Politics & Science

Swine Innovation Porc’s just released 2022-23 annual report highlights accomplishments achieved through the swine cluster research program    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca Swine Innovation Porc, the national organization focused on…

The Swine Health Information Center hopes to name a new Associate Director by December 1st    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca The Swine Health Information Center is partnered with the National…

A new $20-million Ontario Swine Research Centre which opened recently will enhance the province’s capacity for research, innovation and the development of new technology to benefit Ontario pork producers and…

The Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue University is now providing the diagnostic data it collects on swine to the Swine Disease Reporting System    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca…

Lawrence MacAulay announced the launch of the new Dairy Innovation and Investment Fund, with an investment of up to $333 million over the next 10 years      Newswire The Fund…

The Swine Health Information Center is exploring the science behind the use of tongue tips as a diagnostic tool for identifying viral diseases    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca The Swine…

It was just four months ago that India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal at an event in Toronto hinted at the possibility of inking a trade deal with Canada…

Trade Minister Mary Ng has spent the past four months talking up a major visit to India designed to boost Canadian exports to the world’s most populous country    …

Professor and acting head in the Department of Animal Science, Dr. Kim Ominski, was honoured recently with the Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation for her extensive…

A Pacific Rim trade dispute panel has found Canada’s dairy-sector protections violate obligations that Ottawa signed with New Zealand and other countries     by Dylan Robertson – The Canadian…

The Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Canada gathered at the ASEAN-Canada Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia to launch the ASEAN-Canada Strategic Partnership      The Prime Minister’ Office…

Québec Solidaire (QS) is calling on the Quebec government to grant emergency aid to the farming sector, which has been badly hit by extreme weather events this summer   The…

Canada said on Friday it will participate as a third party in the dispute settlement proceedings between the U.S. and Mexico regarding genetically modified (GM) corn in imported tortillas and…

A significant minority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday said they opposed a federal bill that would overturn a California animal welfare law, arguing it infringes…

Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, concluded productive meetings with key industry and provincial agriculture and agri-food stakeholders during his outreach to Saskatchewan and Alberta      During his…

Facciuolo is one of five scientists at USask awarded funding from the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) under the newly announced Canada’s Beef and Forage AgriScience Cluster       …

When Canadian dairy farmer Ben Loewith’s calves are born next spring, they will be among the first in the world to be bred with a specific environmental goal: burping less…

More than a third of the heat-trapping gases cooking the planet come from growing and raising food, but millions of cattle, pigs and other animals get to stay cool in…

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is pleased to extend a warm welcome to Minister Lawrence MacAulay as he returns to the role of Minister of Agriculture & Agri-Food  …