Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) is moving to all virtual programs for 2020, and will deliver a multi-breed cattle show series in Canada. The Evolution Series, presented by RBC and supported by the Canadian Beef Breeds Council, will feature 11 breeds with Grand Champion Bulls and Females from each breed competing for the Evolution Series Supreme... Read More
Category: Livestock
A team of researchers at the University of Guelph are studying why Canadian baristas sometimes have problems foaming milk for their customers' lattes, and it starts with on-farm milk handling. Dr. David Kelton, Dairy Farmers of Ontario Dairy Cattle Health Research Chair, graduate student Hannah Woodhouse, and animal bioscience undergraduate student Mikayla Ringelberg are studying... Read More
Canada's largest agricultural co-op is receiving a $150 million injection of capital from Rabobank and three Quebec-based investment funds — an investment it says will help mitigate the effects of COVID-19. Rabobank Capital, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Fondaction are investing $150 million in Sollio Cooperative Group... Read More
The U.S. Cattle Transparency Act introduced this year seeks transparency for our southern neighbour's cattle market by mandating large-scale meat packers — those that slaughter over 125,000 cattle per week — to flow through the cash market, instead of alternative marketing arrangements. An earlier iteration of the bill included a 50:14 rule, where 50 per... Read More
A Guelph-based company has launched Farm Health Guardian, a real-time disease mitigation technology platform for pork and poultry producers. Brought to market by Be Seen Be Safe Ltd., the system accurately and quickly tracks and shuts down disease spread within minutes of the first report of disease symptoms, the company says. The Farm Health Guardian... Read More
Olymel says work started this week on a $31.5 million expansion at the company's poultry processing plant at St-Damase, Montérégie, Quebec — east of Montreal. The large pork and poultry processor says it's adding 35,200 square feet to the poultry plant, which will include a new automated cutting line, three automatic deboning lines and four... Read More
Agriculture leads the economy in Saskatchewan, and with the next provincial election slated for October 26, farmers are keen to know each party's agricultural platform. Todd Lewis, president of Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) and farmer south of Regina, joined Shaun Haney recently to talk about the organization's concerns for provincial policies and how... Read More
It appears that Eastern Canada is headed for a second wave of COVID-19, and if Western Canada isn't careful, it could face one too. The pandemic has had a large impact on the meat processing industry, and in order to avoid a second wave and the subsequent potential disruption to the meat supply chain, industry... Read More
It would be hard to create a more perfect pest than a wild hog. Largely a product of escaped domestic pigs, wild hogs now cover more than a million square kilometres of Canadian landscape. They have few natural predators, can survive harsh winters, breed several times a year, and manage to evade most human contact.... Read More
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says its scientists have confirmed that domestic chickens, turkey, and pigs pose no public health risk for transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19. The CFIA's research also showed these animals did not carry the virus in tissues used for meat or human consumption. There have been no documented cases... Read More