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Study Finds Red Meat as Part of a Healthy Diet Linked to Reduced Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

People who consume unprocessed red meat as part of a healthy Mediterranean diet may reduce their risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), new research led by Curtin University and The Australian…

Canada Takes a First Step Towards Ratifying New North American Trade Deal

Canada took a first step toward ratifying a new North American trade agreement on Monday just three days ahead of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Ottawa to discuss…

Listening to Help Meat Processors Continue to Deliver Safe and Quality Food

Ontario’s government is working with meat processors to help them grow their businesses and continue to deliver safe, high-quality food Today, Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,…

The Quest for Protein Has Reached a Whole New Frontier for Consumers

The Beyond Meat phenomenon certainly has something to do with it. More than 3,000 retail outlets across the country now carry the Beyond Meat burger product. The California-based company made…

It’s Time for Canada to Play China’s Game

Justin Trudeau has been advised by senior business figures to engage in the same pressure politics in Canada’s dispute with the Chinese government that are being used against it —…

What U.S. Flooding Could Mean for Canada’s Prairie Farmers

Flooding across the U.S. agricultural belt continues to thwart the planting of key crops in that country — something that could help some Canadian farmers fetch better commodity prices by…

P.E.I. Resident Named New President and CEO of Canadian Centre for Food Integrity

The outgoing deputy minister of agriculture and fisheries and of rural and regional development for the P.E.I. government has been named the new president and CEO of the Canadian Centre…

Canada and U.S. Agree on Safe Trade Zones In Event of an African Swine Fever Outbreak

For business continuity, Canada and the United States have worked to modify their export certificates to allow trade of live swine, swine semen, pet food and animal by-products and meat…

Canada Expands Beef Access to Japan

Maintaining and expanding market access for Canada’s high-quality agricultural products means greater export opportunities, the creation of good, middle-class jobs, and more money in the pockets of Canadian farmers Building…

Food Insecurity Rising in Nunavut Since Launch of Nutrition North

Food insecurity in Nunavut has gotten worse since the introduction of the Nutrition North program in 2011, according to a study published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by…

Canada Lifts Meat Tariffs Against The U.S.

Canada has lifted a long list of tariffs now that the United States has scrapped its 25 per cent tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminum Mexico has…

Automated Swine Transport Trailer Cleaning Offers Added Animal Welfare Benefits

Research aimed at speeding up and lowering the cost of cleaning swine transport trailers is offering added animal welfare benefits By Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Researchers working on behalf…

China Cancels U.S. Pork Import Order as U.S.-China Trade War Drags On

The same week U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping increases on tariffs against Chinese goods, Chinese buyers dropped orders for 3,247 metric tonnes of U.S. pork – the biggest cancellation…

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Reports Feeder Cattle Dip To Contract Lows

U.S. feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) dipped to new contract lows on Thursday as a rally in Chicago Board of Trade corn futures this week continued…

Canadian Cattle Producers Back Quebec Farmers’ Beef With Beyond Meat Over Plant-Based Meat Marketing

Cattle producers across the country are backing Quebec colleagues who have filed a complaint over a popular new meatless burger that is being advertised as plant-based meat by Mark Lennihan…

Bibeau Presses Chinese Counterpart on Canola Ban During G20 Meeting

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she used a G20 ministers’ meeting in Japan to press her Chinese counterpart for the evidence behind Beijing’s bans on Canadian canola by Mike Blanchfield…

Quebec Cattle Producers Take Issue With Advertising of Beyond Meat Burger

The Quebec Cattle Producers Federation has launched a complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, saying that the American veggie burger company Beyond Meat has no right to advertise their…

Market Reports World Releases Animal Feed Testing Report

Market Reports World recently announced a new addition of the report titled 2019-2024 Global and Regional Feed Testing Market Production, Sales and Consumption Status and Prospects Professional Market Research Report,…

Dual Biosecurity Ring Needed to Protect Against Foreign Animal Disease

The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network says two rings of biosecurity are needed to protect the North American swine herd from the threat posed by foreign…

The Agriculture Sector Will Survive This Trade War But There Will be Casualties

The agricultural pedagogy of a global trade disruption. It’s a lofty, detached way of talking about the current conditions that are affecting lives and testing the fiscal thresholds of many…

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!