Each livestock group in Canada has a Code of Practice for Care and Handling that producers must follow. These codes, guided by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), follow a review process on a rotating schedule. Currently, the beef cattle, equine, pig, and poultry codes are being updated, and now the latest code up... Read More
Category: Livestock
The Cargill Dunlop facility that processes more than 75 per cent of Ontario's beef will be back up and running soon after the 960 unionized staff that work there voted 52 per cent in favour of a settlement offer this afternoon. Local UFCW 175 Workers walked off the job May 27th, 2024. A settlement offer... Read More
It was a busy holiday week for BBQs both in Canada and the United States. The holidays, combined with a plant closure in Kansas, all amount to less beef being processed this week. While there wasn't a report from USDA on Thursday, markets closed Wednesday night with choice cutout at six and a half dollars... Read More
Farmers and ranchers are responsible for managing the land they own or rent, including ecologically sensitive areas such as riparian areas and wetlands. These areas aren't always easy to identify, and some of these areas may currently be cultivated and producing crops. Each province has its own goals on conservation of different areas, and there... Read More
Farmers and ranchers face many pressures to farm and raise animals in certain ways to meet sustainability-related goals of others, including food companies, lenders, and government. Clauses in crop contracts, carbon credits, government payments for rotational grazing or using nitrogen loss inhibitors, the federal fertilizer emissions reduction target, clean fuel standards, codes of practice, and... Read More
Beef Farmers of Ontario was the first to report that the labour union representing the 960 employees at the Cargill Dunlop processing plant and Cargill have reached a recommended memorandum of settlement. The settlement offer will be put to the membership for a vote on Saturday, July 6th. On X, BFO writes: "BFO is encouraged... Read More
Thornloe Cheese may have a new lease on life, after its announced closure in October 2023. Owner Gay Lea Foods has announced the plant is set to be purchased by Triple “A” Cheese, a Mississauga, Ontario-based cheesemaker. The co-operative says it has entered into a letter of intent with Triple "A" Cheese, so the deal... Read More
The Prairie Farmer and Rancher Forum eventually agreed — by consensus — on 36 policy recommendations it wants to see put forward. But that doesn't mean that all the attendees of the forum agreed with each other at the outset. Instead, the forum worked hard to find areas of common interest and support to create... Read More
Agricorp will expedite risk management program payments for Ontario cattle producers for the first and second quarters of 2024. The move comes as the Cargill Guelph beef processing plant remains closed due to a labour union strike that started on May 27, 2024. To expedite payments, Agricorp says it has moved the deadline to report... Read More
The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA), National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) and Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) are calling on the Cargill Dunlop facility in Guelph and members of UFCW Local 175 to come to an expedited labour resolution. "The beef sector in Canada relies on a resilient processing industry across the country and the impacts... Read More