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Protecting Chickens From Heart Disease

The health and welfare of broiler chickens may improve thanks to University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Andrew Olkowski and colleagues More chickens are raised worldwide than any other livestock animal,…

Turkey Farmers of Canada Launches Two New Contests

Turkey Farmers of Canada is taking a unique approach to strategic marketing to reach grocers and consumers The organization has launched two new campaigns. Both of the initiatives will support…

Cargill’s High River Plant Included in Pandemic Lawsuit

Calgary lawyer Clint Docken is in the early stages of a lawsuit involving the Cargill meat-packing plant at High River, Alta., the site of one of Canada’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks.…

SHIC Enhances Domestic Disease Monitoring Report

The Swine Health Information Center has enhanced the analysis of its domestic swine disease surveillance data to include comparisons of trends by state by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online The…

Why Canada needs an Agri-Food Immigration Program

For decades, the country has struggled to find enough workers to support one of its most important industries. The agri-food industry results in $110 billion in domestic sales each year,…

U.S. Live Cattle Futures Fall as Slaughter Recovers and Beef Prices Sag

U.S. live cattle futures fell on Friday, pressured by softening prices for market-ready cattle and declining packer profit margins as wholesale beef prices continue to slide, analysts said Chicago’s Mercantile…

The First Ever Online Beef Improvement Federation Symposium Takes Place Next Week

This year’s BIF Research Symposium and Convention will be virtual the week of June 8. As a result this years’ registration is free for all participants This year’s BIF Research…

Virtual Pork Congress is a First For Farm Shows

The Ontario Pork Congress (OPC) is forging ahead with a virtual event that may be the first of its kind in the province by Frances Anderson – Ontario Farmer “Our…

Restaurants Canada Launches Rapid Recovery Series to Help The Foodservice Industry Reopen

The restaurant industry is slowly starting to reopen to the public, but it’s a whole new world out there. In order to help foodservice operators reopen their businesses safely, as…

Saskatchewan Producers Supportive of Proposed Cull Sow Slaughtering Facility

The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says news that Donald’s Fine Foods is looking into the prospects processing cull sows in Saskatchewan is exciting by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Donald’s…

Saskatchewan Announces $10 million in Additional Funding to Help Livestock Producers

The Government of Saskatchewan announced $10 million in additional funding to help livestock producers manage the impacts of COVID-19 related market disruptions This support includes $5 million to partially offset…

Sylvain Charlebois: The End of ‘Hero Pay’ for Grocery Workers in Canada an Operational Necessity

The “hero pay” is quietly fading away in grocery stores and food distribution centers. In fact, the American-based Kroger chain, among others, even asked employees to return the extra money…

Sollio Cooperative Group and Sixteen Agricultural Cooperatives Launch From Us to You to Help Their Communities

With the heavy toll many are paying due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sollio Cooperative Group launched the From Us to You initiative in collaboration with sixteen agricultural cooperatives from its…

Sollio Cooperative Group and Sixteen Agricultural Cooperatives Launch From Us to You to Help Their Communities

With the heavy toll many are paying due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sollio Cooperative Group launched the From Us to You initiative in collaboration with sixteen agricultural cooperatives from its…

Canadian Ranchers and Feedlots Worried About Future Impact of COVID-19

A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it’s coming by Bill Graveland – The Canadian Press Bird…

Virus-Ready Poultry Producer Can’t Escape Supply Chain Shock

Groupe Westco raises 4 of every 5 chickens in New Brunswick, and now it’s dealing with glut of product by Jacques Poitras – CBC News When COVID-19 was declared a…

Small Meat Processors Backlogged as Virus Idles Big Plants

Inside the small-scale Iowa abattoir Stanhope Locker and Market, owner Shaunna Zanker yawns with exhaustion as she listens to yet another farmer asking her to slaughter his pigs by Rod…

Re-Thinking the Future of Labour in Canadian Agriculture

What do farmers have in common with high-tech solutions, software and data-driven results? Everything, according to a recent RBC report, Farmer 4.0: How the coming skills revolution can transform agriculture.…

The North West Company Partners with The Sprott Foundation and Second Harvest to Enable $3.6 Million Food Donation

The North West Company has partnered with The Sprott Foundation to enable a combined $3.6 Million donation to residents of over 120 communities in Northern Canada, to help ensure food…

Sylvain Charlebois: Food Prices in Canada Remain High

Despite a negative inflation rate, recent StatsCan numbers are telling us that we are in for a wild ride at the grocery store. The numbers are also telling by Sylvain…

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!