Politics & Science

As the country gears up to celebrate Canada’s Agriculture Day tomorrow, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is urging Members of Parliament to help farmers and protect Canada’s food…

The carbon footprint of British pig farming has reduced by almost 40% over the last 20 years, according to a new study, using a new methodology, led by the Institute…

The 2021 Food Safety Summit is hosting four pre-event webinars as part of the education program   The next in the series, Restaurant Policies and Practices Related to Norovirus Outbreaks,…

Canada’s Olymel LP said on Friday it was shipping pigs to the United States to help clear a backlog of hogs after it had to temporarily close its Red Deer,…

The governments of Canada and Ontario are expanding Ontario’s meat processing sector by investing $127,000 to support a research initiative by Meat and Poultry Ontario (MPO) The project will identify…

If you’re the type of person who spends hours in the grocery store reading every label, then you may have noticed that some items in the meat department bear a…

British meat processors are registering businesses in the European Union in order to bypass post-Brexit export delays, with flows just 50% of normal levels and costs soaring  Reuters The move…

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen both  underscored the importance of working closely together on economic policy, bilateral trade, national security and climate change Reuters…

To facilitate a safe post-COVID-19 environment where zoonotic viruses that jump from animals to humans – COVID-19, H1N1, bird flu, and others such as African Swine Fever – are an…

Using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan, Trinity College Dublin researchers have studied long term phosphorus storage and release in environmental systems, information which can help guide…

Restaurants Canada looks forward to hosting Small Business Minister Mary Ng, along with other government and industry representatives, for the virtual launch of its national Restaurant Revival Working Group  …

The president of a union representing employees at some of the largest meat-packing plants in Canada says there needs to be a discussion about making the COVID-19 vaccine more readily…

The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has received a $331,870 grant from Saskatchewan’s Agricultural Development Fund (ADF) for a project to help unlock…

As we work toward our economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and begin to build back better, it is more important than ever that the Government of Canada invests in…

If Joe Biden’s decision to kill off Keystone XL is supposed to sound the death knell for Canada-U.S. relations, you wouldn’t know it from the newly minted president’s call sheet…

As Canada tackles its most serious wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to date, and its biggest trading partner – the United States – is set to introduce a new President…

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged farmers in unprecedented ways. From labour, to housing, to processing issues, every aspect of farming has been impacted by the pandemic Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada…

China’s pork output fell less than expected last year as it recovered from the impact of an incurable hog disease that depleted breeding stock, official data showed on Monday Reuters…

Canada and other U.S. allies are looking to President-elect Joe Biden to re-engage with the world on such issues as climate change and free trade, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

ResearchAndMarkets.com published a new article on the agriculture industry “Agriculture Sector Facing Challenges of Falling Meat Consumption and Adapting to Climate Change” Research and Markets One challenge facing the agriculture…