Politics & Science

Agriculture Sector Facing Challenges of Falling Meat Consumption and Adapting to Climate Change

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…

USask agriculture researchers awarded $5.8M to help feed the world, protect the planet

Eighteen wide-ranging University of Saskatchewan (USask) crop research projects have been awarded a total of almost $5.8 million through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), a program jointly supported by the federal and provincial governments and supplemented…

Canadian dollar pulls back from 3-year high as greenback rallies

The Canadian dollar edged lower against its U.S. counterpart this week, retreating from a near three-year high Reuters The greenback rallied against a basket of major currencies, while data showed…

CRSB Goes Virtual for Semi- Annual Meeting

Save the date for the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s (CRSB) Semi-Annual Meeting   Typically, the CRSB gathers twice a year for committee and Council meetings and for great discussion…

TrustBix’s Beef Producer Focus Group: Gathering Insights for Successful 2021 Planning

TrustBIX and Viresco Solutions co-hosted their first Beef Producer Focus Group. The Focus Group aimed to create strategies and actions to address the industry’s increasing demand for farm-level sustainability insights, existing…

Creation of Pork Promotion and Research Agency Among 2020 Highlights

The General Manager of Sask Pork says the establishment of a Canadian Pork Promotion and Research Agency was among the pork sector’s more important accomplishments during 2020 by Bruce Cochrane…

Canadian dollar gains as Brexit deal boosts investor sentiment

The Canadian dollar edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union and domestic data showed a jump in…

Canadian farmers infuriated by increases in Trudeau’s carbon tax plan

Farmers across Canada were already angry and upset over Prime Minister Trudeau’s existing carbon tax but are now even more upset at the increases announced this month By Marc Montgomery…

Who will spearhead Biden’s climate, energy and agriculture policies?

President-elect Joe Biden has promised an overhaul of U.S. energy and environment policy to fight climate change, with a goal of bringing the economy to net-zero emissions by 2050, and…

Meat Institute applauds President-Elect Bidens choice for U.S. Trade Representative

The Meat Institute supports President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)   Tai, who would become the first Asian American to hold the role…

Canada trade deficit shrinks slightly in October, still higher than expected

Canada’s trade deficit narrowed slightly to a still greater-than-expected C$3.76 billion ($2.94 billion) in October as exports grew at a faster pace than imports, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday…

Hundreds of vehicles join Surrey convoy in solidarity with Indian farmers

Hundreds of protesters drove in a convoy Wednesday from Surrey to downtown Vancouver, honking horns and waving flags in solidarity with Indian farmers who have marched on Delhi in opposition to…

Canada’s Ministers of Agriculture focus on important support measures for farmers and processors at their annual conference

Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture wrapped up their two-day virtual conference with important discussions on the future of Business Risk Management programs, a discussion on balance…

Governments Taking Action to Meet Demands of Ontario’s Meat Sector and Support Farmers

The governments of Canada and Ontario are committing up to $11.5 million through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership) for two important new programs, one of which will assist meat…

Nutrien Launching Industry’s Most Comprehensive Carbon Program to Drive Sustainability in Agriculture

Nutrien announced the launch of the agricultural industry’s most comprehensive carbon program, providing end-to-end support for growers to drive improved sustainability and boost profitability  Businesswire As the world’s largest provider…

New Grasslands Conservation incentives project to benefit Canadian ranchers

The State of Canada Birds, 2019 confirmed that Canada has lost nearly 60% of our grassland birds since 1970. This is crisis for bird life and sounds an alarm for our…

Eleven Ways To Avoid Feed Waste This Winter

Harvesting, storing and delivering a beef herd’s winter rations are the largest expense for most operations. Even small improvements in a winter feed system can result in significant feed cost…

From iPolitics The Sprout: Canada’s Agriculture Ministers kick off two-day annual meeting

Canada’s agriculture ministers are kicking off two days of virtual meetings today after their annual Federal-Provincial-Territorial meeting was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic By Kelsey Johnson The meeting will…

Appetite for more: IFFA 2022 expands its focus

In addition to its traditional focus on meat, IFFA will open up to alternative proteins from 2022. With the new sub-title, ‘Technology for Meat and Alternative Proteins’, the world’s leading…

Britain and Canada agree post-Brexit rollover trade deal

Britain and Canada struck a rollover trade deal on Saturday to protect the flow of $27 billion-worth of goods and services between them after Brexit, and vowed to start talks…

Our January 2025 Issue

In our January 2025 issue we dive into the Smithfield files IPO, Global Red Meat Market trends, Solar Energy and Agricultural activities, Brazil adopting beef traceability, Meat Processing equipment, Rising agriculture crime, Canadian Ag investing, the Meat Institute's new COO, and much more!