Livestock

The Calgary Farmers’ Market tentatively has a new home to go to before the extension runs out on its current lease late next year. The CFM, a new generation co-op operating the largest farmers’ market in the city, has applied for a development permit to move to Blackfoot Centre at 510 77th Ave. SE. “We […] Read more

The paperwork is now available for the federal government’s loan program to improve operations in Canada’s red meat packing operations. The program, first announced in the federal budget in January, is meant to support investments made by private firms and provincial or local governments in “sound business plans aimed at reducing costs, increasing revenues and […] Read more

Grocery store chain Metro says it has a contingency plan in place to supply its stores in eastern Quebec after announcing that workers at its Quebec City grocery warehouse have voted to strike. The company said it had been in talks with its workers’ union over the past two days with a mediator from the […] Read more

Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has further relaxed its import controls on Canadian beef to allow specific cuts from older cattle. The CFS, in a release Tuesday, said the government has officially implemented the second phase of its agreement with Ottawa to allow imports of Canadian boneless beef, beef rib cuts and other […] Read more

Quebec hog genetics firm Genetiporc has expanded its distribution into Ontario through a new agreement with feed company Jones Feed Mills. “This new agreement will allow Genetiporc to develop their sales in conjunction with the well known and respected team at Jones Feed Mill, with the support of Jerry Koert, Ontario sales representative for Genetiporc,” […] Read more

Fresh steaks, roasts and ground beef sold under the President’s Choice brand across Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada are being recalled by their U.S. manufacturer. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday and Thursday issued alerts warning the public not to consume specific products sold at stores such as Superstore, Loblaws and several other grocery […] Read more

Police in southern Ontario have escalated their review of the case of Pigeon King International to the status of a criminal investigation, Ontario farm media report. In its online edition last week, Better Farming magazine quoted Staff Sgt. Wally Hogg of the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s fraud squad as saying the squad has turned to […] Read more

Russia has lifted its ban on imports of meat from Quebec and eased a similar ban on Ontario meat and livestock, the Reuters news agency reports. Reuters reporter Aleksandras Budrys on Wednesday quoted a statement by the Russian food watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, saying it had lifted its bans on meat from Quebec, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Michigan, […] Read more

British Columbia’s government has convened the ranching task force it pledged in May with an eye on “a new direction for the B.C. cattle industry.” The task force, which met Tuesday in the Lower Mainland, is co-chaired by Roland Baumann, a rancher at Vanderhoof, 100 km west of Prince George, and president of the B.C. […] Read more