The Government of Canada introduced amendments to the Canada Grain Act to modernize the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) in order to better reflect the current realities facing grain farmers.
The pork industry needs to look for ‘game changers’ in order to stay competitive in production, retail and export, says a category manager with Cargill, one of the largest privately-held integrated food companies in the world.
Pork producers and their industry counterparts, looking nervously at the next few months, got a tentative thumbs-up from two market watchers on prospects for profitability on both sides of the border.
If the Canadian pork industry wants to know where the U.S. pork industry is going it just needs to watch the U.S. dollar and the energy market, says a leading pork industry economist.
While the agriculture industry continues to effectively cope with volatile commodity prices and increased costs, it still struggles with an outdated image of the farmer which makes it very difficult to attract young people to agriculture.
