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

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News 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 GFM Network News 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 GFM Network News 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

Canola oil was Canada’s second-highest-valued export in 2016, at US$2.3 billion. Photo: File

Crops, Livestock

Reports highlight strengths, weaknesses of Canadian ag exports

By GFM Network News November 7, 2017

Commodity News Service Canada – There is room for improvement in the Canadian agricultural export market with competition from new markets globally, according to a pair of reports released by Farm Credit Canada. The FCC Ag Economics, Trade Ranking Report: Agriculture and FCC Ag Economics, Trade Ranking Report: Manufactured Food give overviews of Canada’s global […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Foxes and wolves are always on the hunt

A tree-climbing gray fox is a new name on the predator list

By Debbie Chikousky November 6, 2017

Predator loss is a reality all classes of livestock are susceptible to. Many with cattle do not have as big of a worry as those with sheep, goats, and poultry, but this pasture season was bad all over. Conversations with livestock producers across Canada showed us there is also a new threat around. Red foxes […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

Feds announce tax support for farmers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 6, 2017

In a news release distributed today linked to Budget 2017, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced tax relief to help farmers who received compensation under the Health of Animals Act from livestock destroyed due to the bovine tuberculosis outbreak in 2016 and 2017 in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The federal government also released its 2017 list of designated regions for livestock […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Alberta back in national chicken quota arrangement

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 2, 2017

A new federal-provincial agreement for allocating broiler chicken quota will formally include Alberta Chicken Producers for the first time since 2013. Chicken Farmers of Canada announced Thursday it has a new federal-provincial agreement (FPA) in hand, including a new quota allocation methodology. The new deal was concluded Tuesday, CFC said, when the Farm Products Council […] Read more

McDonald’s in 2015 launched a billboard campaign in Canada profiling products made using Canadian meat and potatoes. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

McDonald’s sets new welfare standards for chicken suppliers

By GFM Network News October 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. will require suppliers to improve the living conditions and slaughter process for chickens raised to be served in its restaurants, the company said on Friday, the latest changes affecting popular menu items such as McNuggets. Under new guidelines for animal welfare, suppliers such as Tyson Foods and Cargill must […] Read more

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, shown here in April 2016. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Machinery, Weather

Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News October 26, 2017

Farm fuel will be exempt from a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said in an interview Thursday on the eve of announcing his government’s Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. “It does exempt some farm costs — farm fuel, for example,” he said. “I know we’ll get pushback from some industry groups that are not […] Read more

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2017. (Global Affairs Canada screengrab via YouTube)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, agree on extension

By GFM Network News October 17, 2017

Washington | Reuters — Trade negotiators from the U.S. and Canada accused each other of sabotaging attempts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement on Tuesday, even as they and Mexico agreed to extend talks into 2018. A round of talks in Washington that lasted seven days failed to find the most basic common […] Read more

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Federal forecasters to add AI to improve weather predictions: ECCC

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Poultry

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

Reports highlight strengths, weaknesses of Canadian ag exports

Foxes and wolves are always on the hunt

Feds announce tax support for farmers

Alberta back in national chicken quota arrangement

McDonald’s sets new welfare standards for chicken suppliers

Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, agree on extension

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