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There is no room on the range for cattle, as shuttered slaughterhouses across North America due to the pandemic leave farmers nowhere to ship their animals Reuters Now fast-food chain…
Millions of litres of milk are being thrown away, more than two million eggs are eliminated from the food chain, and pigs and chickens are being euthanized. There is horror…
There was optimism in the red meat sector at the beginning of 2020. Cattle and hog prices were tracking higher than 2019 by Leigh Anderson – Farm Credit Canada (FCC)…
Just in time for barbeque season, beef analysts expect changes in meat prices and supply in Canada following disruptions to the industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic by Debbie Knight –…
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, on behalf of Farm Credit Canada (FCC), announced the launch of a $100-million Agriculture and Food Business Solutions Fund to support proven, viable…
The union representing Canada’s food inspectors says Ottawa is threatening disciplinary action against employees who refuse to be reassigned to work at COVID-19-infected meat plants by Kathleen Harris – CBC…
Meat & Poultry Ontario (MPO) welcomes the announcement made by the federal and provincial governments that they will invest $2.25 million to provincially licensed meat processing plants to protect employees…
The Canadian arm of U.S. agribusiness Cargill said on Sunday it would soon temporarily shut a meat-processing plant in the province of Quebec after 64 workers tested positive for the…
Messe Frankfurt is continuing its collaboration with the American industrial association FPSA (Food Processing Suppliers Association), owner of the trade fair Process Expo. As of 1 May 2020 Messe Frankfurt’s…
The Swine Health Information Center is inviting pork sector stakeholders to provide feedback on the usefulness of its monthly domestic and global swine disease monitoring reports by Bruce Cochrane –…
While welcoming the Prime Minister’s government announcement regarding financial support for agriculture and agri-food, Canada’s chicken farmers believe that the government does not fully understand what they need to mitigate…
As the morning shift begins at the JBS meat-packing plant, workers line up leisurely and with appropriate social distancing at the back of the staff parking lot to pick up…
The Government of Canada (GoC) announced its initial support today for Canada’s beef industry amongst other agriculture announcements The portion of the announcement pertinent to the beef industry includes: $50…
While the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) welcomed today’s announcement from the federal government for $252 emergency funding, the amount is not enough on its own to avert negative impacts…
About five years ago, I was giving a lecture in my livestock handling class at Colorado State University about animal welfare, and when I turned to write on the whiteboard,…
The Chief Agricultural Economist with Farm Credit Canada says the COVID-19 crisis is testing the adaptability of Canada’s food processing sector by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Farm Credit Canada’s…
In Cargill Inc’s High River, Alberta plant, supplier of more than one-third of Canada’s beef, 391 workers were sick with coronavirus when the company suspended operations, according to provincial health…
For Canadian farmers, battered by labour shortages, processing plant shutdowns and dramatic shifts in demand, the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come, says an agricultural expert “Ottawa…
This year’s Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada (ANCC) will take place via a series of engaging webinars instead of the originally scheduled in-person conference The virtual format will allow us…
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has asked the Federal Government to provide an Agriculture and Agri-Food Emergency Fund of $2.6 billion to help maintain food security in Canada in response…
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!
