News - Agriculture

Farm Credit Canada, along with its industry partners, participating schools and volunteers, have provided over 16 million meals for food banks and feeding programs nationwide, far surpassing this year’s goal for FCC Drive Away Hunger.

Research underway at institutions and on highways across eastern and western Canada will help swine transporters reduce the level of stress on pigs during transport.

The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada expects the first draft of planned modernized regulations governing the manufacture of feed in Canada to come out this coming winter.

The Swine Health Information Center says by stacking risk mitigation strategies pork producers can boost their defense against foreign animal disease.

Producers will be given the first right of renewal for existing leases on Crown lands as part of the Manitoba government’s continued support of multi-generational family farming.

A newly developed Foot and Mouth Disease assay can distinguish between the antibodies caused by immunization and those caused by actual disease.

A Senior Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says probiotic alternatives to antibiotics offer the potential to improve the competitiveness of the Canadian swine sector while benefiting the public domestically and globally.

The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is advising swine producers to be aware of Seneca Valley Virus.

One in eight Canadian jobs relies on the agriculture industry and the next federal government needs to focus on restoring trade for products grown and produced here in Canada, Keystone Agricultural Producers president Bill Campbell said.

A novel approach to vaccinating sows, gilts and their piglets offers a new method of preventing disease that is safer for barn workers.