Pork
Manitoba Pork reports all but four of the 80 Manitoba swine sites infected during a 2017 Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea outbreak have now reached or are close to reaching a presumptive…
Rumblings of a China-U.S. trade war could boost the prospects of Canadian industries, but it would also cause global disruptions and force Canadians to defend their markets against heightened American…
Manitoba pork processing company HyLife has completed a $176-million expansion and modernization of its Neepawa processing plant, making it one of the most sophisticated facilities of its kind in Canada.…
Ron Glaser is Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Canada Beef and he also serves in another capacity for the agency on the Executive Leadership Team, responsible for setting Canada…
David Haywood-Farmer says foreign trade is his priority as president of the association CBC News A third generation rancher from Savona, B.C. has just been named president of the Canadian…
China has slapped a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. pork. For hog farmers in rural Iowa, an area of the country that largely voted for Trump in the 2016…
Canada’s agriculture and food system is a leading producer of high-quality, safe products and a key driver of the country’s economic growth The Government of Canada understands the importance of…
As interest rates slowly rise from their historic lows, we want to help pump up your farm financial fitness. Throughout March, we’ll be sharing posts to help put your 2018…
The newly named NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Swine Welfare told FarmScape Online a new research program looking at swine welfare will contribute to the sustainability of farming systems and…
Where Food Comes From (WFCF), the most trusted resource for independent, third-party verification of food production practices in North America, announced it has been selected by Cargill as an auditing…
Casey Smit, the Chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board, says Japan continues to be a key export market for Canadian pork producers for a couple of different reasons by…
Budget 2018 reaffirms the Government of Canada’s commitment to actively deepening trade relationships, through modern, progressive free trade agreements, including in new, fast-growing markets in Asia Building on Canada’s strong…
A delegation representing Canada’s pork sector will travel to Japan to meet with key buyers of Canadian pork and learn more about one the Canada’s most important markets by Bruce…
The President of Keystone Agricultural Producers, Dan Mazier, told FarmScape Online he is pleased that Manitoba has joined the federal-provincial-territorial plan to address climate change by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape…
Mexico and Canada aim to finish reworking less contentious chapters of the NAFTA trade deal with the United States in new talks that began on Sunday, hoping to clear the…
The downturn in the U.S. farm economy is projected to continue in 2018 with a decline in U.S. farm income of 6.7%, driven mostly by soft growth in commodity prices…
U.S. farmers, food processors and grain traders have spent months trying to prevent trade relationships from falling apart if the North American Free Trade Agreement implodes. They are trying to…
The Chair of Swine Innovation Porc says reducing the environmental footprint of pork production and reducing the sector’s reliance on antibiotics will be among the top research priorities transitioning into…
After delivering a keynote address to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention last month, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay will be traveling to California this week for…
Stewart Cressman, the Chair of Swine Innovation Porc, is commending Canada’s Minister of Agriculture for his commitment to ensuring a smooth transition from Growing Forward 2 to the new Canadian…