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The microbes most commonly associated with food-borne illness, such as Listeria and salmonella, are going to be near impossible to pick up with a sniff test.
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Comment: The sniff test is not reliable for food safety

While the nose can detect spoilage in things like milk, there is no olfactory hint for nasties like salmonella

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I should know better, but I admit that I do it too. I’ve just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge to make some sandwiches. I notice the chicken is within its use-by date, but I’m still suspicious. Another member of the family has unlovingly ripped open the packaging and the slices have been
Comment: Clock ticking south of the border
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Comment: Clock ticking south of the border

Anti-work, anti-freedom U.S. Congress needs more work, more freedom

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Even before the U.S. Congress returns from its five-week, no-work period to its usual three-day weeks of little work, Republicans in both chambers are signaling to global markets, the White House and their colleagues that their return will bring no 2023 Farm Bill and no 2024 U.S. federal budget by the Sept. 30 drop-dead date
Manitoba’s pork sector provides an example of how agriculture can transform the economy and communities.
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Comment: Agriculture: our rich uncle

Agriculture is an economic powerhouse, but only if policy makers let it be

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Farmers face a growing number of challenges. The threat of drought and crop failure seem to be with us every year. Add in protectionist policies that make it harder for Canadian farmers to trade, uncertain markets caused by political instability (such as the war in Ukraine) and the potential for disease outbreaks that threaten productivity.
Previous studies have shown that municipal biosolid waste is an important pathway for microplastics to enter broader terrestrial ecosystems, including agricultural fields.
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Comment: How microplastics are making their way into our farmland

Across nine provinces and 22 wastewater treatment plants, the problem was universal

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Microplastic pollution is a global environmental problem that is ubiquitous in all environments, including air, water and soil. Our recent investigation of microplastic levels in Canadian municipal biosolids found that a single gram of biosolids contains hundreds of microplastic particles. This is a much greater concentration of microplastics than is typically found in air, water
The plea proves the price-fixing scheme did exist, which could prompt admissions by others suspected of being part of it.
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Comment: Show me the money

Canada Bread penalty raises questions about criminal fines

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Canada Bread Company agreed to pay a $50 million fine after pleading guilty to fixing the price of bread earlier this year. This fine is the highest ever imposed for a cartel offence in Canada. Canada Bread’s plea deal is a significant development in the ongoing investigation by the Competition Bureau into an alleged conspiracy.
Prices for ag imports and services have soared during COVID and the Ukrainian war years.
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Comment: War is expensive both on and off the battlefield

However you describe it, war is expensive. For some, it’s extremely profitable, too

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Union general William T. Sherman once famously said, “War is hell.” However you describe it, war is expensive. For some, it’s extremely profitable, too. Shooting wars aren’t the only type of warfare that are costly, deadly and often without a winner. In January 2022, the International Monetary Fund estimated the total cost of the COVID-19
Comment: Horse health research will help humans stay healthy too
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Comment: Horse health research will help humans stay healthy too

The body of work can provide insights on reining in issues like diabetes and obesity

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As a veterinary science researcher, equine surgeon and sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist, I’ve seen firsthand the similarities between horses and humans. Both horses and people with endocrine disorders like Type 2 diabetes can suffer multiple types of musculoskeletal issues. For example, horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction – similar to Cushing disease in people
A seaport grain terminal damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes in Odesa region, Ukraine on July 19, 2023.
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Comment: Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine

What does the move mean for the global food system?

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The Russia-Ukraine grain deal that has been critical to keeping global food prices stable and preventing famine is now in tatters. On July 17, Russia said it was pulling out of the year-old deal, which allowed shipments of grains and other foodstuffs to travel past the Russian naval blockade in the Black Sea. To make
As Canada’s competition watchdog, the Competition Bureau can review mergers to determine if they will be harmful to competitiveness. But since its introduction in 1986, it has only challenged 18 mergers and has never won a challenge on final judgment.
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Comment: Lack of competition makes for sick market

Increasing monopoly power poses a threat to Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery

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Canada is grappling with a significant economic issue: market concentration. A select few corporations dominate key sectors, leading to reduced competition, rising prices and limited purchase options for consumers. Canada’s grocery industry is a prime example. A recent report from the Competition Bureau found that lack of competition in the grocery sector is resulting in
‘There are reams of data in the report, particularly in three key focus areas: seeds, meatpacking, and food retail. We — the “us” outside of the USDA — need to draw our own conclusions.’
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Comment: Agribusiness competition and the danger of the middle road

Hemming and hawing avoids tougher action and ‘us’

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After plowing through a 57-page U.S. Department of Agriculture report titled “Concentration and Competition in U.S. Agribusiness,” I asked an agronomist friend who had also read the report why it seemed that its writers used so much “hem-and-haw” language in analyzing, for example, the rise of today’s powerful seed companies. “I’m less interested in the

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