Industry

Walmart Canada Commits to Zero Food Waste by 2025

Walmart today announced a commitment to achieve zero food waste by 2025 in its Canadian operations, in accordance with the Zero Waste International Alliance guidelines*. To address this significant issue…

Arthur Handtmann Dies at 91

Arthur Handtmann, President of the Handtmann Group Advisory Board, passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Biberach Germany With his passing, the Handtmann family loses its patriarch, the Handtmann…

Senate Committee Studying How to Grow Value-Added Food Sector

A Senate committee is examining how Canadian food processors can take advantage of a golden opportunity to keep exporting quality foods and strengthen a homegrown economic sector at the same…

PigTRACE Canada Encourages Compliance with Mandatory Pig Movement Reporting

The Director of PigTRACE Canada says 2018 will see a stepped effort to encourage anyone not already reporting pig movements to begin doing so By Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online…

Carbon-Tax Killjoys Want to Tax Our Hamburgers Now But Is Anyone Really Surprised?

If lately it seems to you that everything that makes life a pleasure is a target for getting slapped with a carbon tax … well, you’d be right by Peter…

Pork Producers Expected to Accelerate Transition to Canadian Pork Excellence

The Manager of Quality Assurance and Animal Care Programs with Manitoba Pork expects many of Canada’s pork producers to accelerate their transition to Canadian Pork Excellence by Bruce Cochrane –…

Flabby Cattle Cost Beef Industry Millions of Dollars

In an industry in which producers get paid by the pound, the trend towards heavier animals may sound like a good thing. But not when it comes to processing efficiency…

Using Sensors and Block Chain for Better Animal Welfare in Transit

A new sensor-based tracking system for livestock could provide peace of mind for farmers, food companies and consumers that animals are being treated humanely during transport By Lilian Schaer –…

Quebec Beef Producers Are Now Members of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

Les Producteurs de bovins du Québec (PBQ) are henceforth officially members of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). The announcement was made by PBQ Chairman Claude Viel on April 4th and…

PED Infected Manitoba Swine Sites Down From 80 to 4

Manitoba Pork reports all but four of the 80 Manitoba swine sites infected during a 2017 Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreak have now reached or are close to reaching a presumptive…

Living the HyLife: Pork Producer Finishes $176-M Expansion

Manitoba pork processing company HyLife has completed a $176-million expansion and modernization of its Neepawa processing plant, making it one of the most sophisticated facilities of its kind in Canada.…

Ron Glaser Q&A: What the New Check-Off Means for Canada Beef

Ron Glaser is Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Canada Beef and he also serves in another capacity for the agency on the Executive Leadership Team, responsible for setting Canada…

B.C. Rancher Named President of Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

David Haywood-Farmer says foreign trade is his priority as president of the association CBC News A third generation rancher from Savona, B.C. has just been named president of the Canadian…

Fast-Food Chain Jollibee Expands in Canada with Toronto Opening

The Filipino fast-food chain restaurant opened the doors to its first Toronto location this weekend to a long line of fans, some who waited hours, to taste the brand’s chicken,…

High Protein, Low Fat: Meat and the Proper Diet

The brilliant comedian Jim Gaffigan has it figured out. To paraphrase his McDonald’s routine. “Friends tell me ‘Oh, I would never go to McDonald’s’ but they sell a billion hamburgers…

Melinda German Q&A: Moving forward with the National Check-Off increase

The last time we spoke with Melinda German in 2016, she had just learned she was selected to fill the new position of General Manager for the Canadian Beef Cattle…

Reality Check: How Much Meat do Canadians Eat?

A new analysis of Statistics Canada data shows Canadians are consuming moderate amounts of meat. On average, Canadians consume 41 grams of cooked fresh meat, such as beef, pork, lamb…

Ministers Tour Farm at the Centre of Bovine TB Outbreak

While in Alberta this week, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, joined Oneil Carlier, Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, to tour the once-quarantined Alberta farm where the…

CCA Welcomes New Leadership at 2018 Board Meeting

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that David Haywood-Farmer and Bob Lowe were elected by acclamation as President and Vice President, respectively, at the…

FCC Says Interest Rates Are On The Rise: What’s Your Risk Tolerance?

As interest rates slowly rise from their historic lows, we want to help pump up your farm financial fitness. Throughout March, we’ll be sharing posts to help put your 2018…

Our November 2024 Issue

In our November 2024 issue we feature FCC’s trend predictions on USA agriculture’s impact on Canada, McDonald’s E.coli crisis, Crowned Ontarios’s finest butcher, Beef industry leaders meeting to face 2025 challenges, Disappointment with Bill C-282, Rising crime in Agriculture, and much more!