Stressful transport conditions and poor trailer design are leading to pig mortality, meat quality loss and financial penalties in the pork industry, according to a Canadian research scientist. Photo: Miguel Perfectti/GettyImages

Pig transport stress costs pork sector

Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transport, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says

Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transportation, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says



Dairy cows line up in the milking parlour of a Canadian dairy farm.

Consumer engagement crucial in changing dairy marketplace

Industry needs to bridge gap between high trust in farmers and limited knowledge of agriculture practices, professor says

Consumers have difficulty answering basic questions about farm production, which is an opportunty for engagement, said University of Guelph professor Mike von Massow at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar.

Olly Harrison takes a selfie with fans at Agritechnica 2023 in Germany where he was awarded Agri-Influencer of the Year.

Pros and pitfalls of being a digital poster child for farming

Agriculturally-leaning social media influencers use their online presence to bring farm stories directly to consumer, but it also puts them and their farms in a sometimes uncomfortable spotlight

Agriculturally-leaning social media influencers use their online presence to bring farm stories directly to consumer, but it also puts them and their farms in a sometimes uncomfortable spotlight

Public trust in food is harder to find

Public trust in food is harder to find

Views on the food system have become more cynical since the pandemic, and since inflation shot food prices into the stratosphere

Views on the food system have become more cynical since the pandemic, and since inflation shot food prices into the stratosphere. Farmers should be concerned.



In the latest CCFI Public Trust research report, Canadians are nearly evenly divided on whether the country’s food system is heading in the right or wrong direction for the first time in nine years, with only three in ten believing Canada is on the right track. Pessimism has hit a record high, with significantly more Canadians feeling uncertain about the future of our food system compared to last year.

Public trust in food system sees sharp decline

Canadians are now more cynical about food and farming according to Canadian Centre for Food Integrity data

Canadians are more cynical about food and farming than they have been in previous years according to a report from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity.



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AgriCommunication plan to seek farmer-consumer dialogue

Ag exhibitions among expected beneficiaries

The federal government has put up new funding toward improving consumers’ awareness of the “strengths” of Canada’s ag sector — and to improve farmer awareness of what those consumers want and expect. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Thursday announced an $8 million, three-year funding envelope for the first of two streams of what’s now called