According to Canadian Food Inspection Agency, traceability is the ability to follow an item or a group of items – be it animal, plant, food product or ingredient – from one point in the supply chain to another, either...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Tips to prevent one of the biggest hazards when baling hay and straw this season.
“An ounce of prevention can go a long way to preventing baler fires,” says Raelyn Peterson, farm safety coordinator with Alberta...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Research investment will help farmers safely manage livestock
The Ontario Government is investing $2.35 million in advanced animal research related to livestock health and well-being while also focusing on increasing productivity and...
Heat stress impacts the performance and well-being of dairy and beef cattle. Some practical adaptation measures can be put in place for the herd when the hot months are in sight:
Check the flow of water tanks, as water...
Source: Manitoba Beef Producers
Challenging production conditions across Manitoba have provincial farm groups representing beef, grain and forage producers asking farmers with extra straw, hay or alternative feed to consider listing their products for sale.
Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Keystone...
Source: Manitoba Beef Producers
Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development advises that due to dry conditions in parts of the province over the past few years, livestock producers will temporarily be allowed to cut hay and allow animals to graze on...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council
The goal, after finalizing the 23-member Transportation Code Development Committee (CDC), was to hold a face-to-face meeting in the spring of 2020. As that was not possible, the CDC met over a series of...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced the names of the youth who will form the new Canadian Agricultural Youth Council. The 25 young people were chosen from more than 800...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The governments of Canada and Manitoba announced a new $3 million cost-shared Canadian Agricultural Partnership program to support projects that will help agricultural processors mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Feeder associations have been part of the agriculture landscape of Alberta since the 1930s. Now, thanks to a pilot project conducted by Picture Butte Feeder Co-operative (PBFC), feeder association producers can use radio frequency identification...
