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Talk to family, friends about farming

By Shannon VanRaes December 20, 2017

This holiday season Melodie Chan wants producers to avoid what she calls the “spiral of silence,” which can happen around the dinner table, over beers or even in the gentle lull between turkey and pie if farmers don’t speak up when they hear misinformation about agriculture. “What are we afraid of?” asked Chan, speaking at […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Wendy’s to reduce antibiotic use in beef supply

By Tom Polansek December 18, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Hamburger chain Wendy’s Co. laid out plans on Friday to trim the use of antibiotics that are important to human medicine from its beef supply, the latest step by a food company to fight concerns about resistance to the drugs in people. Starting in 2018, the company will buy about 15 […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Prime cuts

Meat demand is the story of the decade

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

By Steve Kay December 1, 2017

Lest anyone in the North American livestock industry forget, all wealth to the industry comes from consumers at home and abroad. Cattle and hog producers might feel far removed from those consumers. But they are the people who determine whether producers can make a living or not. The industry to its credit has recognized this […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Olymel plugs over $52M into poultry processing

By Dave Bedard November 24, 2017

The meat packing and processing arm of Quebec’s biggest agrifood co-operative has earmarked over $52 million for poultry plant upgrades and construction in Ontario and Quebec. La Coop federee’s Olymel division in the past week has announced over $30 million for plant upgrades and the purchase of a second facility at Brampton, Ont., $14 million […] Read more

Catedral Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Maria, Mexico City. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Canada, Mexico to rebuff U.S. over NAFTA goals

By Ana Isabel Martinez, Sharay Angulo November 20, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Canada and Mexico will rebuff the United States over its demand for tougher NAFTA automotive content rules, top officials said on Monday as negotiations to renew the treaty bogged down with only a few months to go. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to quit NAFTA, which has reshaped the […] Read more

General, Markets

Trade talks a dicey situation, Coyne says

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm November 17, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — With Canada in the midst of negotiations for two different trade agreements, the North American Free Trade Agreement and Trans-Pacific Partnership, trade concerns are getting muddled, according to Andrew Coyne. “We need to be conscious of diversifying our trade interests beyond just North America. It would be extremely foolish that […] Read more

Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

Rooting the dietary guidelines in sound science

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

By Steve Dittmer November 10, 2017

“There’s a lot of stuff in the Guidelines that was right 40 years ago but that science has disproved. Unfortunately, sometimes, the scientific community doesn’t like to backtrack.” That was David McCarron, nutrition researcher at the University of California-Davis nearly two years ago, commenting on the U.S. Congress ordering a comprehensive review of the way […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

Agriculture contributed C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016

By MarketsFarm Team November 10, 2017

Winnipeg | CNS – A new report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Friday has pegged agriculture as contributing C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016, which accounted 6.7 per cent of the country’s total GDP. The annual report entitled An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and AgriFood System, provides a summary of the economic […] Read more

The new cover of the Real Dirt on Farming was unveiled at the Farm & Food Care Harvest Gala last week. Doing the unveiling was Farm & Food Care chair Brian Gilroy, left, Christine Schoonderwoerd, vice chair, and representing funder Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd., Pierre Petelle, president of CropLife Canada. Farm & Food Care Executive Director Kelly Daynard is at the podium. Photo courtesy Farm and Food Care.

Crops, Livestock

Big four topics remain constant in latest Real Dirt on Farming

By John Greig November 10, 2017

The latest edition of the Real Dirt on Farming is out, and it continues to be a printed copy success story in a digital world. There are more than three million copies of the agriculture information resource in print and the demand doesn’t appear to be dropping. Farm & Food Care Ontario creates the publication […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals, WHO urges farmers

By Kate Kelland November 7, 2017

London | Reuters – The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people. Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as “a security threat” on a par with “a sudden and deadly […] Read more

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Poultry

Talk to family, friends about farming

Wendy’s to reduce antibiotic use in beef supply

Meat demand is the story of the decade

Olymel plugs over $52M into poultry processing

Canada, Mexico to rebuff U.S. over NAFTA goals

Trade talks a dicey situation, Coyne says

Rooting the dietary guidelines in sound science

Agriculture contributed C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016

Big four topics remain constant in latest Real Dirt on Farming

Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals, WHO urges farmers

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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