Canada
Canada has agreed to a resurrected version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will sign on to the deal, according to government sources CBC News The deal, renamed the Comprehensive and…
By the end of 2018 all cattle producers in Canada will pay a national C$2.50 beef checkoff per animal sold. Previously the Canadian Beef Cattle Checkoff was C$1 per animal…
The United States and Canada have to make concessions in order to save NAFTA, whose days are numbered if the parties at the negotiating table persist in wanting to protect…
The Canadian Meat Council is part of the coalition of agricultural industry leaders calling for the Government of Canada to sign on to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)…
For the first time since a single animal was found infected in 2016 on a ranch in south Alberta with bovine TB, Canada’s “TB Free” country status is no longer…
Dr. Clayton Johnson, the Director of Health Carthage System with Carthage Veterinary Services spoke during the “Raised Without Antibiotics” session during the 2018 Banff Pork Seminar Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape…
When Ron Plain talks hog markets, people who make a living from those markets tend to listen courtesy of Meristem – Banff Pork Seminar The professor emeritus in the Department…
Vast amounts of data are being collected on Canada’s farms through the advent of precision agriculture technology and the Internet of Things (IOT) by Lilian Schaer – Ag Innovation Ontario…
Canada on Friday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that talks to modernize NAFTA could be extended beyond the end-March deadline, a move which might help break a deadlock at…
Canada’s AgGrowth Coalition welcomes the announcement of the formation of an External Advisory Panel to advise the ongoing FPT BRM review AP Newswire As part of the Federal, Provincial and…
When temporary foreign workers in Canada’s agriculture industry have safe and adequate housing, the agriculture industry can thrive AP Newswire The Government of Canada takes seriously its responsibility to ensure…
The Trudeau government appears to have adopted a good-cop, bad-cop strategy for saving NAFTA and coming up with some “creative” new proposals in response to unpalatable U.S. demands while simultaneously…
Watch the video of Lawrence MacAulay, the first Canadian agriculture minister to speak to Farm Bureau members at an annual convention, emphasizing trade, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and…
The steep climb in global meat consumption has environmental interest groups debating a “sin” tax on animal products By Anna Dimoff – CBC News Meat consumption grew by more than…
Customer feedback is showing “Verified Canadian Pork” is being embraced by consumers both domestically and internationally By Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online “We’re about two and a half years into…
The cows at Ferme Racine in Casselman, Ont., let farmers know when their barn’s pipes have frozen By Andrew Foote – CBC News “If they’re all surrounding the [empty water]…
The new year begins with Canada relying on an old strategy for saving the North American Free Trade Agreement By Katie Simpson – CBC News The new year begins with…
The idea of having to pay a sin tax for environmentally detrimental foods seems to be gaining more support. For some, eating meat is considered a sin, and therefore meat…
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will visit Tennessee from January 5 to 8, 2018, where he will deliver a keynote address to the American Farm…
The past Chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board expects matters related to trade to be one of the major issue in 2018 for Saskatchewan’s pork sector by Bruce Cochrane…
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!
