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Source: CBC News
Consumers trending toward buying local meat products with special backstories
Benbie Holsteins in south-central Saskatchewan milks 150 Holsteins every day, but the dairy farm does not need all of its heifer calves for milking, so the remainder are used...
Source: Canadian Charolais Association
The 2020 recipient of the Dale Norheim Memorial Scholarship is Justin Harcourt of Quill Lake, SK. Justin is enrolled in his first year at the University of Saskatoon, where he is taking Bachelor of Science in...
Source: Beef Farmers of Ontario
The Canada-Ontario COVID-19 Beef Emergency Feed Maintenance Initiative, also referred to by industry as the set-aside program, can now be accessed by Ontario farmers to help mitigate the impact of the temporary closure of Cargill...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
‘The average D1-2 price was $70.80 per cwt for the week of December 7, up $2.60 per cwt over the last four weeks, a gain of about $36 per head on a 1,400 lb cow,”...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $5 million in immediate, emergency assistance to help the province’s beef farmers manage costs associated with the impacts of COVID-19 and to help protect Ontario’s...
Source: Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) is pleased to announce that the Ontario Corn Fed Beef Quality Assurance Program has successfully completed an assessment by the CRSB’s Oversight Body, NSF International, and has...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $1.8 million to improve food safety, animal welfare and biosecurity at provincial abattoirs. Nearly 50 projects are being supported to help modernize meat plants and...
Source: Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) recognizes the Government of Canada’s efforts to maintain uninterrupted market access into the United Kingdom (U.K.) by pursuing an interim agreement to transition between the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA)...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing over $3.5 million to help more than 700 businesses in the Ontario agri-food sector establish or expand their online presence. This initiative will provide consumers with more...
