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B.C. ostriches now to be culled after ruling: CFIA

Farm has been at the centre of protests since CFIA first ordered the cull of over 300 birds

Birds are now to be culled from a British Columbia ostrich operation that sought to bypass standard federal practice in on-farm outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza and has been denied an appeal at Canada’s highest court.


A farmer in central Manitoba blows snow out of his driveway with a tractor-mounted snowblower after a major winter storm. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Prairie farms race to get ready for winter 2025

Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly

Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly



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Good handling equipment a must on cattle operations

The right cattle handling setup can save labour and make working with livestock safer for both cattle and farmer

For the safety of cattle producers and everyone else dealing with their livestock, including veterinarians who need animals to be safely contained and restrained for treatment, handling systems need to be functional and well maintained, Roy Lewis writes.






Giorgos Zeikos, apple farmer and president of the Agia apple producers’ cooperative checks the fruits at an apple orchard in the village of Agia, in Thessaly, Greece, June 12, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Alexandros Avramidis

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal

As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.

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Ontario ag-gag appeal concludes, court ruling pending

Animal advocates argue law violates free expression; province defends focus on trespass, not speech

Animal rights advocates challenge the constitutionality of Ontario’s Security from Trespass Act, arguing it stifles undercover exposés and infringes on Charter freedoms; government defends the law as targeting trespass, not speech.