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Livestock sector setting stage for Animal Health Canada

By Alex Binkley December 17, 2019

A group of ‘CEO champions’ and senior livestock industry representatives will meet this month to pull together a governance model for Animal Health Canada (AHC) as an overseer of farm animal health across the country. The group aims to have a final report outlining how AHC would function ready in January, says Rory McAlpine, senior[...]

Cereals, News

Academics say GM wheat possible subversion

By Alex Binkley August 2, 2018

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs to keep investigating the still-unknown variety of genetically modified wheat found in Alberta last year, says the Canadian co-author of an article that speculates on who could have planted it. Rob Wager of Vancouver Island University, who specializes in biochemistry and molecular biology, is the co-author of ‘The Mystery[...]

Hogs, Livestock

North American ASF campaign gains key support from OIE and FAO

By Alex Binkley June 25, 2019

The North American campaign to stop the spread of African swine fever just got a big boost from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), according to Canada’s chief veterinary officer. ASF “is now everyone’s problem,” said Jaspinder Komal, Canada’s CVO. At its recent general assembly meeting in Paris, OIE delegates agreed to launch a[...]

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Food 5.0 challenges agriculture misconceptions

By Alex Binkley September 13, 2019

Author Robert Saik concludes his just-released book Food 5.0 with the following observation — “I have immense faith in our farmers to feed the future… we just have to let them.” The book is aimed at the 99.8 per cent of the population who Saik figures have no on-the-ground knowledge of modern agriculture and explains[...]

News, Other

New skill sets needed in farm workers of the future

By Alex Binkley September 9, 2019

In the not too distant future, farms will depend on high-tech workers with titles like tech-gronomist, ag tech integrator and knowledge translators, a recent conference of the Canadian Agriculture Human Resources Council (CAHRC) heard. In a presentation entitled Agriculture Skills for the Future, Stuart Cullum, president of Olds College in Alberta spelled out the kinds[...]

News, Other

Common sense needed in pesticide reviews: agri-food groups

By Alex Binkley June 19, 2019

Agri-food groups support provisions in the 2019 budget to trigger pesticide safety reviews when one is merited and not just because another country orders one on a product. While Health Canada and the Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency take a risk-based approach to pesticide approvals, other members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development employ[...]

International news, News, Other

China-U.S. trade spat could mean more financial aid needed by Canadian farmers

By Alex Binkley August 16, 2019

The ramping up of the U.S.-China trade war will put more pressure on the Canadian government to increase its financial assistance to farmers who are already suffering from the early stages of the superpower skirmish. China has announced it will stop buying U.S. agricultural products and it may impose additional tariffs on U.S. farm products[...]

News, Other

Workshops conclude more credibility needed for Canada food brand

By Alex Binkley August 7, 2019

A lot remains to be done to give the Canada brand the global cachet needed to make Canadian food exports international bestsellers, a series of cross-country workshops has concluded. Organized by Canada 2020, the workshops will conclude in November with a session in the national capital that is intended to pull together the ideas that[...]

Beef cattle, News

Canadian Cattlemen's Association sees beef potential in Europe

By Alex Binkley August 12, 2019

Canada could be selling more beef to Europe if it increased the number of veterinarians trained to approve cattle for shipment there or secured approval for using Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) to meet European requirements, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) says. Since the free trade agreement with Europe came into effect nearly two years[...]

News, Other

Workers and tech needed to plug labour gap

By Alex Binkley August 6, 2019

Back-to-back announcements on agriculture work issues spell out the challenge that farmers will increasingly face in grappling with long-standing worker shortages and adopting new technology into their operations. First was a report July 22 from the Canadian Agriculture Human Resources Council (CAHRC) that said “nearly all farm employers share similar challenges when it comes to[...]

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Livestock sector setting stage for Animal Health Canada

Academics say GM wheat possible subversion

North American ASF campaign gains key support from OIE and FAO

Food 5.0 challenges agriculture misconceptions

New skill sets needed in farm workers of the future

Common sense needed in pesticide reviews: agri-food groups

China-U.S. trade spat could mean more financial aid needed by Canadian farmers

Workshops conclude more credibility needed for Canada food brand

Canadian Cattlemen's Association sees beef potential in Europe

Workers and tech needed to plug labour gap

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