Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, today launched the $50 million Surplus Food Rescue Program. The program aims to move surplus food commodities such as potatoes and other possible horticulture, fish and seafood,...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
COVID-19 has caused significant changes and adaptation in Canada’s food system. As a result, Canadian food producers, processors, and manufacturers have taken on unexpected and exceptional activities associated with risk mitigation measures to be able...
Source: Guelphtoday.com, Marg. Bruineman
Creemore beef farmer concerned about the future of the industry; 'Our markets are very volatile and we’re always at risk of losing money,' says farmer
David Millsap was struggling with negative margins for two years and then...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Before introducing animals to a new pasture, check for evidence of discarded or abandoned batteries.
“Discarded batteries that have gone through several freeze-thaw cycles and no longer have intact cases are the most dangerous,” says Dr....
Bringing innovative knowledge, technologies, resources and collaboration to farmers’ kitchen table
Imagine a world where livestock producers have all the expertise and resources they need for decision making right at the farmhouse kitchen table.
This is a concept rapidly gaining...
Source: Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off
PSE is excited to announce a new upcoming campaign titled “Feeding the Future” that will aim to raise awareness of the impacts of COVID-19 on our industry and how that may affect consumers. There is...
Source: Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
Our shared experience during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the important contribution of essential workers in the meat and livestock supply chain. This group includes Canadians employed in the farm, processing, retail, foodservice,...
A significant portion of Canadian farmers have had an incident resulting in an injury or close call on their operation, but these accidents don't necessarily change behaviour, according to a recent survey by Farm Credit Canada (FCC).
“It’s unfortunate that...
Source: Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
“The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), along with our North American counterparts, is fully committed to continue enhancing the strength of the North American beef industry under the newly negotiated and soon-to-be implemented United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA),...
Source: Canadian Cattlemen's Association
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) have come to an agreement that as of June 1, 2020, the United States (US) will...
