Agriculture News Archives

Canada’s pork producers are expressing disappointment with a U.S. decision to appeal a November 2011 World Trade Organization ruling that found Mandatory U.S. Country of Origin Labelling violates the United States’ international trade obligations.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz marked the first ever commercial shipment of Canadian alfalfa hay to enter the lucrative Chinese market since Canada gained market access for alfalfa hay in March 2011.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association sees the Glencore acquisition of Viterra and Richardson’s expanded presence to be a generally positive development for prairie grain farmers, so long as competition concerns in the farm input sector are adequately addressed.

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is pleased with the province’s announcement on lifting the restriction for the application of nutrients on crop land across southern Manitoba.

A Research Scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development says the speed with which feed ingredient quality can be assessed using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy is the main factor driving of interest among pork producers in the technology.

The University of Manitoba expects new tools being developed to help pork producers planning the switch to group sow housing choose the system that best matches their management to be ready for use by this coming fall.

Canadian swine producers will benefit from increased export access with the support of the Government of Canada.

Hemp Oil Canada Inc. (HOCI) is the first hemp food processing facility in the world to achieve Food Safety System Certification 22000 accreditation for its food safety and quality program.

The Executive Director of the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative says livestock producers are looking for practical farm-ready solutions they can use for dealing the nutrients contained in manure.

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) in conjunction with Western Union Business Solutions announces a new foreign exchange risk management program to protect farmers against adverse foreign exchange currency movements that occurs from the time a producer signs a contract until the time he delivers product and receives payment.