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The Do More Agriculture Foundation Community Fund Now Accepting Applications

Year three of the resoundingly successful and national rural mental health training program presented by the Do More Agriculture Foundation (DMA) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has officially launched and…

U.S. Pork Organizations Step Up Focus on Feral Swine

The U.S. swine sector in partnership with government are stepping up efforts to ensure the risk posed to commercial pork producers by feral swine can be minimised by Bruce Cochrane…

FCC’s 2020 Red Meat Outlook Update: Expect Livestock Prices to Improve

FCC Ag Economics will update its projections about profitability across three Canadian agriculture sectors (red meat, dairy and grains, oilseeds and pulses) throughout October by Leigh Anderson – Farm Credit…

Restaurants Are Investing In The Safety of Canadians

Since the start of the pandemic, restaurants across Canada have made major investments in time and money to provide a safe environment for their patrons and employees A recent analysis…

Come Join Reiser At Their Live and Online 2020 Virtual Trade Show

Reiser, the leading supplier of processing and packaging equipment solutions for the sausage, meat, poultry, seafood, prepared food, bakery, cheese, produce, and pet food industries, has announced that registration is…

North American Meat Institute Names New York Beef Council

The North American Meat Institute, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, has entered into a sub-contracting arrangement with the New York Beef Council (NYBC) to execute the Fiscal Year 2021…

Meatpackers Accelerate Automation After Outbreaks

As coronavirus outbreaks among workers closed several Canadian meat plants, Henry Mizrahi saw a different future for Lesters Foods, the hot dog factory he runs in Montreal Reuters Mizrahi made…

FCC School Donations Support Learning by Addressing Hunger

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is once again contributing $100,000 to school meal programs across Canada as part of the Crown corporation’s annual campaign to help alleviate hunger For the fourth…

New Federal Assistance Will Help Restaurants Survive COVID-19

Restaurants Canada commends the federal government for committing to help businesses survive the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with more than $600M in new funding Recent commitments are a direct response to…

Restaurant Sector Key to Canada Bringing Back 1 Million Jobs

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the restaurant industry, and as patio season draws to a close, operators expect more job losses and a significant increase in closures ahead Throughout…

What Happened to Our CETA Hopes?

While Canada deals with a second COVID-19 wave threatening an even worse infection rate across the country than we suffered in the spring, our agri-food industry is also faced with…

Canada’s Defence Against Foreign Animal Disease Continues to Build

Canada’s preparedness for African Swine Fever and other foreign animal diseases continues to strengthen by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online The spread of African Swine Fever in Asia and Europe…

Will COVID-19 Change Our Relationship With Meat?

In a vast, illuminated greenhouse set among Iceland’s otherworldly lava fields, the genetically modified shoots of an ancient cereal crop may hold the key to the food of the future…

2020 Mid-Year Farmland Values – Affordability Improves With Growth in Farm Revenue

Demand for Canadian farmland remains strong; however, tighter farm profitability contributed to a slower appreciation rate in all provinces but Alberta and Saskatchewan by Leigh Anderson – Farm Credit Canada…

Canada Bets The Farm On Big Spending as Second Wave Threatens Economic Recovery

Canada’s vow to double down on pandemic-related spending to keep the economic recovery under way in the face of a second wave of COVID-19 infections will support activity but raises…

SaskTel and USask Collaborate to Foster and Support Innovation in Agriculture

SaskTel and the University of Saskatchewan (USask) announced that they are partnering to launch a “living laboratory” at the university’s Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) to test, develop…

Protecting Our Soil and Food From Mercury Contamination

One size does not fit all when it comes to using biochar for soil remediation, according to researchers who used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan…

Third Times a Charm

Steve Toms, of Fortinos Hamilton took home the title of Ontario’s Finest Butcher (OFBC) in a competition hosted by Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO) on Monday Toms, a 2-year veteran…

Uber Eats Canada Launches FarmFresh Initiative for Exclusive Orders

A new Uber Eats #FarmFresh initiative has been launched in Toronto to help restaurants offset the cost of their fresh ingredients while also supporting local farmers and producers. Uber Eats…

Canadian Dollar Recovers From 6-week Low as Global Markets Trade Steadier

The Canadian dollar was little changed against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as some calm returned to oil and global equity markets following steep declines the day before, with the…

Our December 2024 Issue

In our December 2024 issue we look at the Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement, Federal funding for the Cattle Industry’s Improvement initiatives, Ontario’s Agritourism Sector, Cargill cutting jobs, A&W tackling food waste, Consumer Trust over Climate Optics, the rising cost of doing business, and much more!