Reading Time: < 1 minute The Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program has been given a $200,000 federal grant for development of a web portal and an app for remote audits. The initiative will help the cattle sector’s efforts to show that beef is sustainably produced here. “It is more important than ever to raise awareness of the beef industry’s […] Read more

VBP+ gets federal funding boost

Women Entrepreneur Program proves popular
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farm Credit Canada has loaned nearly $1 billion under a program aimed at increasing the number of women entrepreneurs in the ag sector — twice what was allocated when the program launched a year and a half ago. The Women Entrepreneur Program was designed to encourage female farm operators and women in the agri-food sector […] Read more