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Male dairy calves will require a longer stay on their birth farm before shipping.

Dairy calves, veal sector to see animal transportation changes

Changes to infrastructure and skills needed before regulations come into force, report says

By Alex Binkley August 19, 2019

Big changes are coming down the road for the veal sector. This February new transportation regulations are coming and that’s going to change how male dairy calves are marketed and the whole sector will need to talk to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) about a phased transition, a new report recommends. Prepared by an

Chinese consumers have a voracious appetite for pork, but three Canadian companies have seen their exports to the country halted.

Hogs, Livestock

Reported ractopamine finding locks third pork company out of China

The CFIA is investigating the Chinese claim that a pork shipment tested positive for ractopamine

By Alexis Stockford June 21, 2019

The pork industry says it’s too soon to say the trade spat with China is leaking over into its sector. It’s awaiting the results of a CFIA investigation, launched after a third Canadian company was suspended from exporting pork to China. On June 18, news dropped that China would be temporarily suspending imports from Quebec

There’s lots of speculation that Canada's canola dispute with China is caught up in the trade war between China and the U.S.

News

Canola dispute a signal of new trade era

Times have turned more protectionist and Canadian canola is a casualty

By Allan Dawson June 4, 2019

Canadian canola has had problems in China before, but this time is different, says Jim Everson, president of the Canola Council of Canada. In 2009 China threatened to block imports over fears Canadian canola could infect Chinese rapeseed with Canada’s more virulent strain of blackleg, a fungal disease. In 2016 China wanted Canada to reduce

China claimed shipments of Canadian canola were contaminated with weed seeds and plant diseases, but it has yet to show evidence to back up the claim.

News

Quick fix to China canola ban ‘unlikely’

There’s more to it than Huawei, according to a MarketsFarm’s report

By Allan Dawson May 29, 2019

China’s de facto ban on Canadian canola imports has depressed canola prices, which will remain under pressure until the ban is lifted, concludes a report prepared by MarketsFarm, a division of Glacier FarmMedia. “A quick resolution to the Chinese canola import situation is highly unlikely,” the report says. The same holds for Canadian and American

News, Oilseeds

Not time to retaliate on canola — yet

Some in the industry say it’s time to go political, but others say it’s too soon

By Allan Dawson April 25, 2019

Canada should retaliate against China’s boycott of Canadian canola seed, say several canola industry officials. That’s an option, but also a last resort, says the Canola Council of Canada (CCC). “I would say no issue is off the table in terms of various approaches that we can take as a country to deal with the

News, Other

Stuck in the middle on world trade

In a world of trade disputes between economic superpowers, Canada needs to develop its capacity to respond quickly

By Allan Dawson April 25, 2019

Industry leaders say Canada needs to step up its efforts to protect the agricultural sector’s interest in what has been characterized as “… the most protectionist era since the Great Depression.” While it’s encouraging that reference by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland shows the federal government is aware of the issues caused by rising trade

Livestock transportation is among the issues to be codified under a new funding arrangement.

Livestock, News

Animal care code updates gain funding

This includes the livestock transport code which has been condemned for being out of date

By Alex Binkley April 23, 2019

The National Farmed Animal Care Council (NFACC) will receive up to $4.56 million from the Canadian Agriculture Partnership to update important livestock care codes including the controversial animal transport one. The funding was announced by Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and will also be used by NFACC to update its dairy and goat care codes and

Beef producers say new transportation regulations may actually harm animal welfare.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef industry blasts new transport regs, but pork and chicken say OK

New regulations have shortened trips between rest stops and expanded the definition of ‘unfit’ or ‘compromised’ animals among other changes, but not everyone in the livestock sector is impressed

By Alexis Stockford March 25, 2019

Animals will have less time between stops under new federal transportation rules, but the cattle industry says the changes may actually miss the mark on animal welfare. Both the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Manitoba Beef Producers have accused the federal government of ignoring its own research and argue that the overwhelming majority of cattle arrive

News, Oilseeds

Canada rallies to restore Richardson canola exports to China

The Chinese say the ban is due to pests, but Canadians blame Huawei spat

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2019

China says it banned imported Canadian canola from Richardson International because of pests, but Canadians suspect it’s politics. China condemns Canada’s decision last fall to detain one of its citizens, Huawei vice-president Meng Wanzhou, at the request of U.S. government on alleged fraud charges and demands she be released. “Well, that’s obviously one of the issues

Cereals, Local news

MWBGA offers ‘principles’ on ‘value creation’

It says AAFC must continue to bring new cereal varieties to market

By Allan Dawson February 14, 2019

Government and farmer-funded plant breeding has benefited Canadian farmers greatly, the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) says in the preamble to its principles on seed value creation. “The MWBGA emphasizes many critical questions remain unanswered concerning which value creation model proposed by AAFC/CFIA (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Canadian Food Inspection Agency) best serves Manitoba

Daily Network News

Australia raises wheat harvest estimate by nearly two million tonnes

Spain deploys military to contain African swine fever near Barcelona

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

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