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Proposed U.S. country of origin labelling rules run contrary to mutual Canada and U.S. goals to reduce inflation, improve food security and build resilient supply chains, according to a submission from the Canadian government to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "One of the great strengths of the U.S.-Canada bilateral relationship is the successful integration of[...]

As other nations reduce their agricultural footprints in an effort to boost sustainability, their loss could be Canada's human capital gain, a new report suggests. "The immigration of scientists, data engineers, and entrepreneurs has been recognized as critical to Canada’s growth. A similar approach needs to be adopted to attract farmers," the authors wrote. The[...]

The cattle sector is less than pleased by a Health Canada proposal that would put a 'high saturated fat' label on retail ground beef. The proposal is part of a suite of changes proposed for Canada's Food and Drug Regulations. As well as adding a front-of-packaging (FOP) label requirement for foods deemed by Health Canada[...]

The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) set up five years ago to help Canada's struggling forage and grassland industry is struggling itself, but vows to carry on despite a shortage of funds and the resignation of its executive director, Ron Pidskalny. "Nobody is saying we're going to have to shut it down," CFGA chair[...]