Industry
Andrew Dickson, the general manager of Manitoba Pork, is one of the brightest people in Canada’s meat industry. He always has his fingers on the issues of the day and…
Editor’s note: The following article is by Bryan Thiessen, Chair of the Beef Cattle Research Council. Bryan manages Namaka Farms near Strathmore, Alberta and represents 11 more council members who…
Beef farmers must look beyond feed efficiency when evaluating the potential of young sires, according to research looking at the relationship between feed and reproductive performance What might be a…
Manitoba is 2017’s most Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) affected province, and additional cases aren’t out of the question by Richard Kamchen – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) “With the number…
The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is pleased to announce that Ontario Pork’s Friends of the Food Bank program has donated its one-millionth serving of fresh, Ontario pork to…
The 80 percent number that is commonly used by critics of antibiotic use in livestock and poultry is extrapolated from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on how much antibiotics…
There are now fewer Canadians cows than at any point since the early 1990s and, according to analysts, it’s partially millennials’ fault by Tristin Hopper – National Post On Jan.…
As poultry sectors continue substantial transformation to align with new reduced antibiotics demands and other key trends shaping the future of food, bio-based feed additives innovator Canadian Bio-Systems (CBS Inc.)…
Dr. Paul Sundberg, the Executive Director of the Swine health Information Centre, told FarmScape Online that the creation of a Rapid Response Corps will speed up the response to emerging…
Ontario’s pork processing capacity took a huge leap forward last week when the province announced a $5.3 million investment into a state-of-the-art processing facility at Conestoga Meat Packers in Breslau,…
Manitoba Pork has expanded its swine health management team in an effort to enhance response to disease threats and created the new position of Manager of Swine Health Programs by…
We want our country’s import and export markets grounded by more than politics, hunches and winks. We want them to be above reproach, impervious to human contamination. We want the…
A stronger Canadian dollar and higher interest rates may make the business of agriculture more challenging, but not necessarily put producers in a weaker financial position, according to J.P. Gervais,…
In honour of the country’s 150th birthday, Canada Beef and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts have joined forces to celebrate how Canada’s cultural diversity has influenced the evolution of our cuisine…
In response to the Federal Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Agricultural Ministers’ commitment to a comprehensive review of Business Risk Management (BRM) programs over the coming year, several agricultural organizations have…
Fresh insights to help get more bang per bite from feed wheat. That’s what farmers and industry can look forward to as data builds following the third year of a…
NSF International in Canada launched www.nsfcanada.ca this week to give Canada’s growing and complex food and beverage industry easy access to the global public health organization’s expertise and services in…
A Research Scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre says the adoption of group sow Housing has tended to vary depending on location by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Dr. Jennifer…
Ontario farmers are on call 24/7 so conducting business during business hours isn’t always easy That’s one of the reasons Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) created CFO Connects, an online…
Hurricane Harvey has devastated an extensive area within Texas, including many rural stretches that are home to thousands of cattlemen and women Many of the affected ranchers are already hard…
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!
