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‘The hog sector is transitioning to Canadian Pork Excellence, a set of programs that allow registered pork producers to demonstrate compliance with food safety and animal care requirements.’ – Cam Dahl
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Comment: Farmers and the ‘prove it’ generation

Be real about modern agriculture because there’s much to be proud of

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What is a farmer’s relationship with environmental and animal welfare certification programs? Would it be right to say that it’s complicated? On one hand, farmers feel targeted by those in the activist community who reject the realities of modern agriculture. No genetically modified anything. No fertilizer. No pesticides. Small holdings with a few chickens, a
In 2022, the Canada Grain Act is all that’s left of farmers’ heroic historic efforts to build and codify grain producers’ rights in Canadian law.
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Comment: Back to the future for grain regulation

Progressive Era origins of the Canada Grain Act are key to its future

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Industry criticism of the Canada Grain Act (CGA) tends to portray the legislation as outdated and a bar to improved efficiency, which is grain company code for increased deregulation and privatization of Canada’s grain inspection system. While the CGA has proven an unreliable defence against reduced regulation, and private inspection has grown apace, accusations that
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Comment: Is fake meat healthy? And what’s actually in it?

It can be more environmentally sustainable but not all effects are clear

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The popularity of plant-based proteins, or “fake meat,” has increased in recent years as consumers look to eat fewer animal products. Many consumers believe these fake meats are better for their health, as well as better for the environment, but is that right? It may sound obvious, but the first thing to say is that
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Comment: What’s really behind higher milk prices?

According to leaked data, the answer isn’t empirical evidence

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Every year, the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC), a branch of the federal government, hires external consultants to assess the cost of producing milk on the farm. The CDC has never released any data about costing and has recommended farm milk price increases in most years, eventually impacting retail prices and Canadian families. Since February, dairy
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Comment: Canada’s disappearing ‘average farmer’

Agricultural policy used to be aimed at the middle — but what if the middle is missing?

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Canada’s agriculture industry has been undergoing significant changes over the past 45 years. Since the 1970s, the number of farms has been steadily declining, but not all farms have been impacted equally — mid-size farms have been hit the hardest, as the number of small and large farms increases. The mid-size farm category used to
Cyberattacks against agricultural targets are not some far-off threat; they are already happening.
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Comment: Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats

There are pressing reasons to adopt new technology, but real risks too

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Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors and other technologies to farm more efficiently. While these practices could help increase crop yields and reduce costs, the technology behind the practices is creating opportunities for extremists, terrorists and adversarial governments to attack farming machinery, with the aim of disrupting
For many crops, our farmers’ ability to grow anything will be severely compromised, unless they use more land.
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Comment: Farming is losing to urban politics

Not tying fertilizer use to productivity is a dangerous failure of federal policy

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Most Canadians have never been on a farm, let alone lived on one, which makes more than 98 per cent of our population agriculturally illiterate. For many Canadians, crop production is an unknown concept. Because of this, it’s relatively easy to use fear to influence public opinion on any food-related issue involving agriculture. Activists know
port of Odesa in Ukraine
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Comment: Grain shipments offer dim hope

The EU should have seen the Ukraine war food and energy crises looming

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Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in four interrelated security crises. The war in Ukraine is a tragedy for human security, but it affects geopolitical security as well as food and energy security. These four crises have been compounded by the failure of coercive diplomacy. This is a form of diplomacy that uses either
The Sierra Leone-flagged grain ship Razoni leaves the sea port in Odesa amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, August 1, 2022. It was turned away by its buyer in Lebanon on August 9, citing delayed shipment to its previously agreed upon terms.
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Comment: Ukraine’s grain exports, crop still must prove themselves

There’s potential for a lot of grain movement, but many risks remain

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Reuters – The volume of grain Ukraine will have available for export over the coming year and whether those shipments can run smoothly remains to be seen, though optimism has increased with the first sea departure of a grain vessel since Russia’s invasion. Estimates across the industry vary on harvest potential, but there are suggestions,
Comment: Forty billion green reasons to go green
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Comment: Forty billion green reasons to go green

If the U.S. budget passes, green ag is about to get a big boost

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If American farmers and ranchers really want to live the oft-repeated boast that they are “the first environmentalists,” then, by golly, Joe Manchin and his Democratic Senate colleagues have the legislative vehicle to prove it. Manchin, the chief monkeywrencher of Dem dreams for the last two years, shocked everyone when he and Senate Majority Leader

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