Canada’s Codes of Practice provide critical guidance for the care and handling of farm animals. The Codes serve as our national understanding of animal care requirements and recommended practice       NFACC and the Codes Canada’s Code development process is led by NFACC. Key components of the process are: the inclusion of scientific committees to review research on priority welfare issues;  ownership of the individual Codes by the relevant ...

The Swine Health Information Center and the American Association of Swine veterinarians are helping prepare livestock producers for dealing with highly pathogenic avian influenza     by Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca In response to the identification of highly pathogenic avian influenza in livestock in the United States including goats and dairy cattle, the Swine Health Information Center in collaboration with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians will host a webinar ...

Canada’s Farm Show is all set to go for another year in the Queen City. The show features the latest in agricultural technology      by Gareth Millstone -  CTV News A news conference took place Thursday morning to lay out all the plans for the 47th annual Farm Show. Farmers and exhibitors will converge in Regina from June 18 to June 20. All kinds of agriculture related products and equipment will be ...

Canada’s food and beverage manufacturers face a mix of obstacles and optimism for profit margin improvements in the year ahead, according to the latest FCC Food and Beverage Report      by Jim McAlister -  Farm Credit Canada(FCC) After hitting a record $165 billion in food and beverage manufacturing sales last year, 2024 is expected to see sales moderate in sync with slowing inflation and tighter household budgets. Despite sector-specific ...

U.S. officials have identified H5N1 bird flu in roughly a dozen dairy cattle herds across 6 states      by Lauren Pelley -  CBC News Confirmation that a dangerous form of bird flu is circulating among U.S. dairy cattle has raised questions among dairy producers — and consumers — on both sides of the border. Dairy and beef farmers are implementing biosecurity measures to keep H5N1 out of their herds, ...

Five projects will receive up to $1 million in funding each under Phase 2 of the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) program       The five projects, approved for funding by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will target the Canadian meat processing industry and the Canadian controlled environment agriculture industry with the goal of advancing automation and robotic technologies. These companies have developed ideas to address challenges such as work productivity, ...

The Chair of the Canadian Pork Council says pig farmers on both sides of the Canada U.S. border are equally disappointed with the restrictive nature and lack of flexibility of labelling guidelines being introduced under U.S. voluntary country of origin labelling     by Bruce Cochrane - Farmscape.ca On March 11 U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced voluntary country of origin labelling or V-COOL will come into effect by January ...