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Thingsfactory introduces new technology for fever and behaviour detection in Livestock

To facilitate a safe post-COVID-19 environment where zoonotic viruses that jump from animals to humans – COVID-19, H1N1, bird flu, and others such as African Swine Fever – are an…

Watch FCC’s Forum with great Canadians

Need a break this winter? Watch FCC’s latest forum on YouTube  Farm Credit Canada (FCC) In this special edition, we’re sharing the recording from our recent FCC Forum with great…

Canada’s Agriculture Day celebrates nation’s trusted food system

Join the nation in celebrating Canada’s Ag Day on February 23. This year the day will bring together leaders from major food and agriculture companies in a fireside chat that…

Changes to Canadian Hog Pricing Formulas Improve Producer Profitability

Changes in the way Canadian pork processors value the hogs they purchase have reduced volatility within the market and improved the profitability of producers  by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online…

Trinity College Dublin researchers study phosphorous cycling and water quality

Using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan, Trinity College Dublin researchers have studied long term phosphorus storage and release in environmental systems, information which can help guide…

Impossible Foods cuts faux meat prices by 20% at grocery stores

Impossible Foods said on Tuesday it would cut the prices of its faux meat patties by 20% at U.S. grocery stores as the plant-based protein maker ramps up production with…

Small Business Minister joins Restaurant Revival Working Group to support foodservice sector’s recovery

Restaurants Canada looks forward to hosting Small Business Minister Mary Ng, along with other government and industry representatives, for the virtual launch of its national Restaurant Revival Working Group  …

Uneven Recovery in U.S. Foodservice Sector Implies the Same for Animal Protein

As COVID-19 spread across the country last year, it spurred the “great grocery grab of 2020” a shift to at-home food consumption not seen since the early 1980s The abrupt…

Meat-plant workers in Alberta should be given COVID-19 vaccine priority: Union president

The president of a union representing employees at some of the largest meat-packing plants in Canada says there needs to be a discussion about making the COVID-19 vaccine more readily…

Global Institute for Food Security at USask awarded over $330K to provide missing genetic information for key forage crop

The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has received a $331,870 grant from Saskatchewan’s Agricultural Development Fund (ADF) for a project to help unlock…

Texas A&M, industry partners usher in new era for Poultry Science Department

Patrick J. Stover, Ph.D., vice chancellor of  Texas A&M AgriLife, dean of the  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences  and director of  Texas A&M AgriLife Research, announced recently that more than…

Family Farms Continue to Power U.S. Agriculture

What do you think of when you hear the phrase family-owned business? You may not immediately think of the family farm, but they are just as important to our economy…

FCC providing $100,000 to 4-H clubs in 2021

4-H Canada is pleased to announce that the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) 4-H Club Fund will provide $100,000 to 203 4-H clubs across Canada in 2021, to support local activities…

Rising U.S. beef prices buoy CME live cattle futures

U.S. live cattle futures rose on Tuesday for a fourth straight session, with deferred months setting life-of-contract highs as robust demand for beef lifted packer profit margins and bolstered demand…

Ottawa invests $162.6 million to strengthen Canadian Food Inspection Agency

As we work toward our economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and begin to build back better, it is more important than ever that the Government of Canada invests in…

NAMI’s Mark Dopp inducted into Meat Industry Hall of Fame

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) today announced Mark Dopp, Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, and General Counsel for the Meat Institute was inducted into the Meat…

Moosemeat & Marmalade Returns with More Food, Flavours and Fun in Season Five Premiere Airing on APTN on February 11th

Beloved co-hosts Art Napoleon and Dan Hayes celebrate five years of Moosemeat & Marmalade as the popular food documentary series returns for another season of globetrotting culinary adventures this February…

Organizations coming together to introduce youth to careers across the agrifood sector

Protein Industries Canada announced an investment into a program that will introduce youth in Kindergarten through Grade 12 to the career opportunities available to them in the plant-protein, agrifood and…

In wake of decision to kill Keystone XL, Biden’s first foreign-leader call will be to Trudeau

If Joe Biden’s decision to kill off Keystone XL is supposed to sound the death knell for Canada-U.S. relations, you wouldn’t know it from the newly minted president’s call sheet…

Engaging the Biden administration on trade will be key to Canada’s long-term economic fortunes, shows latest RSM Canada report

As Canada tackles its most serious wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to date, and its biggest trading partner – the United States – is set to introduce a new President…

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!