Canadian Western Agribition's 50th show is happening early next week at Regina, Sask., and after having to go virtual, the show is set for a return to in-person entertainment, shows, and business deals. Chris Lane, CEO of Agribition, joined Shaun Haney on RealAg Radio Tuesday to talk about meeting in person, purebred cattle, and all... Read More
Category: Livestock
Maple Leaf Foods has announced that by the end of 2021, it will complete transitioning all breeding sows in company-owned barns to its Advanced Open Sow Housing System. This system provides open housing during pregnancy that allows sows to roam, rest, feed, and socialize freely. This shift in sow housing makes Maple Leaf Foods a... Read More
Updated to include comments from B.C.'s minister of agriculture. The Fraser Valley of B.C. accounts for over 75 per cent of dairy production in the province, and the area has been hard hit by the "atmospheric river" earlier this week. There are several hundred dairy farms in and around the flooded Sumas Prairie area outside... Read More
Farmers in B.C.'s Fraser Valley are facing devastation unlike anything ever seen before in the area, following torrential downpours Sunday and Monday of this week. All farmers and residents in the Sumas Prairie, a lake bottom that was originally drained back in the 1920s and is kept dry by a pumping station, were told to... Read More
The Ontario government will spend $25 million over three years to strengthen the agri-food supply chain through the Strategic Agri-Food Processing Fund. The funding is designed to "incentivize industry investment in projects that help address the processing capacity shortage and increase the sector’s competitiveness and resilience against future disruptions," the province says. Lisa Thompson, Minister... Read More
The temperatures may be headed downwards and winter is on its way, but beef cattle prices aren't going to be following that trend. "We've had another super week in the U.S. in terms of cash trade," says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, in this week's Beef Market Update. "Last week the market started... Read More
Methane production naturally occurs in the stomachs of ruminant animals, such as beef cattle. Microbes work together to carry out the digestion of plant cell walls, and one of the end products of the process is methane (which often gets "burped" out, not "farted.") Dr. Tim McAllister, research scientist in ruminant nutrition and microbiology at... Read More
Yanick Gervais will move from interim CEO of Olymel L.P. to CEO following an appointment by the board of directors. Gervais stepped into the role just ahead of the sudden passing of Réjean Nadeau, who passed away from cancer on October 14. Previously, Gervais was senior vice president of operations at Olymel and was responsible... Read More
Some Ontario hog farmers are still facing marketing disruptions for market-weight hogs as Olymel in Quebec continues to work its way through a significant backlog. Chair of Ontario Pork, John de Bruyn, says that while the majority of Ontario's 5.8 million hogs are processed at one of two federally-inspected plants in the province, about 25,000... Read More
The Ontario Research Centres at Elora is set to begin construction on an $18 million hog research facility, with $3.6 million from Ontario Pork and $14.4 million from the Government of Ontario The new facility will build capacity and expertise at the centre to support research to drive innovation in the swine sector and contribute... Read More