Pork
When the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) launched its first Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite in 1995, RADARSAT-1, agriculture wasn’t top-of-mind But scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) saw earth-orbiting…
The 2019 Chef’s Series, held in conjunction with Taste of Saskatchewan, kicks off today and wraps up on Sunday by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Taste of Saskatchewan, underway until…
This morning in Charlottetown, the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry released its report entitled, Made in Canada: Growing Canada’s value-added food sector The Honourable Robert Black, independent senator…
Canada should expand the value-added food sector by improving regulations to allow for the expansion of international trade of processed food products, investing in innovation, and reducing the barriers to…
Butchers are essential to our food supply and yet, often overlooked. The federal government recognized butchers and the huge labour shortage in meat processing by officially announcing an Agri-Food Immigration…
Farm business planning experts and farmers themselves agree: a business vision is a critical element to success by Trudy Kelly Forsythe – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Michelle Painchaud, president and…
Growth in Canadian broiler production slowed in the first five months of 2019, falling under the 3% pace we’d anticipated in our January outlook. Even with the farm price increasing…
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, attended the Calgary Stampede where she announced an investment of $8.3 million for six projects that will help support Canada’s world-class beef industry…
HAMS Marketing Services says unprecedented growth in U.S. hog production combined with continuing uncertainty over the impact of African Swine Fever on export demand for pork are resulting in continued…
Management of La Coop fédérée, its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture divisions and F. Ménard announced today an agreement to acquire all the assets of Ange-Gardien company F. Ménard, in Montérégie,…
Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) is pleased to launch the application process for its second Ontario Chicken Innovation Award, part of the organization’s commitment to help bring new, innovative Ontario…
Blindsided by a trade dispute that has shut the door to a growing export market, livestock farmers in Southwestern Ontario are bracing for a hit to their bottom line by…
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the European Commission’s Department of Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) have agreed to an…
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) nearby lean hog futures closed higher on Tuesday for a second session on technical buying after last week’s multimonth lows and hopes that a resumption of…
The Swine Health Information Center is applauding the efforts being taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in helping keep foreign animal diseases out of the United States by Bruce…
Canada’s farm labor deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 workers, or one in three jobs, as shortages continue to hit the sector’s bottom line, the Canadian Agriculture…
The National Pork Producers Council fears proposed Food and Drug Administration regulations governing gene editing will result in an impractical, lengthy and expensive approval process and notes the regulation inaccurately…
China’s sudden ban on Canadian beef and pork imports “will create a huge financial loss” for the sector that counts the Asian country among its top five international markets, says…
China said on Tuesday it wants the Canadian government to stop allowing meat shipments to China after bogus export certificates were discovered by Kelsey Johnson, Rod Nickel – Reuters The…
Last spring, McDonald’s announced it would ditch frozen beef in favor of fresh beef patties in all its Quarter Pounders, excluding restaurants in Hawaii and Alaska by Kate Bernot –…
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!
