by Janice Levangie
The ability of all Atlantic Canadians to access enough safe and nutritious food (food security) is key to healthy, resilient communities. Food shortages due to recent events such as floods, landslides, and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted...
On July 20th Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Agriculture Ministers will be meeting
to make important decisions regarding the direction of the Next Policy Framework (NPF), the primary funding envelope for Canadian agricultural policies and programs for the next five years.
The NPF comes...
Source: University of Saskatchewan
The Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network — led by Olds College Smart Farm — is a network of Smart Farms committed to sharing data and expertise that will help farmers, industry, and creators better understand, use, and...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced the creation of nine new living labs across Canada. As farmers and Canadians face the brunt of the impacts of climate change, these...
Canada’s agriculture industry is in a good position to weather inflationary pressures and higher interest rates, according to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) chief economist.
“We are in a unique position where record farm revenues are helping to offset the impact...
Source: Government of Alberta
“There are 2 types of options on futures, put options and call options. An option is a subset of the futures market and each option is specific to a certain commodity, futures month and price for...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Fertilizers are an essential tool to help farmers in Canada and around the world meet the challenge of feeding a growing population. Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced an...
Source: Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health announced the finalized Front-of-Package labelling regulations, part of the Government of Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy. In the finalized regulations, ground beef and pork are exempt from the requirement...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The mandate of the first cohort of the Canadian Agricultural Youth Council came to an end Tuesday with a final, virtual meeting with the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. This group of...
Source: University of Saskatchewan
In an environment where the complexity of agriculture-related technology is ever increasing, producers face the challenge of interpreting and selecting data that are most useful to improving their operations.
Now, the Government of Canada is investing $400,000...
