On this Thursday edition of RealAg LIVE!, host Shaun Haney takes a deep dive into the machinery and technology side of agriculture with President and CEO of Ag Growth International, Tim Close. Shaun and Tim talk about the executive suite of AGI, discussing everything from augers, to bins, to software. Tune in to RealAg LIVE!... Read More
Category: Livestock
More than two months after the federal government announced $50 million in emergency funding for provinces that want to offer cattle set-aside programs, the Manitoba government has still not released any information on what the program will look like for beef producers in the province. The cattle set-aside initiatives aim to help cover the costs... Read More
A California-based company that makes "animal-free" alternatives to dairy products using microflora is receiving US$50 million in funding from the Canada Pension Plan's investment fund. Perfect Day announced a new US$300 million round of funding last week, led by the contribution from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Founded in 2014, the company has developed... Read More
Sheep farmer Sandi Brock might look a little familiar, if you're keen on YouTube and Instagram. The Staffa, Ont. farmer was raised on a dairy farm, worked on a broiler breeder farm, and then eventually chose sheep as the livestock venture to diversify her grain enterprise. Brock learned so much in those first years of... Read More
The Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) has presented two members with leadership awards as recognition for their work in the livestock health industry. Jean Szkotnicki received the Industry Leadership Award for her many years of service to the Canadian animal health industry. As an early supporter of a harmonized global approach to the technical requirements... Read More
This week's Beef Market Update might be the most positive report we've posted in three very long months. In this week's episode, Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange joins Shaun Haney to catch up on the early summer numbers ahead of a holiday weekend. To start off in the green, Canadian slaughter data for... Read More
July 1st saw the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and at the end of all the negotiations, Canada's dairy industry has ended up as one of the largest losers of the deal. "The USMCA has some serious repercussion for our dairy industry here in Canada where they have added an additional 3.9 per cent... Read More
The Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA) has been accepted as an organizational member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). The OFA is one of three farm policy organizations in Ontario, and represents 38,000 farm members. OFA has 51 County Federations of Agriculture and includes 31 organizational members and affiliates representing a majority of Ontario's... Read More
Billing itself as a company ready to transform Canada's food industry, Local Leaf Farms has opened a vertical farm in Barrie, Ont., with plans to launch 20 locations across the country by the end of 2025. Vertical farming is "always presented as the future, and I'll state right off the top I don't see it... Read More
Looking back even just six weeks ago, few would have thought it would be possible to be back at the cattle processing levels that we currently are in Canada and the U.S. Anne Wasko, of the Gateway Livestock Exchange, says that many changes have occurred over the past few weeks during the face of COVID-19.... Read More