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New Digital Agri Auction Design Can Increase Family Farm Revenue

Agriculture is a significant part of the economy in most developing countries, yet many farmers persistently struggle with poverty. A key challenge is the lack of infrastructure to improve market…

How P.E.I. Could Help With an Increased Demand for Beef

The Maritime Beef Council says demand for beef is going up, and P.E.I. might be able to help meet that demand by Travis Kingdon – CBC News “We’re actually seeing…

Trudeau Wants USMCA Deal Ratified Quickly

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged legislators to quickly approve a new continental trade pact but the main opposition party said it wanted to study the deal, indicating…

Canada’s Agriculture Day Aims to Strengthen Consumer-Producer Relationship

Canadians are being asked to raise a fork to Canadian agriculture as part of a national social media campaign to celebrate Canada’s Agriculture Day on February 11 Canada’s Agriculture Day…

Ottawa Getting Ready to Launch Multimillion-Dollar Buy Canadian Food Campaign

Do you know where your food comes from? The federal government is getting ready to roll out a five-year, multimillion-dollar ad campaign this summer in the hope that teaching the…

Easy Ways to Protect Your Farm’s Data

As technology use on the farm grows digital information also increases, heightening the need to protect that valuable information by Craig Lester – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Ransomware is a…

Computer Modelling Offers Advance Warning pf PED Breaks

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center reports it’s now possible to use the swine health information being provided voluntarily by swine producers to predict when a farm…

Senate Passes North America Trade Deal but Canada Still Has to Approve

The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves $1.2 trillion in…

McDonald’s Expands Beyond Meat Burger Trials in Canada

McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) said on Wednesday it will expand its trial in Canada of vegan burgers made by Beyond Meat (BYND.O) as the world’s biggest fast food chain tests the…

Research into the Human Microbiome Applicable to Pigs

A Microbiology Professor with the University of Guelph says many of the discoveries related to the gut microbiome of humans can be applied to benefit the health of pigs by…

Maple Leaf CEO Tweets United States Shares Blame for Iran Plane Crash

The CEO of Maple Leaf Foods spoke out Sunday against the U.S. government, days after an Iranian missile accidentally shot down a jetliner, killing all 176 people on board —…

Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame Announces 2020 Inductees

The Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame (SAHF) today announced the five individuals and one couple who will be inducted into the Hall in 2020 The inductees being recognized for their…

Canadian Meat Business is Going Digital!

We launched Canadian Meat Business in 2002 and over that time we have proudly published more than 100 consecutive issues and 16 Annual Buyer’s Guides. However, after much consideration, we…

1 in 3 Meat Packing Jobs at Risk of Automation Replacement

In Brooks, one in five of the southern Alberta city’s roughly 14,000 residents works at the local meat-packing plant by Sarah Rieger – CBC News Having a city so reliant…

Buying Power: Bull Selection To Improve Your Bottom Line

If it hasn’t happened already, soon your mailboxes and inboxes will be filling up with catalogues for this year’s bull sales. How can you identify which bull is going to…

U.S. Senate Panel Overwhelmingly Approves Nafta For Final Vote

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee overwhelmingly approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Tuesday, moving the revamped North American trade deal a step closer to a final Senate vote in the coming…

Alberta Processor Bullish on Market Growth for Halal Meat

The manager of a central Alberta meat processing plant that already flies fresh lamb to Dubai every week says he expects the market for certified halal products will continue to…

New Research Shows How Lighting During Incubation Impacts Chick Development

Lighting plays an important role in chick development­—even as early as the incubation period A new study conducted by researchers at Dalhousie University and the University of Saskatchewan discovered that…

Farmers Capture Carbon as Warnings of Climate Shocks Grow Louder

With the rash of wildfires that tore through millions of acres of land, towns and cities in Canada, the US, and now Australia like the wrath of God through much…

Biosecurity Top of Mind Heading into 2020

The Chair of Sask Pork says heading into 2020, biosecurity remains the top priority as pork producers consider the implications of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Asia and Europe and…

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!