What should the future of Canada's seed industry look like? How should new varieties be funded and brought forward? Described by some as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is currently leading consultations on modernizing the rules around plant breeding and how new varieties are brought to the market. Seeds Canada and other... Read More
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Farm organizations from across the spectrum of Canadian agriculture welcomed the introduction of Bill C-234 in the House of Commons on Monday. The private member's bill sponsored by Ben Lobb, the Conservative MP for Huron-Bruce, would amend the federal government's carbon pricing legislation to provide an exemption from the carbon tax for natural gas and... Read More
For every dollar in income taken home by Canadian farm families in 2019, over 64 cents was earned "off the farm," according to a new report from Statistics Canada. StatsCan published its farm family income data for 2019 — pre-pandemic economy, of course — on January 28. Based on tax records, the agency says the... Read More
Editor's note: this article has been updated following the introduction of Lobb's Bill C-234 in the House of Commons on February 7, confirming the details outlined in the earlier version. A Conservative MP from southern Ontario is making another attempt at removing the federal carbon tax from fuels used for drying grain and heating barns,... Read More
There's so much going on in the geopolitical scene right now, and all that works its way back in to the markets. The focus right now is squarely on Russia and Ukraine and how the current political situation is impacting markets. Joining RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney to break it down is Arlan Suderman, chief... Read More
This episode of the Beef Market Update comes to you from Houston, Texas, as Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange reviews the events of the past week, down at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) convention. To start off, Wasko says it was a good week for the U.S. cattlemen to be together, as... Read More
Ontario introduced the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 (PAWS Act) on January 1, 2020. Like most legislation, certain aspects of the act are up for consultation. Most recently, livestock groups including the Ontario Sheep Farmers (OSF), have pushed for a change in wording and a specific exemption from certain rules for livestock guardian dogs... Read More
Update: On February 4, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said it had confirmed the presence of high pathogenic avian influenza (AI), subtype H5N1, in a commercial flock in western Nova Scotia and notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) of the positive AI finding. Initial tests were conducted on January 30 after the... Read More
The Successors is a RealAgriculture podcast series hosted by Kara Oosterhuis focusing on agriculture from the perspective of the up-and-coming generation. How do you decide when it's time to act on your true passion? What can you do to get through the cold winter months? Why do you need to learn more about yourself to... Read More
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) has unveiled a goal to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from farm-level dairy production by the year 2050, with a milestone in 2030. This is continuation of the ongoing efforts by the dairy industry related to environmental stewardship and much work of the work necessary to meet the target... Read More