Source: Canadian Cattle Association
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) and Maritime Beef Council (MBC) were encouraged by the outcomes of this week’s meeting between Atlantic Ministers of Agriculture, particularly the meaningful progress made towards expanding Livestock Price Insurance (LPI) for...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada is the largest exporter of pulses in the world, shipping a significant amount of dry peas, lentils, beans and chickpeas to over 120 countries every year—making the pulse industry a key driver of the...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing more than $13 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to help free-standing meat processors and abattoirs in the province make upgrades to increase their...
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Why are biosecurity standards important?
Producers can adopt or enhance biosecurity within their operation to help:
improve the health of individual animals, which in turn improves the health of the national cattle herd
lower the cost...
Source: Government of Alberta
Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation and Farm Fair International invite export-ready Alberta livestock and genetics producers to participate in a proposed trade mission to Mexico to attend Congreso Ganadero de las Estrellas, March 17-24, 2024. The event...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Today, Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced updates to Saskatchewan’s 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program, administered by the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC).
A total of 10 additional designated...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The governments of Canada and Alberta are expanding drought livestock assistance eligibility to help producers maintain breeding herds.
The 2023 Canada-Alberta Drought Livestock Assistance initiative is expanding eligibility to 23 new regions and extending the application...
Source: The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB)
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) released its second and highly anticipated National Beef Sustainability Assessment (NBSA) and Strategy report. The assessment reflects three years of in-depth scientific analysis and highlights...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
A total of $6.8 million in funding was announced today by Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit for livestock and forage research activities.
Provided through the Agriculture Development...
Source: Government of Alberta
“The past year saw average monthly prices for fed steers in Alberta peak in June at $246.61 per hundredweight,” says Ann Boyda, provincial livestock market analyst with the Alberta government. “Feeder prices were also historically high,...
