

Canada’s mink farms brace for COVID
Producers have had time to increase biosecurity efforts at the farm level

Manitoba farm leaders watching U.S. closely
POLITICS | Trade, international relations and the tone of the conversation all of interest
POLITICS | Trade, international relations and the tone of the conversation all of interest
Manitoba’s agriculture sector is taking a wait-and-see approach to the prospect of a Biden presidency in the U.S. Bill Campbell, president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers, said the key thing he’ll be looking for is clarity on trade, when speaking to the Co-operator the week after the vote. “Trade will be the primary interest of
ADM, InnovaFeed to build world’s biggest insect protein plant in Illinois

FCC identifies export, market opportunities for Canadian food
The ag lender's latest report highlights canola oil, pork, potato products, crab meat

U.S. tests OK for CFIA chronic wasting disease certification
ELK | The allowance is meant to help producers enrolled in herd certification, but sending their animals to the U.S. for slaughter
elk The allowance is meant to aid producers enrolled in herd certification, but sending their animals to the U.S. for slaughter
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has eliminated one irritating piece of red tape for Canadian-born elk slaughtered in the U.S. Canada’s voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program will now accept test results from American labs. Results can now come from labs certified under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant HealthForecast: Seasonable with a chance of snow
Forecast issued Nov. 6, 2020, covering the period from Nov. 11 to 18, 2020

Two more ‘murder hornets’ turn up on B.C. mainland
One nest found last month in neighbouring U.S. town

Coronavirus kills 15,000 U.S. mink
Affected states aren't planning to cull

Saskatchewan gets new ag critic, returning ag minister
David Marit, Trent Wotherspoon to handle farm file

Leaseholders decry transitional transfer loss
Forage leaseholders say the Crown land changes currently on the table would hit retiring farmers
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