Politics & Science

Evidence of African Swine Fever recombination in China is raising concern over the potential long-term effectiveness ASF vaccines    by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca Researchers in China have published a report…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday initial local trials for an African swine fever vaccine had showed promising results, raising hopes that it will soon be available in…

A new tool that uses swine disease data submitted voluntarily by participants in the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring project is helping warn U.S. pork producers of diseases that are present…

A three-year, one-million-dollar grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will help expand the use of data collected through the Swine Disease Reporting System to identify disease…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will take steps to better verify antibiotic-free labels on meat and poultry products after receiving petitions challenging its existing process for not being rigorous enough,…

Canada and the United States along with four of their allies condemned the use of trade practices that amount to economic coercion in a joint declaration that did not single out…

Ontario has backed off a housing proposal that farmers say would have had a “catastrophic” impact on farmland and livestock operations      by Allison Jones – The Canadian Press…

A new pilot scale vaccine manufacturing facility in Saskatoon will speed up the development of new vaccines for both animals and humans     by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca The…

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and its partners, The Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council (CAHRC) and Food and Beverage Canada (FBC), are pleased to see Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC)…

A Chinese ban on Canadian beef that industry officials expected would be short-lived remains in place 17 months later, and industry representatives say they remain in the dark about the…

As sponsor of Bill S-227, An Act to Establish Food Day in Canada, the Honourable Rob Black, Senator for Ontario and Chair of the Canadian Senators Group, is pleased to…

Restaurants Canada (RC) is calling on the federal government to adopt its Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) repayment proposal from RC’s 2023 Federal Pre-budget Submission      Global Newswire With…

The Biden administration will defend funding for climate-smart farming in the $430 billion U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) if Republican lawmakers seek to cut it during negotiations for the next…

Minister of agriculture and agri-food, Marie-Claude Bibeau announced that the government of Canada has regained market access to Guatemala for Canada’s pork, beef and poultry products     Agriculture and…

Walmart Canada’s first distribution centre in Atlantic Canada, a 223,000-sq.-ft facility in Moncton, New Brunswick, has officially opened and will distribute fresh and frozen groceries to more than 40 Walmart…

Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making Colorado the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own tractors and…

Whether you’re catching a flight, opening a new bank account or picking up groceries, a small group of big names takes up most of the market share. Competition Ltd. is…

A new Centre for Meat Innovation and Technology (CMIT) was officially launched today by Meat and Poultry Ontario to help Canadian processors collaborate, find and adopt new technology and innovation…

Britain’s envoy to Ottawa suggests that an uproar in the Prairies over expanded trade agreements could be overcome if ranchers rejig their use of hormones — and she says an…

The countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership have giventhe U.K. a green light to become the 12th country in the trading bloc, and the only one…