Ontario Provincial Police is investigating the theft of 30 thousand 15-day-old chickens from a farm in Huron County. Police say the young birds were taken from a farm in South Huron between 3:30pm Wednesday and 2:20am on Thursday — an undertaking that would require specific knowledge about barn equipment and animal handling. The value of... Read More
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The Ontario government has revealed its plans to help address veterinary shortages in the province, with a focus on large-animal practice in northern and remote communities. A $15 million spend will establish a new Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program with the University of Guelph and Lakehead University, at Thunder Bay, to train more veterinarians.... Read More
The federal government should grant an immediate exemption allowing third-parties to carry out required inspections of grain shipments on the West Coast, says the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. The Canada Grain Act requires all grain exports leaving Canada by ship be inspected by the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), but most of the CGC's grain... Read More
CNH Industrial announced this week it was ending any support of its business activities in Russia. The company had suspended supplying the market in March 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. Prior to this announcement, the company had maintained paying employee salaries and administrative expenses related to its corporate office in Moscow. CNH says the divestiture... Read More
Olymel has announced the closure of its Vallée-Jonction, Quebec, plant, and will layoff about 1,000 people in the process. It's expected to plant will take eight months to wind down, and staff will be offered positions at other Olymel plants. The hog slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant has wracked up nearly $400 million in losses... Read More
Picket lines are up across the country as more than 155 thousand Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) members began strike action at 12:01am ET on April 19. The union members on strike make up approximately a third of the federal public service, and includes employees of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Grain... Read More
Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) has announced Tyler Bjornson & Associates will be providing interim leadership for the organization while it searches for a new executive director. Erin Gowriluk, who led GGC for the past five years, moved into the role of president of the Canada Grains Council as of this week. “Erin has been... Read More
Welcome to Season 4 of the Pests & Predators podcast series, where top entomologists highlight the insect Field Heroes hard at work for Canadian farmers. Dr. Meghan Vankosky, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at Saskatoon, Sask., co-chairs the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network (PPMN), a key tool in alerting farmers to pest population... Read More
Canadian farmers feel relatively stable and positive about their farms' current financial outlook, even in the face of declining commodity markets, according to the March Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index. Last month, the RealAgristudies Insights Panel was surveyed a fourth time since September 2022 on their opinions and overall sentiment on a number of critical agricultural... Read More
Toromont Industries says it has entered into an agreement to sell its AgWest farm equipment dealerships in Manitoba to a Netherlands-based company as of May 1, 2023. AgWest's three main locations and three satellite dealerships in Manitoba are being acquired by Mechan International, which is part of Zweegers Equipment Group, led by CEO Gerrit van... Read More