Business six times per…

CCA Reviews The New Food Guide

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) has reviewed the new Canada’s Food Guide released by Health Canada. Lean red meat, such as beef, is rightfully acknowledged as a nutrient rich and…

Early Signs of PED Often Subtle

A Veterinary Epidemiologist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry says the sooner PED is identified and addressed, the easier and quicker the cleanup will be by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online…

IFFA 2019: Food Safety Technologies for Safer Food

From 4 to 9 May 2019, leading international companies will be presenting their latest technologies at IFFA and providing information about the most important trends and developments in the meat-processing…

Our April 2025 Issue

In our April 2025 issue we look into Agritourism Ontario’s economic growth study, how Americans view meat, the Side Effects of Trump’s Chaos, Faster line speeds in processing plants, IFFA’s sustainability in action, CMC’s Protein PACT, the Alizes awards 2025, the challenges of the Chinese Tariffs, and much more!